My way to end 2006
January 3rd, 2007 by ktula
There is no better way for me to end the year 2006 than spending two days in a row snowboarding in the British Columbia coastal mountains. Since i was not willing to cough up $600 a night of accomodation at Whistler in order to spend both days there, and also because i wanted to take my ex-roommate Boon and his wife Shaohong along with me, i decided to only spend a day at Whistler.
The first day, i drove up to Cypress Mountain, a ski resort about 30 minutes from Vancouver. Cypress Mountain is like the mini-me version of Whistler/Blackcomb - it has two mountains side by side (Black Mountain and Strachan Mountain), like Whistler and Blackcomb. As soon as i arrived at Cypress Mountain, it started snowing quite heavily. By the time i got back to my car about 5 hours later, there was 3 inches of snow on my car. Cypress Mountain has some decent runs and the lift ticket during the peak season is $50 for the full day. In comparison, a regular full day lift ticket costs $81 at Whistler!
View of downtown Vancouver and Stanley Park from the scenic point near Cypress Mountain:
View from the scenic point near Cypress Mountain:
The second day, i took Boon and Shaohong to Whistler. It took us about one and a half hours to get to Whistler from Boon’s apartment on Beach Ave in Vancouver - there was very little traffic and the roads were clear. Because of our late departure, Boon and Shaohong missed the start time for the full day beginner lesson so i ended up teaching them, especially Shaohong, for about an hour. Man, i really sucked in giving lesson to beginner. I was especially impatient because i only had about 4 hours max to ride since the lifts stopped operating at 1500 and we didn’t arrive until after 1100. Other than a few icy patches, the snow was good from top to bottom on Whistler. The last run of the day, i rode all the way down from the top of the Harmony chair. I think i was one of the last few persons, if not the last, to ride down from Harmony. I didn’t do as many runs as i originally wanted but the almost non-stop (i stopped once to call Boon on the walkie talkie) 30-minute last run made up for it.
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