Whistler Blackcomb Weekend Powder Skiing - A Day in the Life

[@lacolinadesyeux1326]

There is one thing common to all skiers that drives us crazy... riding our skis in powder, if possible, otherwise just on any snow. Each of us knows the intense joy you feel...and it's great to see that in your videos.

[@riseandalpine]

no truer words my friend :)

[@boahgeil465]

except east coasters, they dont know that feel lul

[@lacolinadesyeux1326]

@@boahgeil465 Hum...! I don't know the east coast but I've seen some videos of "ski the east" and it seems they had epic days few times maybe not often...the rest of the time they need ⛸...😆

[@boahgeil465]

@@lacolinadesyeux1326 true, more ice than pow a 100% 😂

[@holymeto9981]

Stop making me jealous. I hate not being anle to ski powder cuz im east bound.

[@thefarm9855]

Lived in Whistler last season, absolutely gutted I'm missing it this season seeing this is making me want to book flights ASAP!

[@gabuchan123]

book the flight!

[@0xCUBE]

You are absolutely amazing, R&A. When I watch your videos, I smile from beginning to end, and beyond. You are truly one-of-a-kind.

[@riseandalpine]

Making people smile is why I do it. Thanks so much for always tuning in!

[@bradbuss9753]

Abundant snow, high energy, and great KZbin style in your video production!

[@riseandalpine]

Thanks Brad. So happy you dig it all :)

[@tristancleary]

Going to be there in three weeks and your vids are getting me so hyped!

[@gabuchan123]

gonna be hype !!

[@riseandalpine]

Right on Tristan! Fingers crossed you get some storms.

[@andrewbryan1444]

99% of the audio: "WOOOOOOO HOOOOOOO!!!!!!!!!' 99% of the video: ABSOLUTELY INSANE WHITEOUT HITTING THE CAMERA WITH EVERY TURN! F'ing epic.

[@riseandalpine]

If I ever need a voice over I'm calling you up! You've got my audio perfected :) :)

[@grumpyone5963]

Wow, so much great footage and I’m so jealous of that pow day you just had. No you don’t need to explain how much fun you had, we could all feel it! I never knew it was quite the epic journey for you. Loved the 3:57 start and send it at 9:45👍🇬🇧Much appreciation for your videos.

[@riseandalpine]

Thanks for always tuning in - the day was a blast and this video was a blast to make :)

[@stuartsmithdotca]

Your last two videos are my favourite videos of yours. Great energy.

[@riseandalpine]

Really appreciate that man! I loved making these ones as well. Powder just brings out every little bit of excitement I got bottled up under my curly hair.

[@gabuchan123]

Love it! you chose Blackcomb for an epic pow day

[@riseandalpine]

Yoooo! So great to finally meet you on the chairlift bro. Thanks for always tuning in :).

[@gabuchan123]

@@riseandalpine Can't wait to make a video with you

[@j.keithjarvis6750]

Great video! Was in line waiting for the jersey bowl but took off to crystal... should have waited for those face shots! 🤙🏻

[@riseandalpine]

No regrets on a pow day! Gettin' freshies on the Crystal is always the best :)

[@wildadventurers]

Absolutely love your excitement when you're going down the mountains!! Enjoy the snow. I'm praying for more big dumps of snow here in the Canadian Rockies... It's been a bit dry lately :(

[@paultrudel9791]

No kidding @WildAdventurers, I went to Castle today for my best day of the year in our area. Top of the boots in the trees.

[@riseandalpine]

Thanks!! I'll do some snow voodoo for all my skiers and riders in the rockies!

[@bpw126]

My favorite part was when he was like YEW!

[@riseandalpine]

Love my Yips, Yews and Yeehaws

[@kaverp66]

Your tree skiing skills are next level! I wish I could get half as good. Currently getting practice at Arthur’s choice and in the spirit.

