2022-12-09 Grouse mountain snow report

2022-12-09 Grouse mountain snow report

The snow was not bad, but the visibility was zero. The feature image above is a photo I took at the upper part of The Cut from the right side, and not a dummy white image. Furthermore it’s still early season so tight runs such as Paper Trail or Skyline weren’t open, so there were no way to escape from the fog. Thankfully the snow was not very sticky you don’t get wet too much.

Overall rate: 1/5 ★☆☆☆☆

Lifts:

  • Olympic Express High-Speed Quad Chair
  • Peak Quad Chair (Closed)
  • Screaming Eagle High-Speed Quad Chair
  • Greenway Quad Chair
  • Magic Carpet
  • Handle Tow (Coming Soon!)

Parks:

  • Paradise Jib Park (Mini Rainbow Box, 16’ Flat Box, Open)
  • The Cut Jump Line (Closed)
  • Cut Rookie Park (Down ledge box - M, Quebec down flat - L, Down tower tube - M, DFD Ledgebox - L, Battle Ship box - M, Barrier - M, Jam rail - L, Down 16’ box - M, Open)
    • (Not really for a rookie)
  • Side Cut Park (Closed)

Runs:

  • Chalet Road (Green)
  • Paradise (Green)
  • Ski Wee (Green)
  • The Cut (Green)
  • Blue Face (Blue) (Closed)
  • Centennial (Blue) (Closed)
  • Deliverance (Blue)
  • Dogleg (Blue) (Closed)
  • Expo (Blue)
  • Heaven’s Sake (Blue)
  • Lower Buckhorn (Blue) (Closed)
  • Lower Peak (Black Diamond)
  • Lower Side Cut (Blue) (Closed)
  • Paper Trail (Blue) (Closed)
  • Peak (Black Diamond)
  • Side Cut (Blue) (Closed)
  • Skyline (Blue) (Closed)
  • Tyee Chute (Blue) (Closed)
  • Upper Buckhorn (Blue) (Closed)
  • Blazes (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Coffin (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Hades (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Inferno (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Outer Limits (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Devil’s Advocate (Double Black Diamonds) (Closed)
  • Purgatory (Double Black Diamonds) (Closed)
  • Peak Glades (Double Black Diamonds) (Closed)
  • Grinder Tracks (Blue) (Closed)
  • Expo Glades (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Coola’s Corner (Blue) (Closed)
  • Chimney (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Upper Blazes (Black Diamond) (Closed)
  • Mountain Highway (Blue) (Closed)

^ Note that Olympic Chair opened at 12pm, so as the blue runs at the side such as Peak and Expo did. Until then the only options were for an intermediate / advanced snowboarder was The Cut.

View from Screaming Eagle in the early morning. The visibility was actually better at the very early morning but it got worse gradually.

The right side of The Cut was actually good. The terrain is rough and the snow layer is thin so you really need to make tight quick unweighted turns without using edge too much. You need at least a skill of being able to ride at ungroomed blue runs.

The base was raining.