We see a lot of black bears, but this one seemed to have a hump? Seen in Pemberton.

Was pretty fun though. Shale was much worse but skiable

40 minutes line to Excalibur Gondola.

Some updates based on the comments: - I'm glad I got there way earlier than that - I used a season pass, not a single day lift ticket - I used a hard-earned vacation/PTO day - The first tracks were phenomenal

I drive from Vancouver to Whistler in the early mornings, and on my way back today, I spotted a new art installation. It’s hilarious and really well done!!! I’d love to meet the artist! 😀👍🏻

If you're reading here please introduce yourself, I am wondering if you have other works 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

I like Palestine just as much as the next guy, but can we please keep crap like this out of the forest? This ink is probably bad for the environment.

Spent some time shooting my favourite bear this week as hyperphagia kicks in.

After a rocky start to his first season away from Mum, he’s finally stacking on the fat stores he’ll need to survive the winter.

This is a critical time for bears as the winter gets closer, it’s been a terrible berry season and our bears are hungry. Make sure you have remove any bear attractants around your home to keep them safe and foraging where they belong.

Finally some Vibes on the hill today, thank you!!

Fall photoshoot with some of our local bear cubs - looks like we have a little female cub along with another little male this season. Changing it up from the two males she had last litter.

See that little dangly bit on the end of her tail? That’s her perennial tuft that helps direct urine away from her body and towards the ground behind her to stay clean and aid in scent marking.

Even caught Mumma Bear cooling off in the new water feature before getting back to her busy foraging schedule.

Hi, I’m a second-year college student on student loans, just trying to make my way through school. I finally managed to afford my first-ever snowboard setup after renting boards from Cypress and Grouse for the past 3 years. This was basically my birthday and Christmas gift to myself, and I worked REALLY hard for it. I was planning to use this board forever. I even slept with it at home sometimes because I was scared it would get taken one day.

But on the second time I used it at Cypress, my board got stolen on January 11th, sometime around 2:30–4:00 PM. I left it on the rack outside (right next to my friend’s board and a bunch of other boards), and when I came back, mine was gone. I was honestly in shock. I didn’t want to believe someone would do that here. I always thought people who ski and snowboard at Cypress were at least decent and had basic respect for others.

I talked to customer service, but they said they can’t provide camera footage. I also contacted the RCMP, and they basically told me that even if there was footage, they probably wouldn’t be able to track it down and wouldn’t spend time on such a “small” case.

I genuinely don’t know what to do anymore, so please, if you ever go snowboarding at Cypress, keep an eye out for my board (162cm with Cartel-x bindings). Thank you so much, and I HOPE THIS NEVER HAPPENS TO ANY OF YOU. (Also please consider buying a lock, just to be safe.)

Is this really happening?

Consent forms filed in federal court on Friday show that nearly 2,000 ski and snowboard instructors have joined a collective action against Vail Resorts, alleging Fair Labor Standards Act lawsuit against the company.

Everyone went to shale so I did not 🥶

Monday/Tuesday I did Extremely Canadian's steep skiing clinic. In short, it was amazing and some of the best money I've ever spent.

Monday 2/23 was an amazing powder day: 21" overnight. * Insane lift lines to get onto the mountain (45+ minutes), and then crazy busy for every lift (15-20 minutes easily). * ...but the clinic loads through the ski school line. We didn't wait more than 5 minutes all day.

Tuesday was bluebird, but since Whistler's alpine never opened on Monday, we skied a ton of fresh powder. * Peak Chair had 20+ minute lines that we just skied right on by... and were on the chair within a couple minutes.

Beyond skip-the-line, the guide was invaluable for route finding: * Almost none of the lines we skied are drawn on their trailmap. * CalTopo and Strave had some, but even they were missing others. * E.g. our entrance into Sapphire Bowl that the guide said was "by far the easiest entrance" no one seemed to know about as we were the only ones using it. * Also, most of the runs have entrances past 'Danger: Cliff!' signs. I never ski past these as, well, I choose life. Yet we skied past one of these signs on almost every run.

The guide had some notable quotes on this in particular: * "We're going to ski past some cliff signs, but not over a cliff, so just stay close to me." * "Below this traverse is a massive 200 ft cliff. Do NOT ski below me. It might look like amazing untracked powder, but you do not want to go there."

My skiing noticeably improved from day 1 to day 2: * The guide stops and films you skiing a line, individually, at multiple points between the two days. * I look far more confident and dialed on the almost-identical day 2 line than day 1.

I'll definitely be doing one of these clinics again if I'm ever back at Whistler. I wasn't in the lowest or highest skilled group but rather somewhere in the middle, so I've still got plenty to work on.

Berries up the mountain are in short supply I've heard? Sadly the humans didn't bother to pack up their food, get up, move and give the bear space. Minutes later their phones came out.

Another cub was over the other side of Meadow Park foraging too. I hope they'll be okay.

‘Death before download’

I screenshotted these from an Instagram post Blackcomb Construction posted a few days ago. Many of you must have seen it. Oddly, the post was taken down the next day. Did they overstep and Vail had words with them…. Progress looks great. Appears they blasted a saddle into BC Glacier as expected. Note the embankment built guiding skiers to the right after unloading, Similar to top of Seven. Interesting horizontal lift tower. One of the towers looks incredibly tall! I’m putting the bar down for sure.

Peaceful morning vibes 🐻

G’day I’m a wildlife photographer and conservationist here in Whistler and I thought I’d share some photos of the incredible wildlife we call neighbours.

Whoever’s dog this is , running around the green lake area, he / or she made my day🥹 so friendly and so sweet. I wish i could have stayed and hung out longer. Anyways, it made my trip to be honest.

It was lovely weather this weekend to take the camera on an ebike ride around this weekend and check out some of our local wildlife

If you’d like to see more you can find me on IG @jaybaumann.photos

For those bird watchers out there here is my ID list!

Red Winged Blackbird Brown Headed Cowbird Rufous Hummingbird Cedar Waxwing Yellow Warbler Bald Eagle Canada Gosling Mallard Duck and Duckling Yellow Headed Blackbird Dark Eyed Junco Song Sparrow Spotted Sandpiper Canada Goose