Dave's Snowboarding Adventures

While Dave has been sending Dan off to work every day (well someone has to pay for Dave's $50 a day habit!) Dave has managed to find his way to a couple of the ski resorts around Vancouver. Grouse Mountain has had over 2m of snow already (it's average annual snowfall is 3.5m and has opened its earliest in about 20 years) although it's been a bit warm for the last week and some of it's melted so it's down to about 1-1.5m now.

The views from the resorts are pretty amazing. There are views of city...




(this is Dave's snowboard, just so you know he actually was there!)

View of scenic mountains in the distance...


And stunning sunsets!


The photos above are from Grouse Mountain (a Guthega sized resort, for those who know about these things, which is about 1 hour by public transport from the city).
The ones below are from Cypress Mountain (a Blue Cow sized resort with much better variety of runs).

Yet more scenic mountain views...


Action shot of Dave on the chairlift!!! (no "nigel no friends" comments please!)


The photo below is looking over Vancouver which is covered in fog. It is an amazing feeling on the bus ride up to the resort when you get out of the fog and emerge into one of the most amazing, bright sunny days imaginable. There's some kind of temperature inversion at the moment and the cold air is trapped down below where it's a miserable 4-5 degrees and then you get up to the mountains and its a balmy 10-15 degrees! Dave does feel a little guilty about enjoying this while Dan is at work though, but not too much that he doesn't tell her about it when she gets home!



While still searching for some of that famous Canadian powder, so far Dave can't complain too much!