Weather – Biglines

Snow Falls and Avalanche Conditions Spike

December 19, 2016

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We feel the need to add to the rhetoric out there about the correlations between snowfall accumulations and avalanche conditions. Our rule of #getitgood is always qualified by #dontdietryin and vigilance is req...

HOLY SHIT! Over 10 Metres of Snow has Fallen on Whistler Blackcomb this Year

Mikeynix

March 10, 2016

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And the best part? There's a lot more coming: It's funny, really. Because the headline could just as easily read: "Whistler Blackcomb on Track for Slightly-above-average Snow Year". But with a c...

MASSIVE WHISTLER STORM JINXED BY SOCIAL MEDIA CLICKBAIT

Mikeynix

December 4, 2015

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If you’re reading this, you must have clicked on my own web-enticing title. Alanis Morrisette wrote a song about that kind of thing. Of course that’s beside the point. Really, I wanted to address the f...

Weather, Man – Notes and Photos from Opening Weekend on Whistler Mountain

Mikeynix

November 24, 2015

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TWO SYSTEMS: one warm and steamy, the other cold and blustery, battled for supremacy at the end of the storm before opening day. And it wasn’t until Thursday morning that we knew which one had taken the titl...

HEY FREERIDERS! CALM YOUR TITS!

Mikeynix

November 11, 2015

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First off, I'd like to offer up a "HELLS YEAH" to all these cold, early season storms. Low tide pow shots have been clogging up our feeds since the beginning of November. It's all very exciting. But th...

Mike Douglas Breaks Down the 2014.15 Season

Whistler Blackcomb

April 27, 2015

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Mike Douglas knows Whistler Blackcomb like no other. Lured by big mountains and reliable snowfall, Mike moved to Whistler over 25 years ago. Now known as the "Godfather of freeskiing", Mike is credited with hel...

Delirium Dive Check – March 11th: Sunshine VIllage

Mikeynix

March 12, 2015

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The situation looked grim as I drove west towards Sunshine Village. The forecasted broken skies were turning into a solid greybird. And with warm temps having taken hold of The Bow Valley the day before, my exp...

Big week of Lines in the Rockies

kevin hjertaas

February 5, 2015

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Rockies Conditions Update Feb. 4, 2015 Hjertaas and Rubens have been on a Rockies crushfest of late. Here's Rubens plowing up the gnar above Taylor Lake... It’s been a great week in the Rockies with unse...

Global TV on Climate Change and Skiing

Mikeynix

January 21, 2015

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Seems like the mainstream news is finally clueing into something that our community has been aware of for a really long time... It's an easy phenomenon to sensationalize, so I'm surprised they haven't really...

Major Storm to Hit Vancouver British Columbia on Tuesday December 9, 2014

BigLines

December 9, 2014

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Major Storm is on its way for Vancouver British Columbia on Tuesday December 9, 2014 and it will bring 30+ mm of Rain and it will bring Very Strong Winds too and it will be a lot of Wind Driven Rain in Vancouve...