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ShredBC, November 18th
The snow is dumping all over B.C., we have seen some of the earliest and best opening days in recent memory and it’s all just getting started.

Mount Baker was open on Thursday Nov 12th and Cypress, Grouse and Whistler opened on Friday the 13th. I am not sure how the local vancouver mountain conditions were, but I know that Baker saw bottomless powder on opening day and Whistler also had some nice powdery conditions. Seymour will be opening up this weekend, and although it has been raining on the local Vancouver mountains in the last couple of days, the snow line was pretty low this morning so I say it's a pow opener.


Opening Day at Mount Baker, November 12th, 2009


Sunshine Village and Lake Louise opened up in the first week in November, but if you have ever been out there for opening day before you will know there tends to be a lot of man made snow and a lot of rocks. Nakiska opened this weekend with the same sort of conditions as other mountains in the area. A bit to the north in Jasper, Marmot Basin also opened up this weekend, firing up their new high-speed quad for its first riders.

All the mountains in the Canadian Rockies have seen quite a bit of early season snow this year, so they should be looking pretty good after a couple more dumps.

The B.C. interior also saw a couple of mountains open this weekend with Sun Peaks and Big White opening up with limited access. Both these mountains are also showing decent snowpack for this time of year, and should be set for the season after a couple more dumps of snow.

Here is a complete list of B.C. and vicinity mountain’s opening dates:

Mountain            Opening Date
Apex                     December 5th
Big White               Open
Blackcomb              November 26th
Castle                   December 12th
Cypress                 Open
Fernie                   December 15th
Fortress                 Hopefully this season at some point
Grouse                  Open
Hemlock Valley         December 17th
Kicking Horse           December 11th
Kimberly                December 12th
Lake Louise             Open
Manning Park           December 12th
Marmot Basin           Open
Mount Baker            Open
Mount Washington     November 28th
Nakiska                   Open
Panorama                December 11th
Powder King              November 19th
Red Mountain            December 18th
Revelstoke                December 5th
Schwietzer                They say soon
Seymour                  November 20th
Shames                   December 9th
Silverstar                 November 28th
Snoqualmie              Open
Sun Peaks                Open
Sunshine Village         Open
Whistler                  Open
Whitewater              Not too sure, but probably early December
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