LOL i love the "are you alright?" while flying by with no intention of stopping or hearing his response

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

I would be the worst ski patroller 😂... I did hear him say yep as I passed by and the camera didn't pick it up... If I didn't hear anything I would have stopped.

love this guy

@Simonjburgess

6 ай бұрын

Agreed

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Thanks Sterling!

Always great to see unedited Whistler clips that show how much traversing needs to done to get Those Goods.

@GDoggProductions

6 ай бұрын

soooo true... that is a small mission lol

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Whistler has the least direct fall line of any mountain 😂😂. Gives it it's character...

@scottydonald

6 ай бұрын

Alta..........@@riseandalpine

Great to see whistler finally filling in, as always stay safe out there homie! Keep the gnar coming

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Thanks dude - same to you! The season will slowly shape up.

Heck yes!!! Nothing gets me more stoked for the hill than hearing that ”WHOOOOOO!!! YEAH BABY!!!” 😍😍😍

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

My lack of cardio adds some suspense eh 😂

With those prices, and those crowds, makes me not miss W&B. I will say, your hill ski lap management is on point! I'd love to follow you for a day! :)

It will be skied off in a day!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Without a reset Whistler always gets skied out in a day

@spencermatthews5942

6 ай бұрын

@@riseandalpine all popular ski resorts get skied off after a snow event.

I was in the same line as you and I was just as pumped to see that winter is back!!!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Ayyyee!!! Glad you got some of the goods. Turned out to be such a good afternoon for those that just so happened to be there.

@__Nate__

5 ай бұрын

Totally!!

Dude is so f'n stoked! It reminds me of a buddy that said that 'Skiing fresh, steep, big mountain pow is better than sex!' ...I said he was full of it, and asked him just what kind of 'sex' he'd been having... So, he asked what kind of 'pow' I'd been riding! Lol. Either way, this looked like a (metric) fuck-ton of fun! Always love the opening day stoke. (@5:42-6:02... 'What better time than the present'- that was a GREAT little line!)

@otis6878

6 ай бұрын

Depends on how accessible sex is in one's life I guess...

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

"What kind of 'pow' have you been riding" 😂... I'm dying laughing. One of my favourite comments of all time.

That second lap what mayhem 😮

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

I've never seen anything like it 😂😂 a total mad house 😂

You know you look good when you got a wild Stan Rey eyeing you down. @4:21

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Holy smokes! Had no idea he was behind me hahaha. I've always wanted to chase him around the mountain but I'd stand no chance LOL. That man can ski!

Hallelujah!

looks like you are having a good ole time out there. love watching the shenanigans

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Thanks for always tuning in. Best day yet!

Epic as usual! Beautiful blue bird day! Livin' the dream my man! BTW your sauce is amazing!

Looking great. Glad you got some pow! Thanks for posting👍🇬🇧

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Felt good to be on some decent snow again! Glad you enjoyed this one.

That was great vid. I miss that day of powder. Glad you enjoyed it. Hope they will be more to come....

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

I hope so too. Snuck in some good fresh turns on Harmony Yesterday but the wet stuff came back with vengeance today :(

Sick dude! So glad to see some snow!

Looks nice up there ! New snow, sun lenses on.... The PNW dream. Yeeeewww!!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Clear Sky & Sunshine... It's shocking that I even have sun lenses.. Great thing is they are always scratch free given how little I use them at WHistler hahaha

The "you alright" as he's flying by at 3:21 😂

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

LOL - good thing I'm not ski patrol

Looks like you had a great time! Nice to see that the resort is fully open now with some epic powder.

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

Great to have some more terrain open! We still need snow, but it's a solid start

So glad whis is finally getting some snow

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

It's slowly but surely accumulating in the Alpine. Mid/Lower mountain is still super barren.

Love the videos keep up the good work

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Thanks so much!

My son and I are heading to Whistler the end of January. Can’t wait

Finally!! GO GET IT BABY!!!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Feels good to get some real turns again!

