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2022-12-20 Downtown Vancouver snow report (w/ Grouse report too)

Unfortunately due to heavy snow in the city and Grouse’s delayed opening, I had to give up going to Grouse for today’s report. Let me post Downtown Vancouver snow report...

2022-12-19 Grouse mountain snow report

The Christmas holiday season officially started. Grouse mountain operation hours on a weekday is now not 9:00am to 9:00pm but 8:00am to 10:00pm. The first upload Skyride is 7:45am.

2022-12-16 Grouse mountain snow report

The snow was mixture of snow or hard-packed, depending on the location. The busier and the sunnier the softer the snow is. The best was The Cut and the worst...

2022-12-15 Grouse mountain snow report

The snow was icier than yesterday but still snow. The view was amazing. It was not dark but unfortunately the terrain was hard to read because of flat light. It...

2022-12-14 Grouse mountain snow report

This was so far the best day ever in this season at Grouse mountain. Very clear infinite visibility, soft snow, nice grooming, and not busy. Can’t expect more.

2022-12-13 Grouse mountain snow report

The visibility was very bad, but sometimes it was somewhat clear. Way more visible than the last Friday. The snow was hard-packed but some area had fresh snow or fresh...

2022-12-12 Grouse mountain snow report

It was clear sunny and icy day. More runs opened since the last weekend, including Skyline, which made it a lot easier to explore all the runs other than just...

Paradise (Green)

Grouse’s “bunny hill,” Paradise is anything but what its name suggests. Designed for new skiers and snowboarders, Paradise is short and very mellow but at the same time features a...

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,...

2022-12-07 Whistler Blackcomb snow report

It was a hard packed, cloudy but visible, and not busy good day. The snow was mostly icy and the layer is still thin, so you can still find sketchy...

2022-12-05 Grouse mountain snow report

Everything was great today. The visibility was great as long as you stay away from the snow cannon. The snow was hard-packed in the early morning but it was shaved...

2022-12-01 Whistler Blackcomb snow report

It was a sunny and extremely cold day. Unfortunately all the powder from yesterday is completely gone, leaving hard-packed snow, but the groomed runs were still good, particularly under the...

2022-11-30 Whistler Blackcomb Tips for early season 2022/2023

Q. Is there a washroom at around parking lot 6?

2022-11-30 Whistler Blackcomb snow report

This was the first powder day in Whistler Blackcomb! Recorded 28cm of snow and the temporature was -16. The snow was deep and dry.

2022-11-28 Whistler Blackcomb snow report

It was a very cold -16C and clear day. A lot of snow cannons were running at the lower part of the mountain. Note that the snow cannon at this...