After hearing some heavy rain on the roof during the night, we were a little unsure of what we would find at the top of the mountain.
Across the road to get our skis and lift tickets from Viking Ski Hire then it was time to catch the chair lift to the top. The closer we got the windier and foggier it got but it wasn’t wet.
After dropping Rachael at the Junior Workshop, we went over the back of the mountain to Ruined Castle and found perfect snow, sheltered, some sunshine and only a few skiers. We enjoyed these conditions for about an hour then the ski schools descended and the conditions changed.
We then started moving across the mountain ending up for lunch at Cloud 9. We grabbed Rachael out of Ski School for 1/2 an hour of skiing and we continued with Bradley until down came the rain and sleet. No fun at all.
I headed back to Schuss Lodge to dry off and hot coffee while Bradley and Jenny endured the winter conditions. After an hour the rain and fog started to lift and the temperature dropped.
I went back up the mountain to find some good skiing conditions and continued until the lifts closed at 4:30, while Jenny, Bradley & Rachael called it a day at 3:30 having endured the rain.
We had the seasons of autumn, winter and spring today, maybe tomorrow we will have summer as well with a bit more sunshine.
From the GPS, managed around 50km on the snow today.
