The season started early with a opening day trip up to Whistler. I got there early and there was a massive line, I was saved from the like by a friend who had an extra lift pass for the day. We ended up having a bite to eat before hitting the slopes and then drinking our way into oblivion that night and well into the next morning! I made some new friends and got a chance to play around in the snow with some old and new friends.
Flash forward to the middle of the season and suddenly we had a lack of snow and the local mountains were hurting, it didn’t stop me from hitting the slopes at Cypress enough times to make up for the cost of the season pass. It didn’t make a whole lot of difference though, the lack of snow and the generally poor conditions didn’t help, but the lack of time to go riding definitely didn’t help either.
And here we are at the end of the season and I ended it in Whistler, just like I started it. This time on a new board and slightly better than last year. I was able to go on runs I hadn’t thought possible last year and I had a great time! Whistler is and always will be one of my favorite places to ride, but I’m looking towards other adventures and trying to figure out a way to keep riding a little longer if not get some more experience under my belt and do some backcountry riding, maybe even a little heli-skiing if I’m up for it.
The riding has been good and I’m glad for the friends who berated me into trying it last season, I still get ribbed for wanting to go snowshoeing instead… Thanks again guys for making me hit the slopes, you introduced me to a sport I love and I’m very thankful for having such persuasive friends!
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