We finally made it out to the mountains to go skiing on Easter Sunday. We headed out to
Lake Louise, about an hour and a half from Calgary, where I spent the day on the bunny slope (hey, I've never
ever skiied before) and Gregg braved the real runs with our friends Jenn and Kent. Lake Louise has about 150 runs so you could ski there for days and never get bored. I had the longest waits of all for a lift - around 5 minutes - because I was stuck with the T bar lift while everyone else was in the chair lifts or gondolas. Once you get to the summit, you can ski down the way you came or down the back of the mountain which is mostly black and double black runs (ie: scary!)
Us in our nifty ski gear:
The front side of the mountain:
Me on the bunny hill with the kidlets:
Some shots from up high (it started to snow so these aren't as clear as they could be):
For good measure, here is a shot from another, clearer day:
Pas mal, non? I am somewhat sad that we waited so long in the season to go out for the first time, but we will definitely start early next year.
And for the bunny part (you didn't think
I was the ski bunny, did you??) here is what we found when we came home from work today, and this time he hung around long enough for me to run and grab the camera:
