Kicking Horses, Big Cat rides and End of Season shenanigans...
Fun stuff...
Ok got a bunch of stuff to write as i haven't done any entries for a while and lots of stuff is happening or has happened around here...
First, Kicking Horse. Went there with Bryan, Grace and Khan...our final trip away andwe got it pretty cheap as it was a couple of days before they closed for the season...we were not overly enthused when we got there as the whole lower hill was brown...buuuttt...then we went up in the gondola to fresh pow pow everywhere! They had 8 cms the first night we were there and 18 the second...we had lots of fun but most of the terrain was really difficult...we're talking nearly vertical drop ins and lotsa moguls...anyway we had heaps of fun weaving through the trees and doing this 10 km cat track which I think ended up in us snowboarding over 100kms in the 2 days we were there...Also dined for lunch at the highest restaurant in Canada apparently over 2300 metres up...but unfortunately it was snowing pretty hard so we couldn't see much out the many windows...
Erm...then after we got back, went up for a ride with Bryan in the cat which was fun...pushing snow around and grooming the runs...there really is an art to it, so many controls and if you don't do it right, you can end up with big lumpy bits or big holes instead of nice flat cordurouy (or however you spell it).
Oops! nearly forgot... The same day I managed to get a ride in the ski patrol toboggan, you know the ones they ferry people who have injured themselves off the hill with...it was cool, took a video the whole way down...here's a photo of Cam and Trent who went before us...Trent got thrown out cos Vicky went way too fast over a roller...none of the rest of us got thrown...
Easter Sunday was the last day of the season...
Ski school dressed in pink 80's one pieces, the easter bunny went snowboarding, we got shirts that say liftie scum with all our names on the back (and yes mum I know it should be 'lifty' but we're lucky we got that much and had a party on the deck of Chaos for last run.
There was a massive party and everybody got completely wasted...much fun was had...oh and both Khan and I were named on the 'Nakiska All Star Team' for the lifts department and got $100 each...nice little bonus...it did however cause a lot of controversy though as there were a lot people who'd put in a huge effort over the season and were not recognised. Also the whole snowmaking department got forgotten so there were a lot of very unhappy snowmakers that let their feelings be known to management...
So the majority of people have left or are leaving tonight and tomorrow. Last night we had dinner at Woody's for our floor and then went to a bonfire at the trailer park. We spent the day helping take chairs off Gold, got half of it done today, will get the other half done tomorrow, then, we pack up our stuff and we're off probably on Thursday! It's kinda scary but i think i'd go insane if i had to stay here any longer...
I'm going to try and get another photo album up before we leave, but i apologise if I don't...
Must run...going to have some beers with poeple who are leaving tonight at Woody's
Mum, you have to take the cats with you on the boat...you told me all along that's what you were going to do...you can't get the girls put down...they haven't got that much longer to live anyways...let them have some good final days...
Ok got a bunch of stuff to write as i haven't done any entries for a while and lots of stuff is happening or has happened around here...
First, Kicking Horse. Went there with Bryan, Grace and Khan...our final trip away andwe got it pretty cheap as it was a couple of days before they closed for the season...we were not overly enthused when we got there as the whole lower hill was brown...buuuttt...then we went up in the gondola to fresh pow pow everywhere! They had 8 cms the first night we were there and 18 the second...we had lots of fun but most of the terrain was really difficult...we're talking nearly vertical drop ins and lotsa moguls...anyway we had heaps of fun weaving through the trees and doing this 10 km cat track which I think ended up in us snowboarding over 100kms in the 2 days we were there...Also dined for lunch at the highest restaurant in Canada apparently over 2300 metres up...but unfortunately it was snowing pretty hard so we couldn't see much out the many windows...
Erm...then after we got back, went up for a ride with Bryan in the cat which was fun...pushing snow around and grooming the runs...there really is an art to it, so many controls and if you don't do it right, you can end up with big lumpy bits or big holes instead of nice flat cordurouy (or however you spell it).
Oops! nearly forgot... The same day I managed to get a ride in the ski patrol toboggan, you know the ones they ferry people who have injured themselves off the hill with...it was cool, took a video the whole way down...here's a photo of Cam and Trent who went before us...Trent got thrown out cos Vicky went way too fast over a roller...none of the rest of us got thrown...
Easter Sunday was the last day of the season...
Ski school dressed in pink 80's one pieces, the easter bunny went snowboarding, we got shirts that say liftie scum with all our names on the back (and yes mum I know it should be 'lifty' but we're lucky we got that much and had a party on the deck of Chaos for last run.
There was a massive party and everybody got completely wasted...much fun was had...oh and both Khan and I were named on the 'Nakiska All Star Team' for the lifts department and got $100 each...nice little bonus...it did however cause a lot of controversy though as there were a lot people who'd put in a huge effort over the season and were not recognised. Also the whole snowmaking department got forgotten so there were a lot of very unhappy snowmakers that let their feelings be known to management...
So the majority of people have left or are leaving tonight and tomorrow. Last night we had dinner at Woody's for our floor and then went to a bonfire at the trailer park. We spent the day helping take chairs off Gold, got half of it done today, will get the other half done tomorrow, then, we pack up our stuff and we're off probably on Thursday! It's kinda scary but i think i'd go insane if i had to stay here any longer...
I'm going to try and get another photo album up before we leave, but i apologise if I don't...
Must run...going to have some beers with poeple who are leaving tonight at Woody's
Mum, you have to take the cats with you on the boat...you told me all along that's what you were going to do...you can't get the girls put down...they haven't got that much longer to live anyways...let them have some good final days...
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