Thursday's Tales

Weather conditions were due to change from nice to windy today. Our mission was to ski over to Smiggins and explore the slopes there. So we made a beeline for the Piper t-bar, the link between Perisher and Smiggins.

A beautifully timed morning coffee break at the little cafe at the bottom of the Pretty Valley Chair meant a catch up with a work colleague of mine! While the gang continued on towards Smiggins, I remained and had my annual ski and a lovely catch up with Vera doing a few loops of Interceptor. Soon the wind had picked up as predicted closing the Interceptor chair forcing us to make the crossing over to Smiggins too!

We arrived wondering where the others had got to, only to spot them coming down the run closest to us. Turns out they had finished skiing all the trails and were ready to make their way back! Vera and I did one last run together before parting ways.

Skiing Smiggins Escape we popped back over the ridge and straight into a very strong head wind. Discovering that most lifts were on wind hold, we took advantage to ski on to front valley and catch the skitube up to Blue Cow. This was on the kids to-do-list! Meanwhile Andy opted to find the few t-bars still running and make his own way back to Guthega.

It was a great little change in routine catching the skitube while giving the kids a rest. With the weather conditions not looking like changing, we headed straight back to the lodge, where we were greeted by a wombat who was feeding and ambling along Norwegian trail, the trail behind our lodge. The wombat made it's way to the front of the lodge, enjoying nibbling on a small patch of grass!

The kids were out once again later in the afternoon for more tobogganing fun. Andy and Susie headed out on cross country ski to explore farm creek before returning and spending a good hour or so digging out the cars as the carpark needed to be cleared of snow by the snow plough! Our car was the worst, with snow encroaching on to the bonnet and up to the windows! Some expert driving by Andy saw the car successfully removed from the carpark without damaging it or any other car!