How Bad Did The Atmospheric River Nuke Whistler Blackcomb?

[@RoughRiderz]

It’s the Gods wrath on Vail for the crazy price increase on lift tickets!

[@RidingThruLife]

Cosmic Karma!!!!

[@annayukikobickenbach9686]

exactly my thought! absolute extortion and pushing people to buy season passes..skiing should be accessible, not another rich man's sport...

[@scottpratico1315]

I dont think price gouging creates weather patterns....but im no meteorologist

[@RidingThruLife]

@@scottpratico1315 I agree and am assuming the original comment was tongue in cheek.

[@misterfunnybones]

The mid mountain is in rough shape especially at any bottleneck areas. So much traffic, so little snow. They better be blowing everything below 1600 meters, if the temperature & humidity cooperate this week. I lucked out last Friday with the fresh snow in the alpine after the closure. Classic pow panic on 7th.

[@RidingThruLife]

Oh man, that is awesome, I am glad you got some! I missed the Alpine open but bet it was so good. Ya, mid down needs some love but as long as it is good at some elevation?!?lol

[@kiwiskiwi]

was up yesturday (sunday 4th), loved the alpine and skiing off piste but on way back to chair it gets really hardpacked. Emerald chair, again nice at the top then its super hardpack with some rocks. Had a good day but downloaded in the gondala for the first time. Next weekend hopefully is better!

[@RidingThruLife]

Staying high is the way to go at the moment. That’s awesome you had some great snow. It’s amazing how quick it changes at certain elevations. Hopefully a little more snow coming this week. Thanks for the comment 🤙

[@benbrosnan7437]

So cool! I thought the bite mount angle looked great also. Loving the videos!👍

[@RidingThruLife]

Thanks buddy! Appreciate you taking the time to comment. I like it too. Hopefully I will be able to do some vids that are not about conditions soon. The timing between weather, work, life etc has kept me from filming a ton on the hill so far. 👊

[@elainesandman9874]

Your a good cinamtografer, and I like the music at beginning of video. Thanks for posting.

[@RidingThruLife]

Thanks so much for the comment Elaine! Much appreciated and I am glad you enjoyed. Still learning on the cinematography aspect but having fun learning.

[@louisanderson4191]

actually it's spelled cinnamitografy

[@RidingThruLife]

@@louisanderson4191 Sinamataugrafy?

[@ryane2047]

I just purchased that bite mount, after seeing your video I have hopes it will look good.

[@RidingThruLife]

Hey Ryan, I really do like the angle and it is soooo easy and convenient. Easy to put in and out, get different angles if you need etc. I have only tried it with the Max Lens Mod because I wanted the biggest field of view possible to see the board etc. It works great so far and I'll be doing a video on it soon. One thing I have noticed with the "snorkel" style vs the thinner one is you can sound like Darth Vader breathing hard if you get working in the powder or anything. Lol

[@hesmas1]

Thanks for the video, looks decent up top and much better than the “season is over” narrative. Can you ski any bowls? Ruby?

[@RidingThruLife]

No problem and thanks for the comment!! You can get into Whistler, Symphony, Flute, West, Sun, Boomer Bowl etc but all the Spankys lines, incl Ruby, I believe are still closed.

[@RogerDiotte]

Oh man.. that's kind of hard to watch from what I remember of my years there.... back east in Northern Ontario my hill is crunchy also and... it rained last night? We usually are in our -25 and lower temps this time of year?

[@RidingThruLife]

Ya, the lower is very bare. We have had years like it in the past, and I have not checked stats, but it seems to happen more frequently now. I think I read we are almost 50% lower snowpack than normal this year. Some places are getting pounded and some are struggling. At least the mountain is high and the top is still great. Thanks for the comment.

[@pauldoan180]

Thanks I was thinking about coming up in a week WOW!

[@RidingThruLife]

Your'e welcome, thanks for the comment. Alpine is still good to go, but ya, lower down is struggling.

[@bigx9963]

Great video. Please continue video it, I will check it often. Like to go up and visit, if the snow comes back.

[@RidingThruLife]

Thank you very much Big X!! I’ll continue as you and other people seem to want to know what’s happening on the hill. Is there anything in particular you want to know or see? I am always looking to improve the videos. Thanks for the comment

[@dw1234.3]

I’m heading over there next week, hopefully we can get a little snow 😂. Nice day in the alpine yesterday, hopefully that can keep up.

[@RidingThruLife]

Totally. Maybe a little Wed Thurs Sat Sun? Crossing my fingers for you! Alpine is still amazing though! Thanks for the comment 🤙

[@bradleyrounds9148]

You know we're here now. Not a problem. Definitely could use some snow but it's very skiable and enjoyable. If you watch without the sound, you actually see he's on some nice runs. Definitely stay on the top but this guy's a Danny Downer

[@RidingThruLife]

@bradleyrounds9148 Danny Downer? Lol, thats awesome. Sounds like something my Grandpa would say. My name's Todd, so maybe Todd Too Negative? 🤣I guess you missed me saying "the top is really good" and flashing graphics saying the "top is amazing" and "so the conditions are good just the lower 1/4 got smashed, just stay up high, you will find the goods, it is not all doom and gloom" and at the end, "so even if there was an Atmospheric River the conditions are not all that bad up top, I hear all the local Northshore mountains are closed but it is not so bad here, we are good to go" Maybe you had the sound off for all that negativity? You also must have skipped my response to the comment you are commenting on that says "Alpine is still amazing though" Thanks for the comment, I am glad you are having great days on the hill.

