Powder!

We had our first powder day today!  Chris took the day off for a little family time.  We weren't expecting much as they weather experts were calling for dropping temperatures last night and during the day.  There was supposed to be a little snow - 5cm range.  Not great news on either front.  But, we decided to take the day and just hope for a few turns at Sunshine Village.

We got more snow over night than called for.  While this seemed great, it made the drive horrible!  But, we took our time and made it to the hill to find that it was not too cold and it was super quiet.  The best part was it got warmer when we took the gondola up to the hill.  I took the Kraken into the hotel to get settled - he's still too young for day care, so we were all over tag-team parenting.

Chris took the first shift on snow.  We were meeting friends, and they were kind enough to watch the little man, allowing Chris and I to head out together for a bit before lunch.

And was the snow ever great!  I would say we had a good 25-30cm to play in.  It was easy to find a few fresh turns.  There was also lots of fluffy chop to play in as well.  There has been enough snow in the past little bit to fill in a lot of the gaps and cover the rocks well.  This got us into the shoots to play in the fluff.  What a great time!  It felt great to play in the powder for the first time.  I love the feeling of snow flying up and hitting you in the knee (the tight hit is even better, but I won't complain).


And we finished the day with the sky clearing to this view...

So, yep, an all round great day first day of powder!  When I said powder at the start, did I really ever need to say more?