(Don't take the negative description too serious, I'm exaggerating)
The first day (and the evening before) turned out to be bad. So bad that I started thinking whether it was stupid to pay 800$ on a ski resort I had not yet seen. So bad that I thought that Vancouver with 5days of rain a week was at least warm. The house I had set my highest hopes on, the only one I had serious contact with, had long term candidates that would be preferrred by the landlord ("Vermieter"). My first day on the mountain was shitty as well. As I was only used to groomed (flattened, hardened, pressed snow) tracks, I was caught off-guards by the loads of snow that lay on every track. I spent more time digging myself out of (actually) 50cm deep snow than riding properly. The apartments I saw in the afternoon had alternative candidates, too. Finally, I got only half a night of sleep because one of my roommates snored constantly and loud.
---Beginning of possibly disturbingly boring description of snow conditions and snowboarding(tl;dr inc)----
The next day brought a rise in my mood through a really good snowboarding day: The snowstorm was gone and there were only ~15cm of new snow, making for a soft and enjoyable ride without the risk of being stuck. I started to understand that the whole resort was based on these conditions: much
snow in the winter and many rides for "few" (37) lifts. On my first day, I had, as I understood now, primarily taken seldom ridden tracks, thus I was one of the first guys to ride there, thus I faced loads of unridden deep snow one can easily stick in.
And today (third day), I found myself able to love the 35cm new snow: I rode through the deep snow, enjoying it as I learned how to control myself in it, knowing where I could afford to ride deep snow and where I needed my speed, so I wouldn't have ro run later.
---end of disturbingly boring part--- (tl;dr: snowboarden day2+3: awesome)
And now, after the third day of boarding, I got the apartment I first aimed for, 437$/month with nice roommates in a nice house. I enjoy my roommates in the hostel, a 25yo brazilian and a mid 40 australiam with the mind of a mid 20, both funny guys, even though one of them snores like hell (I've got earplugs now).
Whistler will be awesome!
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