The result of a 5 hour cross country ski in minus 25, results in the above! Saturday saw a more than refreshing ski stint in Kananaskis. We tracked up a rather sizeable hill called Blueberry which sits in the middle of an enormous valley surrounded by glacier clad peaks. The views are impeccable - if it isn't snowy like billio, causing visibility to stretch no further than the next tree (which, if you didn't get it, it was!). Having set out mid morning, we weren't getting off the mountain until it was getting dark - and much, much colder. Brina skied the last 2 hours with about sixteen layers on and a down jacket - and still her eyelids froze too.
Hopefully next week will be more suitable for hitting the resorts to ski. As keen as I am, sitting on a chairlift in somewhere near minus 30 doesn't do it for me (add an extra 10 or so for wind chill on the way down and you'll realise why sunshine was pretty quiet this weekend). The first World Cup ski race is at Lake Louise next week, so maybe we'll head up there and see how the real fast guys do it - in lycra!!!
The crazy Albertan weather continues, there's more snow and ball droppingly chilly weather for the next few days, but by Thursday we'll have a high of one degree - the temps vary by 25 degrees or so for highs from day to day. It's great!
Nothing much else to really, work (yawn), we've got a Christmas party to go to tonight - MEC invite all old staff to their bash - and some bash it is too, so that'll be fun. In the meantime, I've got to dash off now as Utd v's Chelsea is firing up in ten minutes.
Wrap up,
S&S.
p.s. Squeezing four people, skis and poles into a VW Golf makes for a rather cramped dirve home.
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