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Monday, February 23, 2009

Sports Dirt Boardin'

Posted by Dan Savage on Mon, Feb 23, 2009 at 9:48 AM

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Uh, Seattle Times? There hasn't been much powder to speak of along BC's "powder highway" this year. We looked everywhere. If you want powder right now you gotta head south, to California and Nevada, not north to British Columbia.

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Even though it's in in the evil state of Utah, my brother reports that Park City had great powder last week.

Posted by rod on February 23, 2009 at 10:01 AM

Baker will get a few inches this week.

Posted by kitschnsync on February 23, 2009 at 10:03 AM

i'm headed to whistler in about 3 weeks...hoping for better conditions then.

Posted by biff on February 23, 2009 at 10:11 AM

Lake Louise was barren yesterday, but they are predicting a big dump of snow this week, thank goodness!

Posted by Harv on February 23, 2009 at 10:17 AM

dont rich people who go play during the middle of the depression have special magazines they subscribe to for this? yachting and snowboarding for the idle or whatever?

Posted by Go away! 'Batin'! on February 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM

whistler's website says they received a foot of snow in the last 24 hours...

Posted by biff on February 23, 2009 at 10:24 AM

There's no shortage of snow at the Colorado ski areas this year.

Posted by Fifty-Two-Eighty on February 23, 2009 at 10:30 AM

You're insane, Stranger.

Tons of Powder at Red Mountain and most ski hills in BC, even Whistler - I know cause my friends were there and another friend was busy boarding on Sunday after working on the luge for the Olympics on Saturday.

WAKE UP! TRY checking online ski conditions at the REAL ski hills.

Posted by Will in Seattle on February 23, 2009 at 10:41 AM

Cali got our weather pattern over the last couple of weeks, due to unusual winds.

Posted by Lloyd Clydesdale on February 23, 2009 at 10:44 AM

I was in Whistler 2 weeks ago for big ol homo ski week, and the snow in the upper mountain, while not perfect, was just fine. As were the boys.

Posted by dean p on February 23, 2009 at 11:09 AM

Go to Tahoe for fantastic powder. I just got back.

Posted by David Wright on February 23, 2009 at 11:27 AM

Or, uh, Associated Press?

I bet they timed that article to post months ago.

Posted by highfives on February 23, 2009 at 12:26 PM

Oh, and I really hated how they talked about it being the Kootenays, when most of the hills weren't in the Kootenays.

There's a new ski hill opening near Kaslo BC soon - great powder, only accessible due to global warming - my advice is fly into the Kaslo airport or take a snow bus from Nelson BC. Great people, I went to school with some of them back around grade 6, and killer weed and beer is easily accessible, as are week long parties.

Posted by Will in Seattle on February 23, 2009 at 12:38 PM

you fags missed the holy oly snowboard event this weekend as well.

get out of the house

Posted by theres more to life than capitol hill on February 23, 2009 at 1:26 PM

Next Friday is Free Ski Day at Red Mountain by the way.

And there's still powder - check out Granite runs.

Posted by Will in Seattle on February 23, 2009 at 2:13 PM

oh i forgot, everything scenester-centric has to do with photos you steal out of the flicker pool now that you are too cheap to have real photographers.

fire grandys hack ass and use that money to pay Kelly O what she deserves. She's about all you guys got now.

Posted by that dude on February 23, 2009 at 2:21 PM

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