Oh Canada - Whistler

We swung back through Seattle briefly...  Went to home-sweet-home (the storage unit) and swapped out some clothes, popped into a job interview, and then promptly hit the road for Whistler.  I've been to Whistler three times and EACH time have been rewarded with powder.  This time would be no exception with each ski day getting little 2 inch hits.  But before I get into the skiing, I should mention that we also had great food up at Whistler, especially after coming from Bozeman.  Our first night, Mongolian Grill:

Chop chop chop

The first ski day, we headed to the Whistler side and had a great time charging all over the alpine terrain.  We didn't have full power bluebird weather, but visibility was great for all but about half an hour.  Skiing these peaceful high alpine zones is always great.

Alpine forever.  You can go anywhere.

Our second day dawned with another 2" up high and we had a great morning skiing around Blackcomb while dealing with some high clouds on the upper mountain.  We had some really nice soft runs in the 7th Heaven zone and the top of the Glacier Express chair.  But sure enough, the in-and-out snow squalls slowly but surely changed to rain by the afternoon.  In the last post, I mentioned that I consider it mandatory to ski in the rain once in a year (for character building purposes).  Twice in a year?  Well why not build some more character?

The first day we had downloaded off the mountain because we'd heard all kinds of horror stories about the lower mountain.  I wanted to ski that thing to the bottom on our second day and Shannon obliged.  Something about skiing to the bottom (bitter end?) just feels right and the skis survived the thin cover just fine.  We're champions.

We fear no thin cover.

We had a really nice date night at a restaurant called 21 Steps and headed back to Seattle after another great time in Whistler.  Before this trip, one of my co-workers had claimed this as the best skiing in North America, and I get it.  Tons of variety, views, and a fantastic village (the three V's?).  Can't wait to head back!