2003 - Whistler, BC

Stayed at: Slopeside! Legends at Creekside

Conditions:

Day 1 - Sunny at Whistler
Day 2 - Fog at mid-mountain at Blackcomb.
Day 3 - Sunny at Blackcomb.
Day 4 - Sunny morning, then cold at Whistler.

After a delightful time the prior year, we came to repeat the trip. Although ski conditions did not repeat, we had some nice sunny days and several guest skiers on day 3 (Jon's brother Dan & Fink's friend Eli). Whistler is definitely one of the best planned resorts with a huge variety of terrain - the Blackcomb Glacier was a definite standout.

Now, if only we could get our weekend to coincide with the snow they started getting after we left on the 4th (although they had a totally dry January/1st half of February - not a great year for them):

New Snow in inches

	0	0	1	7	1	6	10	4	8	29	15	7	2	1
	04	05	06	07	08	09	10	11	12	13	14	15	16	17

from Mar 3, 2003 to Mar 17, 2003

Oh yeah - before next year's trip, Mark plans to take a lesson in getting on & off the chair & t-bar. He managed to fall off the chair, fall off the t-bar and fall while getting off the chair all in one day. It was quite amusing (for Jon & Jonathan). In his defense, he dislocated his shoulder 3 weeks before the trip, but still came. And he was able to keep track of his skis the whole weekend - a first! He's a trooper. This was also the year that Fink vowed to "change his behaviour" and be less antagonizing to Mark. He's got a bruise on his shin in the shape of a skiboot to remind him of this vow.

Lots of good photos this year: Mark, Jon, More, Mark2, Dan, Eli