My Pacific Northwest mountain looks like this 🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨🪨❄️🪨🪨🪨🪨…way more rocks than snow still. Glad your mountain 🏔️ looks better 👍

Crazy Lines my guy, I really enjoy watching your videos! Hopefully I can do these lines one day, keep up the work!!!

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

Thanks Phil! I hope you get to tear up these lines one day as well :)

Haha. Winter ain’t back. And it ain’t coming back. The conditions look awful. But gotta love the enthusiasm and positivity. Enjoy it. Be gone tomorrow. No winter for bc this year unfortunately 🍺🇨🇦

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Gotta enjoy the pockets when we get them!

Glad to see you getting the goods 🤙🏻

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Thanks dude. Feels good to be riding some softer snow!

Some epic turns in there!🔥

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Feels good to be on some real snow again!

Glad Whistler got some snow, most places are struggling. Need to see a clip of the skis at the end of each day... You can hear a lot of rock in the video... You certainly make the best out of what you get!

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

I'll add on some ski base updates in future videos

Hype video keep up the good work

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Thanks!

😮😮😮 great powder whistler is back

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

It feels so much better than East Coast Whistler 😂

I got my first ride of the season at my local resort (very small in sweden) last weekend, felt great

@ludvig1953

6 ай бұрын

What resort?

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Sick!!! Glad you're back on the planks again.

This weekend was so good, finally had cold snow. 4 days of skiing/touring/hiking has totally cooked my legs tho 🤣

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Glad you took advantage of the cold weather before the warm temps came back

I am going to o he skiing Whistler for the first time this Saturday. From the island spend all my time at Mount Washington, really looking forward to checking out your house. Always amazing videos!

@sdot5389

5 ай бұрын

Good luck. Your experience will likely be awful.

amaazing

Can’t wait, I’ll be there in 2 days

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Yeehaw!

Missing the west coast. Been back east for 3 seasons now. Bout to head back. I miss it. Nice video. Cheers!!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Glad to hear you're coming back to town!

sick

Duude that one video a week or a few weeks ago with all the exposed rock and ice was so depressing....but this video was epic the first few runs conditions were sick! Good for you guys up there because you needed the snow.! Please send some snow down to Jackson Hole

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Such a good first few laps.. It's looking grim down low for us but the first 300m of the alpine is skiing good. We gotta ski what we can right now!

Beautiful wish I could be there

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

The day turned out so sweet!

Can feel the panic on that first run hahaha

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Can hear it in my heavy breathing eh 😂

Peak To Creek One Of My Favorites

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

It's sooo good. I've never actually skied it fully groomed top to bottom. Hopefully one of these years I'll get it. Always sunshine and a kick ass view when the sky is bluebird.

yeah baby

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

My two favourite words in the english language

Well on your way to 20K mate !! .

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

It feels crazy to say that. Feeling super blessed to be growing with such an awesome community of skiers.

THE GOAT

James you get yourself into a hell of a jam sometimes 😂😂

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Tell me about it 😂

hes back

Ayy glad you got some snow over there finally 💪 We just had a storm start to roll through the UK so will be hitting up the nevis range in scotland in the next couple days to take advantage of the snow!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Glad you'll be hunting the snow too. You'll have to let me know how it goes.

@jonahcox-ut1fd

6 ай бұрын

@@riseandalpine Will do m8, All the best

Sunsine and pow..... you lucky duck....keep m' coming.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Best combo in the world!

So jealous right now!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Picked one lucky day to go up Whistler!

I've never seen so many rocks in west cirque in my life!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

I felt too many of those under my skis 😂

Watching jealously from Ontario where we still have no snow and none on the forecast

Go to big white ski resort (BC Canada) please

Coming up next week from California and I’m very happy to see things are looking better! If I see you up there I’m getting a hot sauce shot!!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Yeehaw! Hopefully the alpine can stay solid

@sdot5389

5 ай бұрын

You’re still going to be disappointed. Warm weather and rain still continue….but luckily it’s also still choked with people.

@wbfw

5 ай бұрын

@@riseandalpine 🙏

@wbfw

5 ай бұрын

@@sdot5389 any day on the snow is better than one not. My side hit optimism is high

Mans getting me hyped to use my 2-Day Edge card up!!!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Ayyeee - Worth waiting until mid winter for sure!

