Vancouver Winter Olympics 2010

[Surfcrest]

On February 12, 2010 the Winter Olympics will take over one of the most beautiful cities in the world, Vancouver Canada.

With the effects of El Ni├▒o upon us in 2010, there isnтАЩt really much winter to speak of this year in Vancouver itself. Most of the outdoor winter activities are happening way up at Whistler Village, where there is snow.

This is a nice video that profiles the city, especially the fog inversion we had last winter.

Enjoy

[youtube:2gkrmjmt]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_xMz2SnSWS4[/youtube:2gkrmjmt]

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[maisoui]

The trouble with Whistler is that it has a maritime climate and the snow is far from guaranteed. Problem two is that if you get any sort of breeze the upper level lifts will close. Blackcomb has some reasonable intermediate runs but Whistler itself is really all nursery slopes.

Not really suitable for 'lympics, but maybe better than Glenshee which is groaning with snow ... this year.

[Surfcrest]

With the exception of the venues scheduled for the local mountains in Vancouver itself, all Olympic sites are enjoying perfect conditions this yearтАж.especially Whistler. I have never seen so much snow up there as IтАЩve seen this year, and with so little trafficтАж.the conditions are great.

IтАЩm only up there on the weekend and so if itтАЩs storming so hard to close any runs IтАЩm probably not going to chance the drive up. This year the wind has been pretty quiet since Christmas. You must be an amazing skier maisoui for Whistler to be but nursery slopes for you. I'm just an okay skier at best.

I recall sharing a baht bus back to Jomtien with a load of noisy Russians this year with the pleasant thought of our Canadian hockey team handing them a good beating this year. Only a few weeks more to wait for this! :hello1:

[maisoui]

You must be an amazing skier maisoui for Whistler to be but nursery slopes for you. I'm just an okay skier at best.

Well my first skis were laminated wood with cable bindings and first boots double lace-up leather. If you learn to ski as a kid in Scotland then most conditions look good. Mostly I've skied in France, but I've skied two countries in Asia, four in Europe, two in North America (a cousin had a lodge on Baker, does that count?) but only NZ in the antipodes.

These days, I'm slowing down a bit and rarely fall over but I come from the school that believes the steeper the slope the easier the turn.

I was on Whistler/Blackcombe a couple of years back as I had business in Canada and was struck by how many expat British retirees there are there nowadays. The piste hosting/voluntary guiding is second to none but I didn't find many steep or challenging slopes on Whistler but a few on Blackcombe.

I see on television there's a young-ish man called Bubbles promoting these Games. He must have looked quite cute once.

Less than 24 hrs until the opening ceremonies...

http://www.ctvolympics.ca/torch/follow-torch/index.html

[maisoui]

There were pictures of Grouse Mountain on the BBC breakfast show this morning. "Scotland's" curling team may do us proud as they play indoors, even in Canada.

But Luge looks like a dying sport....

But Luge looks like a dying sport....

Indeed. How despicable to blame the victim.

As for the choice of location. I noticed it was raining at Whistler village level today...

[Surfcrest]

Indeed. How despicable to blame the victim.

As for the choice of location. I noticed it was raining at Whistler village level today...

Interesting, the sky looks pretty clear to me today...where are you noticing this from?