After some cold temperatures (finally) and light snow falling overnight, we awoke to 5cm of fresh snow with sunshine. We farewelled our new friends from Uruguay and headed up the hill.

The sunshine today brought out the skiers compared to yesterday, with a mountain full of people today while yesterday there was only a handful.

It only took a couple of runs down Main Street and Highway 83 dodging people to decide to trek over to Ruined Castle. It was still crowded in comparison to yesterday but we stayed there all day until the legs gave out.

The MapmyWalk App total for the day was 51 km.

Quiet night in Schuss Ski Lodge with just us and the managers, Russell and Jude. Not bad having a 50 bed lodge for yourself.

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One way to ensure you have the mountain to yourself is to have weather around zero degrees, wind around 50 kph and a mixture of snow/sleet/hail. That is exactly what we had and depending what slope you tackled, it was most unlikely to see another person skiing and you got to know the lifties on a first name basis. 🙂

Even though the weather wasn’t the best, the skiing was the best we have had for a long time. The groomed runs kept firm and had a layer of fresh snow on top of the corduroy.

We stuck it out for 5 hours, getting back to the Schuss Ski Lodge a little cold and wet but it was worth it.

Distance on the MapmyWalk app for the day was 52km.

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