Blogs from Whistler, British Columbia, Canada, North America - page 13

Time has really become a man-made construction from this past week of non-wwoofing / camping. Half of my preparation time or reflection was trying to put our past events in chronological order, which is hard when your only source of clock time is from a phone that rarely has service or is turned on. Already babbling.. Canmore BC was our first real representation of a ‘rocky mountain town’. Picture massive snow-capped mountains surrounding the friendliest looking town i’ve seen yet. We were lucky enough to crash at our new friend Hannah’s house with her friend Marissa in Canmore. After going for a walk and seeing what Hannah meant by Canmore having a rabbit problem we settled down with some drinks and watched Easy Rider. If it has been a while, Easy Rider starred Dennis Hopper, ... read more

I hope everyone is doing really well!? So I'm back in Whistler after the most amazing 26 days in the USA. We managed on many occassions to go off the touristy path and see, do, eat and live like an American. We were rewarded with meeting some amazing people and getting in amongest the culture and not just seeing it from a Bus window. Some of what we sore was very shocking and some was just inspirational but we got to see the real USA. We went to: New Orleans, Memphis, Myrtle beach, Charleston, Wilmington, Washington DC, Atlantic City, New York. We went threw: Lousiana, Mississippi, Tennassee, Alabama, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Delaware, Pennsylvania and New Jersey. We sore and done some amazing things and here are just a few: - A night out ... read more

Whistler is affectionately known as 'Whistralia' by seasonnaires for good reason. 60% of the people who live here in winter are Australian. Pretty close to 100% of the lifties are Australian. The Whistler accent (adopted if you live here for a few years) is somewhere between Canadian and Australian...erring towards the Australian side! ...and so when a day has been dedicated purely to being Australian, Whistler goes off! The whole day is a bit of a blur but effectively from 8am to 3am the next day, there was a lot of Australian import (VB, not fosters as every Brit was reminded multiple times throughout the day), a lot of meat pies, and a lot of general merriment. The temperature was about -6 and people were skiing down in just a dress made from an australian flag, ... read more

Hi Everyone, I hope everyone is going well! With snow during the nights and clear and sunny days over the past week we have had the most amazing snow conditions. The temps have been cold and the snow has just kept coming with it maxing out at just over 2metres in 7 days on Fri. Seeing Whistler is on the Pacific North West coast we get alot of wet snow but on Thursday night we got "Champagne powder" for friday. Champagne powder is snow that had fallen that is under -6 degress, seeing with being so cold has very little water content and it's impossible to make a snowball with being so dry. It was so light and cold and fluffy, it was just a privilege to be able to ski with my class. It all ... read more

Hi all, Here are some photos of my new house for those of you who are interested! If you would like the new address email me and I can give it to you. I moved here a few weeks ago with two friends from snowschool and so far it is going really well! The apartments are a short bus ride from town and we live very near to Creekside which is a pokey little village just outside of Whistler. It is really nice and feels a lot more cosy and european than Whistler itself which is quite big and north american feeling! There is a gondola in Creekside which goes up to the top of Whistler so we usually go straight up there in the morning to save time and get the most riding done! I ... read more