[@riseandalpine]

Great to hear your working hard to improve. Just keep practicing and slowly upping the speed. Make sure to smash a bunch of moguls too. Play with your weight leaning forward and sometimes back depending how quick you have to make turns. Sometime bad form and being backseat can actually help you smear around trees faster (if you have rockered skis)

[@muddyhumber]

James, your fitness is outrageous. Good on 'ya.

[@riseandalpine]

The quads of steel are slowly coming back!

[@gnar_tar]

whistler is the bomb, stay in whistler ;)

[@riseandalpine]

gotta love it!

[@mobilebeast6736]

I love your videos! I was up there today, I watched my dad and grandpa crash on Dave Murray downhill today 😆

[@riseandalpine]

Thanks! Dave Murray is an absolute ripper of a run. One of my favourites. Hopefully your dad and gramps are okay?

[@chuzzwade288]

As a snowboarder I love watching your vlogs from here in the UK! Love the stoke you feel for the pow! Can't beat freshies YEEWWWW 🤙🏻

[@riseandalpine]

Ayyyye thanks Chuzz. Appreciate the good vibes brother!

[@chuzzwade288]

@@riseandalpine No worries. Hey man, there’s a dude I work with working in Whistler this season, Alex Black. He’s doing ski gear rentals or something, he’s a park rat and I want him to get more into pow! Look him up and get him out there dude 🤙🏼🤙🏼🤙🏼

[@HawgRiderBC]

Great video, its all about the pow. I was at Whistler for 4 days, but only got pow on the last day, but it made the whole trip worth it just for that one day.

[@riseandalpine]

Stoked to hear you got a pow day - also happy to hear you are skiing again and recovered!!

[@HawgRiderBC]

@@riseandalpine I was a bit "snow shy" the first day, but by day 4, I forgot all about breaking my neck last year.

[@_noelpascua_]

Love your energy man! Ya bois!

[@riseandalpine]

Ayyye thanks Noel!

[@jhana9220]

As I am watching the video I am smiling from ear to ear feeling your joy. My wife asks.. what are your smiling at? And I just have to elaborate to her on how I am smiling on the amount of stoke coming from my screen!!!

[@riseandalpine]

This comment is making me smile ear to ear Jhan. Thanks for the good vibes!

[@paultrudel9791]

Oh James I would almost give anything to feel what your shins are feeling this day

[@riseandalpine]

hahaha - what a joyous pain :)

[@Warfreak]

darn kids shredding all the fresh snow! lol I laugh at this a lot

[@riseandalpine]

Maybe I should make a video sneaking up with snow school one day... Try and source a Whistler Snow School jacket!

[@Warfreak]

good idea!@@riseandalpine

[@nzheliking1278]

Legend day

[@riseandalpine]

Still stoked about it! The first big resort Pow day just hits different :)

[@gabeasher187]

Great energy. Had me laughing.

[@riseandalpine]

😁

[@asemeniuk1]

this just made my day, love the energy.

[@riseandalpine]

Love hearing that - makes all the effort worth it!

[@stucatz1002]

Just sending it caused the nose bleed lol love it

[@riseandalpine]

Gotta figure this nose bleeding thing out hahaha... Or at least carry some kleenex.

[@timlenoir2887]

Looks so fun! Been watching all your videos for an upcoming week there and am absolutely stoked. Hope to dab you up and get a swig of hot sauce when I’m there. Cheers!

[@riseandalpine]

Ayyye - always happy to share some ski sauce with the homies!

[@codak778]

Hahahahaha happy you didnt lose your lad in those trees @7:30.

[@riseandalpine]

Thank you my dude.The boys are hanging just fine. It was a close call thought. It looked like one of those tiny tree tops that would just slide right through my legs, but it was a seriously stiff stem. Going to think twice before splitting my legs over a tree hahahaha

[@KevinKevin-qw4vk]

Awesome video and amount of stoke! Great skiing too. Spent a few winters in Tahoe, some of the best pow riding and times I’ve ever had. Watching the weather out there this week is making me so jealous. Keep up the top notch vids.

