This weekend, some friends and I went down to Golden, BC for a ski weekend getaway. I rented us a cabin through the internet which was a really good price - 300$/night, sleeps 9. This amounts to just over 30$/night/person, which is a great deal for a cabin that has a hot tub and full amenities. I was a little concerned that it might end up being crappy, but it was really amazing and cute.
I drove down on Friday afternoon with Bonnie, Sean and Catherine. It took us about 6.5 - 7 hours to get to Golden, including bathroom stops and dinner in Lake Louise. We had to drive the pass between Lake Louise and Golden in the dark, which was in fairly good condition but a little slippery compared to the rest of the highways. We made it to the cabin around 8pm and everyone else trickled in right after that. We sat around visiting that evening before we hit the hay.
We rose bright and early to head to Kicking Horse ski resort around 8:30am. Most of us went skiing, but a few people went snowshoeing during the day instead. In any case, I snowboarded most of the day with Catherine and Bindi, both of whom were skiing and at a very similar skill level to me. We started the day off on some green runs, but since we felt really good on those runs, we promptly took the gondola up to the top of the hill to take a green/blue run all the way down. Kicking Horse is a very TALL hill, so riding from the top all the way to the bottom is a serious trek. It's also a very steep mountain, which really helped me to improve my skills on steep slopes.
We all met for lunch in the Day Lodge and then hit the slopes for the afternoon. This time, we did two runs with the whole gang. The first run we did with the better skiers (Garrett, Ian and Joelle) was supposedly a blue run, but right at the top, it was super steep and probably actually a black. Bindi, Catherine and I were a little freaked out that we had to get down this slope. I basically slid down on my butt, partly because it was so steep that if I stood up, my butt was basically still touching the slope! I made it past the steep part and the rest was breezy, except for some moguls that popped up part way down. After that, us girls stuck to the other runs that we felt more comfortable with.
On Saturday night, we all made dinner in the cabin. We spent some time in the hot tub and some time watching movies. We also played some board and card games. Here are the few pictures we took:
Ian hopping out of the hot tub to roll in the snow:
Ian dashing back into the hot tub with a frozen back side!
Me, sitting in the living room, watching the end of the movie with the gang.
I'm hoping to get some more pictures of the ski hill from Garrett, so I'll post those once I get them.
