damn, I couldn't bring myself to start a new jake's 2011 thread. These older pics are great! Is this annoying?

Nov 25th, first day on skis for me. shin deep cold powder, 3-5' snowpack. It'll consolidate to about half of that when it warms up. Be careful, it's still an early season snowpack. Big air pockets near boulders and bushes.

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How are chester paws ? looks like he had a good day. What a great first day in the BC. The thread is a little big but you get to look at all the great jakes photos.

Monday was bluebird with no wind and stable snow, and my resort pass was blacked out, so I hit up Jake's. I scoped out the Emerald Bay side of things aforehand and confirmed that all the chutes were filled down to the road. Eagle Chute was the call, and it was superb. Was able to ski straight down to the road, even through the manzanita near the bottom, stuck my thumb out and got a ride back to car within about 30 seconds of hitting the road. Perfect day. Some pics: