The first snow has started to fall up at Silver Star with more forecast for the weekend...not enough to ski on yet which is a GOOD THING as our skis are still in Blighty waiting for the ferry!

Can't miss all the champagne powder and we have sparkily new lift passes waiting to be used on those high speed chairs to the tops of 8km long runs....

To our ski chums everywhere: there are some great deals on apartments here, especially in Big White, which can take anywhere from 4 to 24 people, with hot tubs, DVD players, ski in/ski out, works out about £150- £200 pp for 7 nights - should be great in 2010 with the Winter Olympics 'just' down road in Vancouver...