Skiing Whistler Blackcomb from 7th Heaven to Peak 2 Peak

I shot this video on our last day at Whistler, Jan 13th 2009, skiing down from the highest point on Blackcomb Mountain. The view was stunningly spectacular with the distant snow capped mountains reaching out of the clouds far below. I'm skiing behind Josh (yellow jacket) and Jes (red jacket) as we ski down from 7th Heaven to the Rendesvous restaurant and the Peak 2 Peak gondola. I've put this video through some cool stabilisation software which has taken out all the bumps and shakes and made it much more watchable. It also produces the blurring on the edges of the frame that you sometimes see. Awesome snow, beautiful alpine views and great skiing! What more could you ask for! Enjoy!

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Sports

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• Snow
• Skiing
• Whistler
• Blackcomb
• panorama
• beautiful
• views

[MrBlueduds]

looking out at the clouds makes you feel that if you go over the edge, you fall off of the earth. Im going in december and I cant wait. Do you think i should bring my own equipment, or should i save the hassle of checking it in and rent in whistler?

[TV4Jesus]

@MrBlueduds We were told that they don't rent gear, but when we got there we discovered you can rent whatever you need there. We're going again in a few weeks and we'll take our own gear just because we're happy with it, but really I'd be confident to leave it at home and rent whatever you need there. Have a great trip!

[NoPetrol]

This is pretty high quality. What kind of camera and mount are you using?

[TV4Jesus]

Thanks but all I used was a plain old Canon IXUS 80 in 640x480 30fps video mode. When I got home I ran it through ProDad's Mercalli video stabilization software in Premiere. It took something that was so shaky it was almost unwatchable and made it look like I was a skiing robo-pod! :)

[NoPetrol]

And its mounted to your helmet? I tried doing something like this just holding the camera. It didn't turn out too well.

[TV4Jesus]

No I was holding the camera in my right hand about 30cm in front of me at around chest height.  I didn't try to look through the camera or even at its display, I just tried to point it in the direction of the action. It's funny I seem to ski better when I'm videoing, probably because I'm thinking about the camera and just skiing intuitively rather than overthinking it. :)

[TV4Jesus]

Admittedly this was at the end of about a week of skiing on and off with the camera so I was fairly used to it. I've seen the results of people attaching the camera to their helmets and I don't think it ever works very well. Trying to hold it steady or at least trying to keep its motion smooth by holding it in one hand seems to work better. Your arm seems to act a bit like a shock absorber. Mercalli really does the magic here though. I might post a before and after video.

[timtwoface]

This video looks gorgeous, with all the cloud cover; I love being above the tree line on Blackcomb.

[withoutaporpoise]

This has to be the best part of the mountain, intense but serene at the same time :)

[182BRYCECR]

I did this 2 days ago... It was blizarding badely... Could not see the nice mountain ranges at all

[northernangel8]

Because of your impressive video, I skied down 7th Heaven on Mon. Dec 13, 2010 and made a video too. Yes, I held my camera with my left hand and two poles with the right hand. I was more concerned with the shots and almost fell twice. Yes, so glad that I made the video and it's now on my youtube site. Thanks for the inspiration.

[Samonuh]

@poopyfacefarted666 Yea man, (it's me with my second account) I decided to start saving up now and go there hopefully 2012 between my freshman college semesters...

[2010xxpeoplezxx2010]

Im planning on workin ther when I'm 18 and I'm also from the east coast

[poopyfacefarted666]

@AndOfTheDeath

i feel your pain. im from east coast, and i had my first east coast big mountain experience this year. i pity those who never value true ski experience. i cant wait till im 18 w/ a job!