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Whitewater Ski Resort
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2011-01-21I meant to post this earlier but like everything else it got pushed down the line. I had two days left of official holiday vacation...replies5views5363
2011-01-30
2011-01-16Just back from an AST 1 course in the Whitewater area backcountry today... About 10cm of new snow fell overnight followed by rain...replies0views2384
2011-01-16
2011-01-07What a great way to kick off 2011. This was our second time to Nelson this season, our first being a break in tour of Evening Ridge. ...replies4views6422
2011-01-08
2010-12-29Sorry about the title. I couldn't help myself. We hit White Queen around 12:30 or 1:00 today, taking advantage of the Whitewater backcountry...replies0views2371
2010-12-29
2010-12-29What a difference three days makes – the last post for this route told of a mine field of tree bombs and not too much new snow to cover...replies0views2361
2010-12-29
2010-12-28From around 1700-2100m (and above?), same as last week. This was obvious in-bounds today. Hopefully some new snow will obliterate it, but it was...replies0views3676
2010-12-28
2010-12-26Ok, maybe not a true Ice Queen but still not much fun what ever you call her. Extremely high winds on the summit confirmed why we had first tracks...replies0views2411
2010-12-26
2010-12-26Skied into Acidophilus today as the hill was being pummelled by some pretty good winds and the snow looked like it was only sticking in low lying...replies0views2464
2010-12-26
2010-12-24The snow was deep the winds were calm and the sun fought to shine - the perfect day to go skiing. Today was the opening of the Glory Ridge Chair...replies0views3397
2010-12-24
2010-12-18Since Whitewater is opening their new Glory Ridge Chair soon this means that the ski touring accent routes will be changing as the policy at...replies2views5809
2010-12-25
2010-12-18Well I had a hell of a morning the other day. Fresh tracks till noon every run! Check it out!replies3views2075
2010-12-20
2010-12-13That classic winter Pineapple Express was in full force today and bought up to 20cm of new snow to the backcountry surrounding Whitewater with...replies0views3574
2010-12-13
2010-12-11A new report from the Public Mountain Conditions Reoprt on current conditions in 5-mile drainage at Whitewater Ski Resort: Made a trip with...replies0views2285
2010-12-11
2010-12-06Some more observations from another AST course yesterday. 7:20am in Nelson (550m) -3.5C 8:00am at Evening Ridge...replies0views2217
2010-12-06
2010-12-03A recent Mountain Conditions Report on Prospector Bowl at Whitewater: Yesterday I skied into the Prospector's area of Whitewaters's...replies0views2810
2010-12-03
2010-11-30I woke up, mouth as dry as sandpaper and a pounding headache, to my friend Ryan on the telephone. He wanted to know if I wanted to go...replies2views2517
2010-12-06
2010-11-30I took this snap on Saturday at the top of the Glory Ridge Chair looking over at White Queen. You can see that things still need to fill-in...replies1views2448
2010-11-30
2010-11-28Some good Beta via the Public Mountain Conditions Report: Some quick observations from an AST 1 course today: 1500m – 60cm 1600m...replies0views2137
2010-11-28
2010-11-27Just returned from Whitewater today (along with 100 other eager souls) and see that the snow is starting to pile up with some mixed layers just to...replies0views4218
2010-11-27
2010-11-21There have already been some great posts on the subject but I thought I'd add to the pile. I couldn't get out into the BC because I had a...replies0views2105
2010-11-21
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2010-11-20
2010-11-15With all the hype in town about the epic year on our doorstep and the sure signs of snow topped elephant mountain out the office window – I...replies0views5166
2010-11-15
2010-10-31So it looks like things are starting to pile up at the hill - anyone out there made any turns yet? what is the base looking like after this last...replies2views2320
2010-10-31
2010-10-18Things are starting to happen up at Whitewater, the pictures below are from Saturday Oct 16th and you can see that there are a few more structures...replies4views3736
2010-10-21
2010-10-02We took advantage of the great weather today to head up to Whitewater to see how the new Glory Ridge triple Chair install was coming...replies4views7489
2010-10-14