This is the Year That Rise and Shine broke the Whistler internet.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

To the moon!

Amazing get there on the 31st praying alpine will be open with the snow fall tonight

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Hopefully they get the chairs spinning for you!

This is snowboarders hell lol the moguls just from the 2nd run is crazy

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Whistler bowl gets skied out nearly immediately on a Pow day

You should put a speed and gradient tracker up in the top corner of the video. Thanks for the video.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

That would be a super cool addition. I'll see if my camera supports something like that.

Ayyyyy

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Yeehaww!

How do you like the Deorum poles? My favorite adjustables right now are the 4FRNT Uptrack!

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

I'm really loving them, the grip is a touch wider than what I'm used too but love the long neck for touring and climbing. The most important thing for me is that a pole is bombproof and the clip adjusters don't fail. So far they are checking all the boxes!

If Austin Powers was a ski bro 😎 glad it’s good up top!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

GROOVY BABY

So James, mid season mentality with early season sharks still lurking? You got some great lines there Pal. Peace Out

I want to go to whistler for a season or two after school

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

You totally should!

Looks awesome. So that was before the new rains came?

@skI12345

6 ай бұрын

After

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

This was on December 23rd. The snow was also great yesterday but I can't speak for the Alpine today because it didn't open.

Be careful out there. Tore my mcl on a rock fall there last week.

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

Oh no.. Sorry to hear that. Hope the recovery is fast!

Used to work on whistler. Peak chair allways scared the shit outta me 😂😂😂

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Blows my mind that they engineered a chair over that rock.

Thanks, heading there on Tuesday for a long planned trip. Needed a little hope! What's the latest update on the conditions?

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

Yesterday Blackcomb opened the alpine and it was freaking awesome!

That’s amazing! Which day was this? We are here this week and haven’t seen the peak running at all, and harmony was only running for like two hours so far. Is there a trick to knowing when it’s open?

@tarfeef101

6 ай бұрын

Peak opened Saturday I believe.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Hey! Peak opened on the 23rd and I just got lucky. Harmony was great for the two hours that it opened yesterday. My trick is usually to check the winds and see if chairs will realistically open (maybe under 80kph) and then the easiest way is to see if the chairs are on the lift line and if bombing has stopped.

@Eventurefamily

6 ай бұрын

@@riseandalpine thanks! Looks like we missed a small window today too but with the snow at the peak tomorrow might be a solid day. Keep up the great content! You’ve been a huge help in our planning of the trip here.

😅Finally some ok skiing. Still have to watch out for all those rocks just under the surface. Going to need a number of large dumps of snow to get all the couloir open. Still lots of rocks showing on 7th heaven.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Totally! 7th is still a ways away which sucks. Once that chair is spinning it opens up so much fun terrain access that we've been missing.

Sick!! What day was this? Killer conditions.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

This was the 23rd! Was also solid on Harmony on the 26th as well!

5:59 WUAAUAHAUHAAUH

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

:) :)

What is the song you play when drinking the hot sauce?

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Lords of the land - Xavy Rusan

@user-uk5vp3qi1i

6 ай бұрын

You are the man! Best show on KZread!!!

Awesome vid. Dunno how you ski that shit. I just see hazards, shit for my ski to hang up on and variable edge pressure/ throbbing thighs and knees when I imagine skiing that.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Thanks! It's def variable out there and requires some back seat driving. Definitely feeling it in my knees this season and longing for the days where I can commit to forward pressure every turn in the pow.

@tmotten

6 ай бұрын

@@riseandalpine that's good to know. I always try to ride like I'm in a lesson. Maybe I need to switch it up a bit more. How do you avoid skiing over your own ski? I hear them hit each other all the time.

the video and audio quality from the insta360 x3 are looking much better... what did you change?

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

I started editing using the insta360 studio desktop. It takes more time but allows you to export in much higher resolution. I had a secondary camera on my chest which captures audio with much less wind muffling.

I'm glad you don't ski behind me. so much for the skiers code.

