Sat, Jan 5 2008 - Downhill Ski / Snowboard at Blue Mountain (View Original Event Details)
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The weather & snow conditions couldn't have been better for this event. The slopes had a nice a snow pack base of about 70 cm, temperatures were around 0 degrees and to add to this, we got some nice flurries that gave us an extra nice layer of smooth soft powder for a great day of skiing & riding.
Our 2 "beginner" skiers Kate & Delara had a fun time re-learning how to ski as it is has been years since either of them had been out. Kate took full advantage of Blue Mountain's beginner package and here is what she thought of the experience:
"For $60 (including lift and rentals), the introductory "Discover" lessons are so good, they get you to the first lift and down the first hill, even if you've never skied before. You feel quite accomplished skiing down, turning, stopping (and taking the lifts). At the end of the 4 levels, you now "know how" (the basics) to ski and can eventually tackle the steeper hills, with more practice and experience. What a great day it was!!! "
Theresa mentioned to us that she too was fairly new to snowboarding and it seemed to most of us that she had pretty good riding skills as she confidently tackled the green and blue runs. Tim and myself also enjoyed skiing down a number of varying blue runs as we were able to take advantage of a number of these as the lift line ups were not very long. I was specially happy to have taken in a couple of empty black diamond runs that were pretty empty as there's nothing like have a whole ski run all to yourself :=)
All in all everyone had a great time and we're all hoping for more snow soon so we can head back up to Blue Mountain.
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