The day of departure I finished packing and off to the airport. I said my goodbyes and started the best adventure of my life. My flight left Ontario at 8:30pm but was delayed for a de-Icing so my arrival was 12am BC time (3am Ontario) It would have been ok if I had slept on the plane but I was in the middle seat between two of the oddest people on the flight. The plane lands and I am off to Josh’s for a gold medal party. Walking into his place in Yale town I was greeted by some smiling faces and yager bombs. We ended up staying up all night watched the hockey game and passed out around 9am BC time. The Next day we do it all again except this time the place of choice is a country bar. Me + alcohol + line dancing = a lot of angry cowboys.
Monday I hop on my bus to Whistler and meet up with Christine, my very accommodating host. We get some wine and Sushi and head back to her place to get ready for a night in the village. We head over to Dangers place and have some Vodka on ice…..mmmmmm!! The Cinnamon Bear was our next stop for some pitchers of beer and great conversation. From there we proceed to Mojos where Danger and I got into a gun show. “Which way to the mountain? What time does it open”. It was 80’s night at Tommy Africa so we made that the last stop of the night where I proceeded to dance the night away in a drunken stupor. This is where I met my savior of the week Colin. I had lost Christine somewhere and I couldn’t find her and I had no clue where she lived except that it was in Alpine. Colin lived in Alpine and offered to wander around with me to locate her place. After what seemed an eternity we decided drinking beers would be more productive than wandering around in the dark.
The next morning I was up for 8am and ready to hit the mountain. Me and Danger hit up Whistler but my boots were killing me so we took it easy. That night I went to smoke some good BC bud with Bruce then I was off to Colin’s for some beers.
Wednesday went up the mountain bright and early with Danger and Christine’s housemate Helen. Such a good day of ridding and beers and laughs. We had a pitcher at 10:45am just to get us started. That was a full 9-5 day because we waited for Trudy (Christine’s other roommate) to get off work at the top of Blackcomb and we did the ski out with her. We ended up at Merlin’s for some dang good beers. Met up with Nick for some dinner at the Spaghetti factory then back to the pimp palace for some more yager bombs. It turns out that one of his roommates is a friend I had from last year. So we played Texas holdem and I couldn’t loose. I kept going all in and winning. So I gave all my chips to the other girl there and we went out to Bills I think…..things get a bit hazy. Everyone that I went to the bar with disappears so I decided to go get a pita and visit Colin. He was not impressed with the half eaten pita I brought him but he was amused with all the shouting I did.
Thursday was a right off. I woke up and literally couldn’t move I was so sore from the previous day on the mountain. So some hot tubing was in order and some nice cold beers. It was good I decided to take this day off because it snowed that night for a 15cm POW day!!
Friday was a POW day and went up for fresh tracks with Danger and Trudy. It was a perfect Blue bird day not a cloud in the sky. The peak chair was open and every one was doing beautiful lines down the front so we decided to see about creek to peak. It was UNTOUCHED!! The most beautiful sight I have ever seen in my entire life. We did peak to creek with no one around all fresh lines that morning. At the top Danger and I met up with Courtney’s brother Andrew and a friend of his. We decided to do peak to creek again and it was still pretty fresh snow. We ended up at the bottom after Danger leads me through some trees onto an undeveloped run with logs and mountain tall moguls. That’s why he has his name I guess. Dusty’s was our meet up point for 3 pitchers for 4 people. I got drunk! Ha-ha snowboarding to the bottom was a task in its self. Danger had to go to work so me and Andrew hung out and got hammered, it was a laugh.
Saturday was another write off. I was too sore to move. But that’s ok because it snowed all night.
Sunday was another POW day with it snowing all day. We decided to go up Whistler with a banana. I made a bet with Danger that he couldn’t hold the Banana in his hand all day with out dropping it. If he wins he gets a free pitcher of beer, if he looses he owes me one. Last run of the day Danger drops the banana trying not to slide down a frozen water fall. We had our silent moment for the Banana then to the GLC for some beers.
Monday I was supposed to be on a plane back to Toronto…..no deal! I delayed my flight for a day because Monday was EPIC! So much snow…Danger spotted his roommate Nick and we decided to continue the day on Blackcomb in the trees. There was so much powder I couldn’t believe it. Some places it was up to my thighs all untouched and ready for us. And it wouldn’t stop snowing fat fluffy flakes all day. Some spots we hit in the morning were covered in the afternoon. It was unbelievable. We did the ski out with Trudy and ended up at Merlin’s for some more beers. Then it was back to get showered, get alcohol and go to Dangers to watch Team America. Such a funny movie. I said my goodbyes to Helen and Danger, then to Trudy and met up with Colin for some beers. It’s so hard to say goodbye to such great people.
Tuesday got up at 630 am walked back to Christine’s for my stuff then to the bus stop to catch my bus. Saying bye to Colin my savior was so difficult he’s one of the coolest people I have met in a long time. I held back the tears of leaving such an amazing place with such great people and settled into my seat for a 3 hour bus ride to the airport.
I had such an amazing time there. I can’t wait till next year!
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Published by josiehardcore: 10:14 AM
Updated On: 3/9/2006 at 10:16 AM
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