SNOW, Finally!!! and More Visitors.

Thats right, we finally got more snow! After all most 3 weeks of nothing, we finally got some more white fluffy stuff. It came in bits and pieces but overall I think we got around 30cm over about a week. Unfortunatly it came too late for Baz, Nud and Mancer who arrived and left before the skies opened.

They arrived on a monday which meant we all went to Fresh Meat at The Roadhouse that night. We grabbed some dinner at Smittys (an american style diner that I can see from my front door) and then headed out for a few beers. The next day I took them up the Gondola and showed them the ten road (the 10km cattrack from top to bottom), for the next couple of days I skiied around with Baz while Nud and Mancer did their own thing.
On tuesday night Baz, Nud and I went to see Jumper at the Golden Cinema then went and grabbed a couple of beers at Packers. Overall it was a pretty cool couple of days and it was good to hear about what was going on back home.

Recently it was Johns 22nd Birthday so we all went up to the hill with the plan of going cross country skiing and taking some food and beer for the trip. Unfortunatly we never made it to the cross country skiing, we first headed to Peaks to grab a couple and then headed up the the Eagles Eye to grab some lunch. I think that might have been the point where the skiing idea left our minds. A few of us decided to ski down to the Yurt and have a couple there while sitting in the sun before going back to join eveyone else back at Peaks. Another awesome day drinking and skiing on the hill, always fun. :D

In the last few weeks we've begun to lose a lot of people. At the beginning of the season there were around 25 to 30 aussies and kiwis living at the sportsmans who also worked on the hill. As of the beginning of next week we're going to have 14. So many people are leaving. Two of my fellow Adelaidians, Matt and John, the two guys I went to highschool with are both leaving for Canmore as John has got a job dog sledding there; something he does for fun at home. The number of lifties are dropping pretty fast, even though we've just got a few new people we're still going to be fairly short-staffed.

As for the skiing, it still hasnt got old; I dont think its something Ill ever get bored off. The last couple of days a bunch of us have just been doing Jib runs, which involve just skiing down the hill hitting as many little jumps as we can find; which is a fair few because we know the hill like the back of our hands. Ive recently got my 180s going really well so Im wondering where to go next. Ill probably try for a Mute grab or a 360 and try not to hurt myself too much :P.

Anyways Ill be leaving Golden in almost a month to the day, April 10th is my planned date to leave so I should be back around a week after that.

Have a good one.

PS here are some links to photos and a video I recently uploaded. The video is one I recorded a while ago of me skiing from the top of the gondola to the bottom although ill probably do another one before I leave and take a better route.

Johns Birthday

I recently added more photos to this album.

Whitewall and Feuz Bowl

Skiing Kicking Horse: Top to Tail Video