Well the lure of the white stuff was too much to resist and we thought we would brave the crowds and head up to Silver Star on Sunday. We got there and the car park was full to bursting and over eager Aussies were trying to squeeze the last Ford 150 in to a space the size of a Smart car on a diet.
We decided to park in our favourite car park which is a little way from the village but you can ski directly from your car door....there were 4 cars in the car park...things were looking up...
...things got even better when we got on the piste and there was over a metre of snow, slightly sticky in places but it was just over 1C - so springlike without too many rocks! And then the freaky space time continuum which is Silver Star managed to take all the people which MUST have been in those cars and send them into an alternate skiing dimension because for the the first 4 runs we must have seen 10 people and 6 of those were lifties! The snow was amazing (apparently Saturday was THE day with 40cm of powder on top of the base but Mr R was fire training...grrrr!) - still, pretty fab all the same and there was powder between the trees and you had that icing sugar feel on the runs! Oh and still no people! Yay!!
Mr R did managed to break one of his bindings- 'they're not supposed to break there' was the comment from the ski technican as he merrily sold us another pair of bindings for $200! I would love to tell you it was an amazing crash involving a tree, a snowboarder and a rather surprised marmot but it was more of a 'oops...hey my bindings detached from my left ski...that's odd' kind of moment...on the plus side no injuries!
Our eagle eyed Kiwi friend, Kelly, spotted us in the village, well spotted the giant which is Mr R in ski boots and helmet, so we stopped for a hot chocolate and then skied in the afternoon with Rowan, her boyfriend who is a fab skier so the thighs were well and truly burning before ended the day at 3ish....
We are spending Christmas with Rowan and Kelly, plus 2 friends of theirs who are coming over from New Zealand. They gave us the lowdown on the plans, which seem to mainly revolve around how much alcohol they could get in their truck...umm..think we need to get the livers into training let alone the thighs!
Forgot to mention the extra bonus in that we have no snow in the valley, just piles of it on the mountains, so it was only 40 mins from our front door to putting on the skis.......we like Canada!
Going to do it all again next weekend....! More yay!
Well I might...Mr R has the Fire Department Christmas Party on Saturday...apparently it can get pretty messy....I might be typing the next blog VERY quietly....! :)
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hi cara it's max here, we are putting the computer back online and sorting out the webcam, we are now at a good point! so we should be able to 'see' you for christmas! All the best 'the Goodways'
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