So, day one started out okay. Clear skies, hardly a breath of wind. A full day of skiing to be had.Day two started with a light rain/slush falling from the sky. No wind with conditions improving by lunchtime. Only Thredbo die-hards and those who had already pre-paid their lift tickets were on the mountain.
Day three. Well the fact that it is 11.55am and I'm back in the lodge blogging should give you an idea of the conditions.
All the lifts are on wind hold except the Gunbarrel, Snowgums and the old Merritts Chair. This effectively funnels all the traffic onto two lifts - Gunbarrel and Snowgums. After a 20 minute queue at the Gunbarrel we skied down to Snowgums.
Oh dear. Snowgums is an old, slow, double chair. 30 minutes in the queue...
... to sit in blustery blowy conditions like this.
I love my skiing and will ski in just about anything but after freezing on the double chair we decided it was time to come in. We calculated that after a total of three runs this morning we paid $30 a run each (on a discounted ticket).
Being parent-of-the-year my children are still out on the snow developing a tough skin.
Now excuse me while I take a blog-break to enjoy a hot tea and chocolate cake.
7 comments:
Oh dear. Yeah ... skiing? You can keep it. I've tried to like it, I really have. I've even had one-on-one lessons. But to no avail - me and the ski don't get along!
Harden up, princess!
Unfortunately, we won't be doing it this year. I miss the slush and the ice.
Tell me again why that is fun?
Well today it wasn't so much fun. But for those who put up with the gale force winds apparently there was some very nice snow to be found.
Paris, Port macquarie, skiing. Hmmmm maybe there is another explanation of why you have been lost in action of late.
In any event it is all a useful distraction from the building quotes. I suggest you avoid those until a change from the current fools to a government and the gravy train of free handouts to builders ends.
I would be curled up with tea and cake too! I've never been skiing. For someone who can trip over nothing, that is probably a wise action (or inaction) on my part.
Oh, the vagaries of weather! We had so much good snow and accomanying good weather that there was ski-ing in the Cairngorms here right through to June whereas some years there's been so little snow there's been no ski-ing at all!
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