[@riseandalpine]

Thx Kevin. I'd love to get to Tahoe one day. If I can make a half sustainable living from this channel I'd love to do a big US trip. Any other resorts you would recommend across the border?

[@KevinKevin-qw4vk]

Been to Heavenly, Northstar, kirkwood and mammoth in California. Loveland, Breckinridge and steamboats in Colorado. Last trip to CO was 2019, I’d love to get back there soon. Silverton CO is a place I’ve heard about for years and hope to make it to one day. It’s a one lift “in bounds backcountry” place if that makes sense. You go with a group and guide and hike form the lift to some awesome terrain. Guess they have cat and heli access also. Definitely a bucket list place.

[@KevinKevin-qw4vk]

Also the place featured here in your video would be a dream trip for me!

[@tourdeseb]

Love it, love you

[@riseandalpine]

Love you to little D! (oh wait... that's me)

[@Bugs713]

Great Video

[@ajsorensen2585]

Lol Sponsored by hot sauce, sick conditions!! Well worth the wait always!!

[@HotSauceKing]

JAMES, IT WAS A PLEASURE MEETING YOU IN PERSON ON THE TOP OF CRYSTAL CHAIR! THANKS FOR THE STICKERS & THE HOTSAUCE. GAVE ME A WARM AND FUZZY FEELING INSIDE AND THE STRENGTH TO SHRED THE REST OF THE AFTERNOON IN THAT SAWEEET POW-POW. I NEED MOAR! I SELFISHLY DRANK IT ALL SO THE NEXT ONE IS ON ME (BEEEEERRRR!!! 🍻) KEEP UP WITH THE EXCELLENT CONTENT! HOPE YOU HAD A GOOD CHRISTMAS AND HAPPY NEW YEAR!! YOURS TRULY, HOT SAUCE KING

[@riseandalpine]

I was waiting for you to comment! Glad to hear you are alive and well and your iron stomach is one piece. Great meeting you as well & I can never pass up a beer! See ya out there brother.

[@tysonk6736]

The beginning of your video is why I moved to Vernon over Squamish... Silverstar is a 10 min drive from my house and there's never more than a 5 min wait.

[@riseandalpine]

So fair dude. If I could swing it I 'd totally move north. Nothing beats a small town and quiet ski hill!

[@tysonk6736]

@@riseandalpine you ever wanna tour Silverstar, hit me up for a stay in our spare bedroom

[@HS-ob3fz]

god damn it dude, it's not even the end of this current season and i already miss getting up at 5 am and skiing on weekends, going to be a loooooongggg wait for the next winter :(

[@riseandalpine]

I know man... It's a battle getting out of bed for work. But 5am for a ski day, I'm springing out of bed like a bouncy castle

[@peterkovach8655]

Gorgeous Neil Young rendition my man!

[@riseandalpine]

Why thank you Peter. Been practicing in the shower for years.

[@luv.izzy.mm2]

Was there all week. Sooo good.

[@riseandalpine]

A whole week of snowfall - you got all the goods. Stoked for you Joel!

[@OaksSkis]

Ayyyy man! Thanks for the shoutout, repping the Rise & Alpine gear wherever I can, even at 4am. Now we just gotta get that hot sauce govt approved...

[@riseandalpine]

Hello Mr Prime Minister... The People need some SKI SAUCE

[@Zachary_McLaren]

I'll be there in 2 weeks, so pumped

[@riseandalpine]

Yooo sick! Hopefully you get a dump!

[@AlleineDragonfyre]

I would have given anything to have had a ski buddy like you. My parents were my ski buds :/

[@riseandalpine]

Believe it or not I learned most everything I know from my mom. She seriously shreds! I need to share some videos of her.

