We woke up to this gorgeous dusting of snow for our first day of skiing!
Matt and Allison spent some time in the hot tub loosening up their backs before getting dressed to hit the slopes.
The snow was falling at the base of the mountain and it was pretty chilly, but we bundled up
and took the Gold Coast Funitel gondola up to Gold Coast.
The wind whistled through the gondola and the snow and wind were much worse when we got out. We did one run up Gold Coast Express and Taylor was whining and ready for the lodge. She couldn't take the cold and it was a rough start to our day. It wasn't any better for her when she realized the Starbucks in the lodge was closed and her phone had frozen, so after some coercing, she decided to give it another try…this time, with her jacket zipped up all of the way and a face mask to protect her from the wind and snow.
Everyone was smiling once again and we had a great morning of skiing on fresh powder!
These 3 were pretty patient with my slow skiing and we did several runs on Gold Coast
and then did the long ski down Mountain Run to go back to our room for a hot soup lunch.
After lunch, we were back in the gondola
with even more snow on the ground.
Visibility was pretty tough any higher that Gold Coast so we were content up there doing several different runs.
We skied until our legs were jello
and stopped for a snowball fight on the way back to the room.
After a short rest, everyone cleaned up for dinner,
stared out the window as the snow continued to fall
and walked through the parking lot to play in the snow before dinner.
I think we got about 8-10 inches today and it was beautiful!!
We were bummed we couldn't make s'mores in the village fire pits, but we used the microwave in the room instead :)