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

All the guys around me were my buddies... It's a free for all on Shale slope, it's part of the Whistler magic. For backcountry and other lines I totally agree you should let the first person there ride the line.

any all mountain skis you recommend trying, thinking of the Nord enforcer n atomic bent at the moment ??

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

Both of those options are great. Bent is more playful in the 120 size. Enforcer is a damper harder charging ski. My preference is Nordica but can't go wrong with either

@tomlugton9064

5 ай бұрын

@@riseandalpine great gonna demo some then see which I prefer

more like rain!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

It ain't rain if you're high enough!

So when you came off the Peak Express lift, did you go off the back side? Or just wrap around the peak and come out the front? Im trying to figure out which runs you hit when you came off the Peak Express lift? Ill be there next month and am planning my routes :)

@belowtwenty

6 ай бұрын

The first run he did was Whistler Bowl followed by Shale Slope. It's a fun run! Just the entrance can be a little bit tricky especially if there's a crowd of people at the top.

@nathanwimsatt9438

6 ай бұрын

@@belowtwentyAhh, thank you. Look like the way he went just missed the double black drop in. Im not a huge double guy, so the route he showed on his video is probably what I would hit. Whistler Bowl looks fun!

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

@belowtwenty has the deets. It was Whistler Bowl and Shale slope right off the front of the chair!

@nathanwimsatt9438

6 ай бұрын

@@riseandalpine Whistler better get some snow damn it :) Coming a long way, staying for a week. Need some good snow :)

The Rocks are still under the snow

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

You can hear em' hiding!

Finally some snow in Whistler?

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

It's getting better!

I've been wondering for awhile, what jacket do you wear? I'd love to get one.

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

I wear a 5 year old Helly Hansen Ridge Infinity... It's barely holding on but I love it. Not sure they even make the model I have anymore

@jaxonburnette8383

5 ай бұрын

@@riseandalpine eBay it is

I left 1 week ago and i didnt get to ski at all because there was no snow… now theres a lot of snow what the heck

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Dang.. sorry to hear that. It hasn't changed all that much TBH. The upper chairs haven't opened enough.

Could you please tell me the model and size of your skis? Thank you

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

These are Nordica enforcer 115 Free's at the 191 length. Nordica doesn't sell them anymore, they sell the Unleashed

yk when i looked at the whistler bowl entrance when I went there, I nearly shit my pants

@riseandalpine

4 ай бұрын

Whistler bowl entrance can look gnarly

The creepy predator breathing is a nice touch.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

😂😂😂

🥰⛄️🇨🇦🎉

Winter is gone again this week. Rain up to halfway on Jersey Cream. Pretty busted even up high. Somebody, anybody, spin Glacier.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

We had sweet turns on Harmony Yesterday (26th)... Looks like the rain made another visit today unfortunately

Peanut butter and Jealous right now

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

😂

This guy whistlers

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

just a little bit 😂

Best place that has a shot ski?

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

Dusty's!

Why is there no date the video was recorded?

@KCLU

6 ай бұрын

dec 23

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

There is a date. Dec 23rd.

When was this? Lots of snow now?

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

This was December 23rd. More snow now in the Alpine but lower mountain is still getting rain hammered

Count down is on.. booked to leave Sydney 22 Jan. Let the snow goods drink hot sauce and let it dump please.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Sauce Sipping and Powder are closely correlated!

@sdot5389

5 ай бұрын

A bit misleading…it’s raining again and there’s nothing but warm weather in the near forecast.

Keep in mind, everyone is out of shape right now. So they're pushing it....

I was the 696th person to like this video

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Unbelievable hahaha. Can we get to 6969??

Its actually sad asf my ski hill is still not open they have pushed their opening 3 times the world is getting destroyed

@riseandalpine

5 ай бұрын

So disappointing. What's your home hill?

It's like a fine dinner...however not so tasty when you eat too fast. slow down, do a little hiking in Flute

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

Flute has been real nice lately and was one of the nicest runs of the day. It's always great to slow it down!

Alas, there is no hope this season for Cypress. The North Shore is a complete bust.

@riseandalpine

6 ай бұрын

SO dissapointing