Snowlellujah!!

Well, Mother Nature really came through on this one. The 30cm of heavy wet snow was immediately followed by the same volume of light, fluffy Colorado-esque powder. It was far and away the best day of the season. It was anywhere from knee to stomach deep, and I'm not exaggerating when I say that I was making turns with snow flowing over both shoulders. In addition, the light snow on top of the heavy snow plus a bluebird day on Thursday made for perfect "sending" weather. People were jumping off 30-40 foot cliffs with no hesitation. Oh what fun.

I've always been envious of those photos in the Ski magazines where the snow is so deep all you see is two ski poles and the top of a helmet. I've come to realize, however, the only reason there isn't a photo of me in snow that deep is that I don't have a friend with a $7,000 camera and the willingness to sacrifice ridiculously deep powder turns for a photo. It actually doesn't take that much snow to get a shot like that, but to nail the photo it takes a camera which can snap many frames in a matter of seconds. So I take consolation in the fact that although I have no proof of these powder-swallowing endeavors, I too have known that feeling.

Basically what I'm saying is that for all intents and purposes, this photos was taken of me.

Actually it was taken of Johnny Law, a sponsored ripper and Whistler local who happens to work for Surefoot. Photo was taken by professional ski photographer Jordan Manley.