[@AlleineDragonfyre]

@@riseandalpine oh don't get me wrong! i wouldn't trade the time i got to spend with them. but i was an only child skied more advanced than they did so i was alone most of the time lol

[@skymedium1366]

OMG this is classic

[@lhasalynn2091]

😲 🙂.......MESMERIZING.......JUST MESMERIZING!!!!! 😲🙂

[@riseandalpine]

Hey I remember you! Glad you're still tuning in :)

[@lhasalynn2091]

@@riseandalpine -Yup! Your unique humor helped me through a horrible year (losing my twin sister last April....and, FYI--she was a keen watcher of your channel, too!) Your "I hate it---I love it" sentiments cracked us up! 🙂 Have a safe (and thrilling) 2022-2023 ski season. I'll be following your tracks!

[@riseandalpine]

I'm very sorry to hear about your sister Lhasa. I'm glad I could help you crack a few smiles during such a challenging time. Giving you a big virtual hug ❤️.

[@lhasalynn2091]

@@riseandalpine Your big virtual hug means a lot to me at such a tough time--and I send the same back to you and your family for the holiday season, 2023--and beyond! (Watching the way you weight the back of your skis in that powder, reminds me of own inadequate self-taught attempts to do the same, so as to avoid the forward 'Flip-Trips'---which had me doing some real 'Cirque du Soleil' stuff on the snow!!! 😲I had some memorable but inadvertent somersaults while learning! And I NEVER got up to YOUR standard! LOL! But it was fun trying!) Okay! Time to catch up on those of your videos I've missed!! Thanks again, Rise & Alpine, for your witty productions--and your kind sentiments! (My generation used to say 'Keep on Trucking'----but "Keep on Tracking" is MUCH more fun!) 🙂 Lynn

[@hawkwind769]

Totally Canadian complete with the Neil young🤣🤙🏽

[@riseandalpine]

born and bred baby :)

[@Denizz._]

#1 I'm going to whistler tmrw morning :) I wonder if it will be good it will be -30 degrees 💀 #2 You going up anytime soon #3 also 7:30 my guy decided to ski on the trees😂😂😂😂 I saw that coming from a mile away!!! #4 10:03 what is this beauty ! #5 13:35 where is this? #6 and when was this? |what day? I said so much things lol, I'm sorry :(

[@riseandalpine]

1. Hopefully you're having a decent time and battling the cold. 2. maybe doing some skiing with the family or some backcountry this weekend 3. It was so clearly a dumb idea hahahahaa 4. That's right under glacier chair on the bite where all those big rocks are... very rare you can ski over them! 5. This was two saturdays ago on that big snow dump Thanks for tuning in dude!

[@Denizz._]

@@riseandalpine wow. THANKS :)

[@riseandalpine]

@@Denizz._ no worries hope you're having some good turns up there

[@andrewbryan1444]

HOLY SHIT THAT POW!

[@ScottyInVancouver]

Argh can't wait to go up next week !

[@riseandalpine]

Enjoy it up there and bring some extra layers!

[@austinklein7031]

Hey man, love your videos. I've been trying to improve my skiing and have a question - how are you able to change direction so quickly from 14:21 - 14:26 in the video? I'm able to change directions more gradually when carving, and can also hockey stop, but those turns look like something completely different. I see you end each turn with a little mini hockey-stop with your weight on the downhill ski to slow down (slightly flaring it out of the parallel position), but how are you whipping them around so fast while keeping them essentially completely parallel? Are you first rotating your upper body towards the direction you want to turn and just whipping your skis around to match that direction with really strong core muscles?

[@riseandalpine]

Hey Austin! Great to hear you're trying to level up your skiing ability. It's all to do with your ankles and hips! When I'm skiing my body actually stays pretty squared up with the fall line facing downhill. All the magic happens in the lower body. You want to use the bumps to your advantage helping slow you down as you compress over them. It's a bit tricky to describe technique in words but my best advice would be to really practice mogul skiing technique and watch some mogul skiing videos. If you can shred moguls right - you can ski all sorts of trees well. Hopefully that helped a bit. Maybe I should make some more ski videos for intermediates looking to take their skiing to the next level?

[@nsuavros]

Jump turns

[@billschroeder1083]

Nice video. What was the name of the first run you were on after you got up gondola?

[@gabuchan123]

could be Bark Sandwich

[@riseandalpine]

Hey Bill - that was a bit of bark sandwich and some other trees on Catskinner.

[@High_FiveGuy]

Great video! Whats your camera set up for while skiing/while vlogging/driving etc.?

[@riseandalpine]

I use a Go Pro Hero 11 as my main camera and then I use an insta360 x3 a fair bit as well

[@High_FiveGuy]

@@riseandalpine awesome. I just got a hero 11 and looking forward to using it. What are your settings to make the Vlogging not look distorted on the edges? Are you in linear lens mode?

[@Puzzoozoo]

Never been there before, but I'm thinking of going to Whistler for the 2025 season, as I'd be coming from Europe, would I need to hire powder ski's, or would my all mountain ski's be suffice for those conditions?

[@riseandalpine]

How wide are your all-mountain skis? I'm a pretty happy camper in powder all on any ski 90+mm waist. If it's a massive dump some wide skis will always be a blast but definitely isn't necessary.

[@GuilhermePulice]

love that energy, you're a beast... hopefully will meet you at some point in Blackcomb and will def make a nice line with you just so we can scream together!!!!

[@riseandalpine]

thanks Guilherme. Always down to create a symphony of hoots and hollers when I'm punching through pow!

[@pickledsausage7513]

If you telemark you would have first tracks before the lifts spin ;)

[@riseandalpine]

This is true! But shredding on fresh legs without flipping layers is always a treat too.

[@burrows10011]

Just awesome again. Subbed.

[@riseandalpine]

Ayyye thanks for the support!

[@nsuavros]

Spicy tree skiing brah but What’s up with the all tho hot sauce lol?

[@riseandalpine]

It's the new red bull. All the kids are doing it these days!

[@andrewbryan1444]

It's crazy that the powder was so deep that it would completely overwhelm you at some points.

[@JamesWilliams-ph5qr]

Give us a break down of the spots!

[@riseandalpine]

Yooo maybe it's time for another guide video!

[@JamesWilliams-ph5qr]

@@riseandalpine I get line FOMO on powder days so it would be sick to know how you decide what to hit

[@gabuchan123]

This is the day you got stuck you said to me on Catskinner?

[@riseandalpine]

Yep this was the day! It was great meeting you on the chair brother. Huge thanks for watching since the early days. Blackcomb Rules!

[@tarfeef101]

Tricks: - live in squamish - drive well in the snow and pass most of the traffic on 99 (pls don't try if you aren't a confident snow driver with actual winter tires) - get there after the gondola has started - take "the right runs" and get fresh tracks even when many runs are already tracked out (not gonna spill all my beans, but there are ways)

[@gabuchan123]

tricks: - live in whistler!

[@riseandalpine]

that is most definitely the best trick hahah

[@riseandalpine]

Oh man... I feel for you. You gotta make at least one trip this year!!

[@samuelsmith9999]

What’s ~weekend skiing~ ???

[@riseandalpine]

Oh stop making me jealous Sam hahaha

[@ChronicSurfer]

Whistler gave me food poisoning the night before; glad you scored!

[@riseandalpine]

Nooooo - what did you eat? Thank god I only stick to PB&J's and Dagwood sandwiches hahahah

[@ChronicSurfer]

@@riseandalpine Sushi To Go. I might have to switch to sandwiches only.

