Why howdy there folks, here’s the lowdown of the last month or two of snowboarding the mountains of Alberta, Canada.
Locations: Sunshine Village and Lake Louise.
Reported Base: Around 170cm
In a period that included some of the heaviest snowfall in recent times and relatively mild temperatures. Yup -15 is relatively mild when compared to -35 which we had earlier this week which was reported as relatively cold when compared with the wind chill of -42 which was relatively cold enough to melt your face off.
Even the poles shiver.
Anyway the “la nina” weather patterns continued to provide amazing snow conditions for the west coast mountains of Canada. Whistler reported 184cm in a week: http://www.whistlerblackcomb.com/photo/index.htm. For us over the other side of the rocky mountains, it still meant 40 odd cm of fresh white fluffy snow without a hint of moisture in 1 week. It also meant temperatures, bar one Saturday which threatened to freeze Jesse’s nose off, have been more than comfortable enough to snowboard in.
Jesse with a warmed up nose
Most weekends the crowds have been thick but the lift lines have been moving steadily. Unfortunately Sunshine village decided to sack 88 years worth of ski patrol, people that help make the slopes safe for us to ski on, experience in one day due to the owners son being caught in an avalanche area and being escorted out of it by ski patrol. Enough of my rant but read more here: http://www.facebook.com/SupportSkiPatrol
Looking at the continental lift
Looking down a track to the village.
Looking up at the strawberry lift.
