The New Adventures of Martn aka Skip: Easter powder day

I didnt get a chance the other night to tell y'all about the fantastic day we had at Whistler.

There were 3 reasons: the powder (of course), the Roam premier (which was amazing) and the fact that today Kiyoka had an epiphany. Her skiing went from blue to double-black in about an hour!!

This is she standing on a gnarly steep off-piste bit under the Harmony lift. A few hours earlier and wild horses couldn't have got her here!

We made an early start so we were in the village by 7.45am - the snow report said it was a powder day so I at least was DESPERATE to get on the mountain early. We got on the lift just after it opened and found ourselves at the top of Whistler Mountain before 9 with miles of fresh powder in front of us.......

After a quick run it was clear that Kiyoka's rented boots were too tight so we had to head down to the village. This was a blessing cos with everyone heading up to find powder, we found ourselves on the lower mountain skiing through a foot of virgin powder all by ourselves!!

"Headwall" - 1-2ft of powder

For ages I've been on at Kiyoka to lean forward when she skis - today she finally got the hang of it and WHAT a difference it made. She's always been a great skier, but this small change really made a big difference.

After the run down to the village and a go at "Peak to Creek" (miles long and a vertical mile down) We had the powder bug BIG TIME! After that we spent the rest of the morning sessioning "Headwall" - an off piste run with some crazy steepness and rocks and drops to avoid. Ohhhh, such fun - and when we did fall - it was sooooooo soft.

After lunch we went over to Harmony Bowl - it was almost deserted! (click on it to see bigger version)

We spent the afternoon sniffing out the steepest powder we could find - and avoiding "pistes" at all costs! It was amaaaaaaaaaazing! And for once, we actually managed to catch the last lift up to the top - a truly full day of fantastic skiing. I hadnt really skied powder until today, but I think I've got my technique down now. Oh, and I luuuuuuuuuuuuurve to do the stupid fast big turns in the pow - its like flying! Weeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeee!