Tried to get up Whistler on Saturday, but the roads were treacherous (black ice) and after seeing 3 accidents, I turned around, despite knowing that some of the best snow of the year was waiting. (Even with winter tires, it was very marginal)
It was supposed to be too warm for the local mountains to be worthwhile, but the temperature dropped and I headed up there with a friend this afternoon and it was awesome. Sure, it wasn't 'dry' powder, but because the weather (and the roads) had been pretty bad, there was no people on the mountain and one side of it was closed due to wind. The other side was pretty good, but then they opened the main side and we had nighttime 'first tracks' on most of the runs.
Awesome finish to a pretty crappy weekend.