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2012-12-22
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admin
With over 160cm's of fresh in the last 5 days at the powder vortex known locally as Whitewater Ski Resort it was due time to head out into the...
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2012-12-22
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This from Shaun King of Mountain Sense Guiding and Instruction:
Just back from an AST course in the Evening Ridge area.
We found ~25cm of...
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2012-06-29
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Baekho
Whitewater Resort and surrounding areas- Taken from Evening Ridge
Wh2o – Taken from Evening Ridge
Wh2o – Not a cloud in...
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Baekho
2012-06-29
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2012-06-13
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Baekho
Word on the street last wednesday was the hill got dumped on. " I heard they got like.. 2 metres!!", good ol' oso talk. Decided to go see what...
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Baekho
2012-06-13
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2012-05-17
Was up at Whitewater last weekend and it was great!
We just went for a quick skin up in the afternoon before a bonfire and a BBQ and it was...
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2012-05-17
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2012-05-12
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crystaline
Went up to Whiteweater for a tour yesterday. Skinned up and around and hung out on Ymir peak for a while before descending down Ymir bench and...
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crystaline
2012-05-12
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2012-05-05
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powder
Nice to see winter is not over yet.
May 5th (almost a full month after Whitewater closed for the season) and it is still puking at the hill....
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powder
2012-05-05
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2012-03-31
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powder
It's the end of March and it has been dumping all month up at Whitewater here in Nelson. Now I know every resort says this and it always...
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powder
2012-03-31
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2012-03-04
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skifreak
On Friday March 2nd someone was very luck to walk away from a size 3 avalanche that occured on a popular backcountry route called The Whale's...
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skifreak
2012-03-04
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2012-02-25
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Lil G
This winter, my parents introduced me to backcountry skiing. Wow! What can I say? It’s a really exhilarating experience...
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Lil G
2012-02-25
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2012-02-24
I have been looking at this line longingly since the first day I saw it eight years ago.
Every time I summit Blasters Ridge Glade Two Tree was...
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2012-02-04
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AndrewW
Some out of bounds pillow skiing at Whitewater. Lots of fun!
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v.....re=mh_lolz
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AndrewW
2012-02-04
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2012-01-30
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ymir
4 seats available at our standby rate of $275 including breakfast at the Ymir Palace in Ymir. The skiing is incredible. This is our last standby...
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ymir
2012-01-30
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2012-01-27
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jopeters
Hey there,
I am visiting Nelson for the weekend and would love to go out for a day tour with someone who is familiar with the area. I am...
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jopeters
2012-01-27
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2012-01-26
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tuckr
We took advantage of Ymir Yurts locals deal posted on backcountryskiingcanada.com and boy did it pay off. January 9th arrived from the donut hole...
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tuckr
2012-01-26
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2012-01-21
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splitterdave
Hi Everybody!
So on a powdery but not so stable day earlier this month I was granted a ski day. Any year before this one and a ski day...
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splitterdave
2012-01-21
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2012-01-14
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4mat
Hey, My name is Mat and I am 21 and a splitboarder in Nelson looking for some touring buddies! I work at Baldface this year and decided to not ...
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4mat
2012-01-14
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2012-01-12
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AndrewW
On a gorgeous December day my brother and I went for a skin up to the top of trash shoots at Whitewater BC. Filmed some of our adventure....
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AndrewW
2012-01-12
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2012-01-08
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skifreak
Another grey day here in the interior of BC, the West Kootenays have been particularly cloudy for this time of year with little of the white stuff...
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skifreak
2012-01-08
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2011-12-27
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mike1980
After 9 years of living in Lake Louise, skiing the sketchy thin snowpack, I've uprooted myself and landed in Nelson BC. It is a whole new...
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mike1980
2011-12-27
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2011-12-20
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ymir
Backcountry cabins from $25 per night per person. Check out our availability calendar and if a date is available within two weeks...
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ymir
2011-12-20
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2011-12-19
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skifreak
The latest from Whitewater Ski Resort to help get your stoke on. It is coming – don't worry, it's comming.
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skifreak
2011-12-19
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2011-11-20
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shaun
We headed out to enjoy the sunshine on this beauty high pressure day and check out local snow conditions.
I saw tracks in the Prospector...
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shaun
2011-11-20
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2011-11-19
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andrew
Went up to Whitewater for a day of playing in the snow. My feet always feel a little beaten up the first day in the boots but the skiing was...
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andrew
2011-11-19
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Only the first week of November and already the base at Whitewater is shaping up nicely, here are some recent pics from the base lodge - not quite...
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