Whistler: check off the bucket list

Bucket list #11.. snowboard whistler

My best friend miss Rena Murray decided some adventure was needed in her life and packed up her newly established life in Vancouver, BC and move it to Whistler for this year's season. Taking full advantage of this, I drove myself the 7 hours to be in the presence of solid friends, snow and an atmosphere full of freedom, a feeling that was nonexistent for me during this past term. Rena also lives with my other fabulous friend Cori, 2 other Canadians, an aussie and the token pro snowboarder so the week was social to say the least.

Why is was Whistler on my bucket list? 

I've been snowboarding for a long time and I'm quite a fan of it. Mountains make me feel small, alive, carefree, happy, at home and even contributes to my belief in God. It's one of the few things that lets me release and actually clears my wandering mind. Whistler is famous for a reason, epic terrain for all your snowy needs, so I had to experience that at some point in my life. My experience? It was more then I could ask for. I got to ride with my good friend Riley Merrell which was amazing in it's self. He showed me some of his favorite spots and got to catch up whilst taking the "peak to peak" gondola. Whistler gave me three blue bird days and for free thanks to Cori (yes I'm incredibly blessed). To give you an idea of the size.. It took four lifts to get to the top and when we decided to ride all the way back to the village it took a solid 45 minutes.. riding hard. Surreal. Mr. Rasman, Whistler local and who's job is to literally snowboard (must be nice minus all those damn emails) even said "I've been riding this mountain for 10 years and I still find things that I haven't ridden". YUP.

The village itself is awesome, people from all over the world with different ascents all coming together in the celebration of beautiful mountains :) No doubt will I be back.