Friday, March 04, 2011

Whistler, Canada - 23/03/2011

New Snow: 6cm
Piste Condition: Soft and powder, but with some wind crust in places
Visibility: Occasional sunny periods in the morning, closing into poor in the afternoon
Wind: Calm increasing to moderate in places
Temperature: -7 to -14
Piste Crowding: Light
Lift Lines: Light

It's been a while since I've been riding, all due to injury (ankles).  It was great to be back!

I decided to head on over to Whistler, as i know that mountain very well.  I decided to start off on the slopes that I knew best, and that I knew wouldn't pose too much trouble for my ankles.  So I headed on down "Orange Peel", onto "Bear Cub" and past 'Big Red Chair', and down onto 'Garbonzo chair'.

I headed on up Garbonzo and down to the right.  This was the first real challenge for the ankles, as it was really quite choppy and difficult riding here.  My ankles did hurt a few times, but not so much as to stop me riding.  This was to be the same throught the day, and unfortunatley on many occasions.#

I got onto 'Emerald Chair' and headed on over to the 'Peak Chair' and I headed on over to the "Symphony Ampitheatre".  I knew the 'Symphony Express' wasn't running, but it was my intention to head to the 'Harmony Express'.  The snow lookead and felt really great, so I decided to cut the normal line into "Burnt Stew Trail", and this was a mistake.  It was here that I found a few hard lumps of snow that really jarred my ankles.  I thought that I might have to call it after that, but they calmed down shortly after.  To the right of the "Burnt Stew Trail" the snow was practically completley untouched.  I was a little surprised at that.  It made for a really good ride.  I couldn't make the trail all the way around, but I was again surprised that there was so much powder untouched in the area.  I therefore decided to make the most of it.

I headed back up and into the 'Symphony Amphiteatre' a few times that day.  Each time I rode further over onto the right as possible, each time getting cleaner and cleaner powder lines all the way.  Just the medicine I needed after a long time off the snow and the injury.

All too soon the lift was to close at 15:00, so I had to make may way over and down "Pitkas Traverse".  Normally I would have hurtled down there, but I could feel the ankles holding me back (and as usual, silly skiers [not all skiers are silly!] got in my way).  I cruzed over the top of the 'Emerald Express' and down onto the usuall "Orange Peel" and "Bear Cub" and onto the 'Big Red Chair'.  It was also starting to get quite cold, so I decided to call it a day.

Once again I took "Orange Peel", onto "Bear Cub", around and then into "Crabapple" and to the far left on "Lower Olympic" and int othe village.  It was a good day in all, and a good test for the ankles.  They have stood up well, but are definatley hurting now...  Hopefully they will be OK in the morning and allow me to get out riding again.

Total Time: 04:04:33
Moving Time: 03:47:28
Distance: 63.3km
Moving Speed: 16.69km/h, 76.59km/h max
Elevation Gain: +5664m / -5686m
Calories: 2058.1 KCal

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