Been awhile... but here's Part II of Whistler...
It was pretty amazing I have to say. First off, we were so close to the base of the mountain... We got our gear, and walked outside and there we were - right at the base of Blackcomb lifts.
The lifts went pretty quickly, but they still took 10 to 15 minutes to go up. The cool thing about this lift we went on was it had a little shell that you can put over to block the wind and such. Pretty nifty idea I think.
The first run of the day was interesting. We went down maybe a quarter of the hill, and then we ALL had to stop and take a break. My legs were burning by the time we rested... which was probably maybe 2 minutes or so. We did make it down though - but man was it tiring! We went on a few other runs -- there was this one where the snow was up to the boot - it was pretty interesting.
Blues are blacks... this statement is pretty true. I didn't dare myself to go on a black. I was pretty content going on the blue runs. The one thing with this trip is that I realize that my eyesight seem to have gotten worse than it used to. I remember way back I was able to make out the trail signs from pretty far away, but today... no such luck. It was also hard to see a path to go down the hills... I actually had to put on sunglasses so I can see where the bumps were in the snow. I guess I am getting old :P
For dinner, we went to a Japanese restaurant at the village. We had sukoyaki and suomono, sushi, some sake, and some (3 dozen) raw oysters. Almost felt like we had everything from the menu! It was soooo good, especially after a long day's worth of skiing.
Got back to the hotel.. and passed out by 12am... just couldn't keep my eyes open at all!
Great day overall!
No comments:
Post a Comment