[@TheSonOfAspectInHisBasement]

I’m in australia and the fact that these types of storms only come in august/September is crazy. That looked so fun man! (Also, where can I buy that sauce)

[@riseandalpine]

thanks for tuning in from across the globe. Currently trying to refine the recipe and straighten out the legal implications of selling a food product. I'll let ya know when the spicy ski goods are ready for the masses :)

[@TheSonOfAspectInHisBasement]

@@riseandalpine lesgooooo

[@laxcoach76marchand42]

Lol instead of "Break a leg" I'm gonna start wishing you, "No beans in the coffee" 🤣

[@riseandalpine]

hahahahah LOL

[@enderboygamer3248]

Vancover driving be like😂😂😂

[@riseandalpine]

It's always a wild ride hahaha

[@Zahava]

Was this Saturday or Sunday?

[@riseandalpine]

This was the Saturday.

[@ducatiwheelie]

Only 2 runs?

[@riseandalpine]

lol - I think I was so excited I forgot how to count

[@mcurrie2886]

That stuff you drinking is gonna make you shattttt

[@riseandalpine]

You bet it does. SKI FAST BURN ASS!

[@nathankovach7414]

Him: I'm going to get one or two powder runs *Gets at least 10 laps of powder*

[@riseandalpine]

hahahaha so good

[@2richants]

Thought it was steep steep for a moment.

[@riseandalpine]

LOL - you thought I was steep steep or Rob was was steep steep?

[@nesnimu]

Is this an american thing to wait at the gondola for 2 hours?? I honestly dont get it. Here in the alps the gondolas open about 8 AM to 8:30 AM and basically nobody shows up 2 hours before that . Sometimes you have to wait for 10 to 15 Minutes to go up the Mountain in the High Season but other than that its easy cheesy

[@riseandalpine]

It might just be a whistler thing lol. Only a super small group waits for that long. Typically I just roll up just before it opens... Some days when it's really deep though, you just can't help yourself hahaha.

[@Whymedude888]

Man this makes me hate living in Ontario even more

[@marcs1024]

Move 😉

[@gabuchan123]

exactly just move already :)

[@riseandalpine]

Get out here Dylan!

[@felipe2fp]

U said "whistler powder day" and immediately started to drink...i know i know... thanks for not put the 4h line to reach the top in the video😂😂😂 "He fought a bear 🐻🐻" hahaha

[@riseandalpine]

Drinking required for Whistler lineups

[@michaelhoran407]

What year was it that Whistler clubbed the 200 unwanted sled dogs to death rather than give them to indigenous Canadians?

[@riseandalpine]

That sounds absolutely horrible.... I've never heard this story. Time to google.

[@misterfunnybones]

That was 2010. They brought in sled dogs for the Owe-lympics & then promptly killed them off. The man convicted in connection with the slaughter of 56 sled dogs after the 2010 Olympics in Vancouver was handed a sentence of three years' probation with no jail time, plus a $1,500 fine.

[@onecutmedia]

Hey, I peed at that truck the other day ;)

[@riseandalpine]

hahahaha you know exactly why I was standing over there LOL

[@mattt8889]

yikes, those lines look terrible. was thinking about a trip there next year but not looking for a disney on ice experience.

[@riseandalpine]

hahahha - Whistler is a place for the patient. The interior is quieter and always has better snow. That's where I would look!

[@Qqqqql]

I love your videos but tbh can’t stand the sound effects😂or that i-35 song but still i love the videos anyway

[@riseandalpine]

If you can tolerate em’ enough to watch then I appreciate it Austin. It’s always tough to please the parties who want to watch for strictly skiing and those for entertainment. If I didn’t add some hullabaloo I’d be just like every other person with a go pro strapped to their head. Maybe I can test some raw videos this winter and see how people like them!

[@Qqqqql]

@@riseandalpine i feel you i know it’s hard trying to appeal to tourist families and people who are really into the sport. I like the videos though some raw ones would be cool I’m going in January so I’m trying to learn more about the place before i go

[@RMD992-f2n]

looks cringe dude

[@tourdeseb]

#CancelJoeSimpson

[@riseandalpine]

imagine if this was Josh hahahha

[@winger0608]

Doesn't matter how early you are, Ski club always get first lift without waiting