Scroll down for the giveaway! Yesterday Allan and I made it up to Cypress Mountain for our very first day of the 2011/2012 ski and snowboard season! In the SECOND week of November! Crazy! Yes indeed, Cypress Mountain was the first ski resort to open in British Columbia and one of the first in North America!

Although the runs and chairlifts were limited, it was amazing to get our first turns in for the season. And with all the fresh snow on top of lots of snowmaking, it made for a fantastic first day. Lots of fun! Cypress also had some boxes and jumps set up on the side of the runs for some freestyle riding. Can you believe the mountain has opened already! Get your legs ready!

And because we had such a fantastic day on the mountain, thanks to Cypress Mountain we are giving away TWO full-day alpine ski passes!

CYPRESS MOUNTAIN FULL-DAY LIFT TICKET GIVEAWAY

What you’re playing for: Two full-day alpine lift tickets to Cypress Mountain
How to enter: Leave a comment on this blog post!
When to enter by: All comments must be posted by this Sunday, November 13 (my birthday!) by 11:00 PM PST
The small print: I use a random number generator to draw the winner with a witness. I will post the winner in the comment of this blog post and in a Twitter update on Sunday evening. The winner must claim the prize by posting a comment or by tweeting back within 48 hours of Sunday or another winner will be drawn. Tickets can be picked up at the Cypress Guest Relations office.

Bonus Entry via Twitter…. just tweet this: “I entered to win 2 FULL-day lift tickets to @cypressmtn for #skiing / #snowboarding thx to @VancityAllie www.VancityAllie.com RT to enter!”

Good luck! And enjoy your skiing and snowboarding out there!

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A couple weekends ago we managed to get up to Whistler Blackcomb for a mini snowboarding getaway. We were kindly invited up by the amazing Whistler Blackcomb team to experience some of the 40+cm of new snow that had dropped the night before and stay in a gorgeous room at Lodging Ovations Evolution in Creekside.

Lodging Ovations Evolution Creekside is a ski-in ski-out slopeside resort in Creekside that is just a few minutes from the lifts and has some pretty amazing one and two-bedroom suites.

We managed to snag a sweet 2 bedroom room that had king beds, a full kitchen with brand new appliances, a see-through gas fireplace into one of the bedrooms, and two beautiful bathrooms.

We are definitely planning on coming back and staying again.

After some snowboarding we took some time to unwind at the resort, playing some foosball and air hockey in the games room, and then enjoying the outdoor hot tub/pool and eucalyptus steam sauna.

But of course, when you look outside your window and see fresh snow… there’s only one thing to do…

Get on the hill!

We had a blast. It was so good to get back on the board and ride all the fresh pow.

It wasn’t too crowded and we were able to enjoy both Whistler and Blackcomb by taking the Peak2Peak gondola.

Our boards were very happy to be used

We took a quick break for lunch at Dusty’s in Creekside.

A little warm-up with some hot chocolate and Bailey’s!

We met up with friends after lunch and ended up riding Whistler the rest of the day.

Movember was in full effect.

A great day for riding and I can’t wait to get back on my board and get the snowboard season going!

Oh, and no snowboard weekend trip is complete without a Movember-themed KFC Double-Down sandwich face off. Ridiculous.

Thanks to Whistler Blackcomb and Lodging Ovations for having us. You can follow WB on Twitter here and Lodging Ovations here.