April Powder, April 1st

What a weekend! Cherry blossoms are finally out in Vancouver. Whistler got another meter of snow in the last 4 days. Plans were made to head to the Duffey Lake Road expecting OK conditions. What we found was excellent delightful fluffy pow! Initially our plan was to explore a different slope on Chief Pascal, but we found a fresh uptrack leading to our usual go-to place. We decided that our energy would be better spent on powder runs and not on putting in another track. Fortunately the trail-breakers ventured beyond ‘our spot’ leaving it untouched.

 In the evening the decision was made that this was worth staying the night in Pemberton for a repeat mission on Sunday. Over night it snowed another 20-30 cm and the skiing was even better. Weather was very variable with heavy snow, blue sky, sunshine and wind gusts. What a nice surprise to get the best powder of the season on April 1st. And not an April fools joke…