This weather is unbelievable for this time of the year. What happened to global warming. It was 5 below zero and with the wind chill, 20 below zero. And don’t let the occasional glimpse of sunshine, it was cold, damn, cold. On top of that snow fell almost all day with a reprieve every 20 minutes or so for around 5 minutes.
Not a huge rush to get to the top of the mountain, as most of the lifts were on wind hold. When we finally made it up there, it was actually good skiing conditions with not too many enjoying the snow.
The only down side was having to put up with the wind while sitting on the lifts, which were on slow speed due to the winds, so got to spend a lot more time on them.
It would have been perfect for a wing suit particularly on Ruined Castle run. You could just point your skis down the slope and lean forward and not be concerned with going over the front as the wind held you upright allowing you to try some great turns on the snow.
Eventually the wind took a toll on us. It was just getting too cold so ended back in the Lodge around 3pm.

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