Today I went to Crystal Hut by myself to try their amazing Belgian Waffles. Wow! I have only had a few waffles in my life as they are not common in Australia, but I was impressed. They are pretty large and come with strawberries, blueberries, cream, maple syrup and heaps of chocolate chips over everything...in my opinion, an excellent combination. Some ice cream definitely would have put the icing on the cake but maybe they will implement that later.

I was meaning to take a photo of them before I started eating but I got carried away with stuffing my face so completely forgot to do that...so here's what I got

All done

The balcony outside Crystal Hut. This is by far the prettiest view on either mountain. As you can see there is no snow on the deck; it hasn't snowed for over 1 week and the conditions are very icy and dangerous. Crystal Hut also does fondue at night with transport via sleds or cat. It's quite expensive but I imagine it would be well worth the money.

More of the view outside Crystal Hut

Deep Winter 2013

Last night we went to the Arc'teryx Deep Winter Photo Challenge at the Fairmont Chateau, Whistler. OMG! It was amazing! I have never been so stunned from the photographic talent of some people.

There were 6 photographers, who each had 3 days (Wednesday 16th - Saturday 19th Jan) to capture the essence of life in Whistler during the winter storm season (hence Deep Winter). It's been pretty sunny lately with little snow so it's more of a shallow winter, however the sun brought a beautiful element to the photos. 

The photographers could only travel in bounds on the two mountains and the photos had to be taken during opening hours of the mountain. They each produced a 3-5 minute slideshow of their photos set to music, which is what we viewed last night.

My personal favourite was Reuben Krabbe. His photos were so surreal and time stopping. Krabbe has an incredible talent to capture difficult subjects and moments with such technical precision, yet with ease. Oh yeah, and to do this from scratch within 3 days is mind boggling! To have one of his photos on my wall to gasp at everyday would put a permanent smile on my face. Here are some of his photos from last night:

Simply amazing. Here is his actual slideshow video:
https://vimeo.com/57754693

after a solid 8 hours of riding. ommomgfgdfgghhg

chocolate!

we found our christmas tree again monday 14th jan 2013. still some candies left for a good last run snack. YUM chilled chocolate!

eating my chocy

on top of peak chair after fresh tracks breaky. peak to creek was incredible!

Fresh Tracks Breaky yum yum

The Fresh Tracks Breaky - this happens every morning at 7.15am on Whistler Mountain. We upload the gondola before public and eat breaky. Then fresh tracks before everybody else gets up the mountain. It was so nice! The alpine sunrise over the blanket of clouds was pretty sweet as well haha

Our beautiful gingerbread house that we made

It took so long but well worth it. First gingerbread house I've ever made...DONE!