New Years Goodness at Backcountry Snowcats

If the rest of 2011 is anything like the first two days then buckle up 'cause we're in for a wildly awesome ride. Think big tastey meals, 2 meters of snow consolidated into boot deep hero butter, blue skies, and, well you get the point. We were lucky enough to join a group of catskiers for an memorable Whistler catskiing weekend at good'ol Backcountry Snowcats.

After a mellow moonlit sled ride up to the lodge, the night ended with bowls of unfinished chocolate fondue and untapped champagne... the first hint of how keen everyone was to shred the next day.

As expected, we awoke to bluebird skies from horizon to horizon, so we moseyed our way up the cat roads for lap after lap of sunny pow and good times. The leisure shredders milked the mellow pow for all it was worth while the pillow hunters killed their daily quota of powder pillows. Somethin' for everyone.

Just in case that wasn't enough, day 2 yielded more of the same. How often do we get 2 consecutive bluebird days in January? No complaints, that's for sure, and looks like we're onto #3 today. In a resort setting you'd be begging for pow by now, but with 15,000 acres of terrain and 13 skiers, we were doing just dandy.

The secret is out of the bag and Backcountry Snowcats is now on the radar for catskiiers from here to Norway and back, but the vibe remains super casual and there's still a bunch of good date openings for winter 2011. Get on it while you can...

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