[@dw1234.3]

@@bradleyrounds9148 Good to hear. My flight leaves tomorrow, and looks like there might be a little more snow coming this next week.

[@N0tHunterBid3n]

bite mount angle was siiiiickcckkckcckckckckckck

[@RidingThruLife]

YYYYEEEESSSSSS!!!! Thanks for the feedback. Now I just need to go film some actual snowboarding with it!

[@Dods30]

What are the good top areas for intermediate- advanced?

[@RidingThruLife]

Hey, between the 2 mountains there are quite a few Upper zones. I'll stick with non-pow recommendations as they are all good in pow. There are all sorts of options and variations with terrain etc with these but it will get you in the zone. On Blackcomb, 7th for sun, views and scenic groomers, backside of 7th for steeper terrain. Glacier and Crystal chairs for terrain/groomers. On Whistler, Peak and Harmony for sun and terrain. Symphony for sun, groomers and backcountry access. You should find something you like in those zones from mellow to gnarly depending on what you are looking for. Hope that helps, thanks for the question

[@derekconstantino7759]

Maybe i shouldn't complain about my local mountain.. at least we're full coverage 😅

[@RidingThruLife]

Must be nice. Lol. In fairness to poor Whistler/Blackcomb our Upper is really good and is bigger than most other places but man, it is a sad lower half. Where's your home mountain?

[@TheDmanMA]

goin to Whistler the 1st week of March...prayin to the baby jesus

[@RidingThruLife]

We’ll get hit right before you get here buds. I’m feeling it and you will have a massive 1st week of March……maybe. The top is still awesome 😜🤙

[@DETaylor]

Almost MTB season. I bet they open early this year.

[@RidingThruLife]

I was looking back at the Valley from the chair and I bet there is some low elevation trails you could ride in Whis right now. It will have to be a massive Feb to build the base for it to not be an early MTB season in Whis. Thanks for the comment 👊🤙

[@CalgaryDynastar]

How much is a ticket again? 200 bucks 😑

[@RidingThruLife]

$289 plus tax same day purchase, $275 plus tax if you get it online 😮

[@peripheral1258]

Better to Obviously Date your video ski-day. The boys were in Harm Horseshoes Friday Feb. 2nd = Knee Deep until the top of Boomer Bowl; then thin and frozen. Saturday Feb. 3rd was clear, sunny and cold with another 5 on top of that; so Peak and Harm had stoopid lift lines. Symph was Iced-up and did not open. Little Whistler skied great. The snow-line was Chickpea: Icy nonsense below. What were you doing on the icy-gravel on Olympic run? Today; February 4th had a short line-up on PeakX due to fog on Peak: grooming decent on Saddle, Upper Peak2Creek. Off-piste was lumpier due to Fog-humidity. Was gonna go Symph but I stopped under the chair on Burnt Stew for a lift-line review ='Sucked' ...so get me outta here. Dave back to Creekside was a decent spring-groomer; whereas Sat 3 it was FIS GS Icy.

[@RidingThruLife]

Thats awesome, sounds like you and the crew had some good turns. Thanks for the comment.

[@addy113]

Whistler sucks haaard

[@RidingThruLife]

Ever ride Baker? The best mountain around IMO

[@addy113]

@@RidingThruLife yup when I lived in whiterock and interior mtns all the time now

[@RidingThruLife]

@@addy113 Sweet!! How is the Interior doing right now?

[@addy113]

@@RidingThruLife silverstar was good heard the rain melted it, big white just got a dump and so did apex.

[@addy113]

@@RidingThruLife but a short tight season though

[@JessieFoster-t8q]

Better to Obviously Date your video ski-day. The boys were in Harm Horseshoes Friday Feb. 2nd = Knee Deep until the top of Boomer Bowl; then thin and frozen. Saturday Feb. 3rd was clear, sunny and cold with another 5 on top of that; so Peak and Harm had stoopid lift lines. Symph was Iced-up and did not open. Little Whistler skied great. The snow-line was Chickpea: Icy nonsense below. What were you doing on the icy-gravel on Olympic run? Today; February 4th had a short line-up on PeakX due to fog on Peak: grooming decent on Saddle, Upper Peak2Creek. Off-piste was lumpier due to Fog-humidity. Was gonna go Symph but I stopped under the chair on Burnt Stew for a lift-line review ='Sucked' ...so get me outta here. Dave back to Creekside was a decent spring-groomer; whereas Sat 3 it was FIS GS Icy.

[@RidingThruLife]

A copy and paste of a comment from another profile? Interesting, I'll take the engagement! "Thats awesome, sounds like you and the crew had some good turns. Thanks for the comment."