Snow, snow, snow!

Monday morning dawned with the wind rattling the windows and snow falling. Talk at the breakfast table revolved around the prospects of our private lesson taking place or not. With the majority of lifts on wind hold, it was lucky that we had arranged for our lesson to start at the Burning Log, the cafe at Guthega.

Arriving early we did a few runs on Blue Calf. 9am ticked by with no sign of our instructor. We patiently waited and eventually retreated to the warmth inside the cafe. Eventually Tom, our instructor,  arrived a little late due to the unfavourable conditions!

Off the six of us went - Ella, Katy, Mia, Susie, Andy and myself, all ready to improve our skiing technique! Down the slopes we went with our every move scrutinised. The snow was deep and for those on the lower end of the skiing ability, like myself, it was difficult to ski! Nevertheless it was soft to fall in!!




Despite booking a 2 hour lesson, the little girls began to struggle keeping warm and after an hour, I headed back to the lodge with them. Andy and Susie continued for the remainder of the lesson.

The snow continued to fall and the wind didn't ease. Andy was the only hardcore skier who braved the conditions for the afternoon. Susie and Patrick tried out the snowshoes while the kids opted to build tracks and jumps for the toboggans down the steepest hill outside the lodge!!

The wind blown icicles hanging on the next-door lodge were impressive and continued to grow over the subsequent days. We also discovered trendy new icicle hair styles!! Fun times!