Norway Day
Another great day of skiing. It’s getting hard to remember how many great days it's been this season… and March has only begun! Today I skied up to Huron for Norway day to get some vafels and warm solbærtoddy, a great treat courtesy the Norwegian embassy (Many thanks indeed!). Big crowds at Huron today – who’s kidding who, big crowds everywhere! Perfect –5C and blue skies brought every skier for miles out to enjoy the day! Bryan and Mike had also skied up to Huron to sample the Norwegian fare so we took some time to have lunch inside the lodge before heading out to explore some trails. Managed to score a table right by the woodstove which was handy for heating up lunch however keeping track of the tinfoil wrapped sandwiches on top of the woodstove was a challenge as it was loaded up with many lunches. In the end I think we all got what we brought. Always a risk to “upgrade” your sandwich off the woodstove. Tough to tell which ones are better when they’re all wrapped in foil.
After lunch we headed out to ski some of the trails. All the main trails had been nicely groomed so we started along the Burma Road. Usually trail 3 is pretty quiet but today there was a steady stream of skiers heading both ways. About halfway along I tempted the guys to try some backcountry powder so we headed along 12, 11 and 9 to introduce them “gently” to some of what the backcountry has to offer. Today was perfect as the soft powder snow makes for soft landings if things go astray on a tricky descent. They did great though and no one crashed (while I was with them) so perhaps the guys are ready for some more tricky runs… hmmmm. Finally we got on the freshly groomed race trails at Camp Fortune. With Mike making a short loop around, Bryan and I tried the “reverse amphitheater drop”. A tricky maneuver that we both successfully pulled off (although it was a close call for both of us in the final run out). Then it was time for us to part as Bryan and Mike headed north to their car and I headed south across Ridge to get to my own car. On Ridge road it was again pretty busy (did it ever stop being busy today?) but I made short work of it and jumped off for a little more backcountry powder before hitting the Parkway and the ski back to the car. Driving out was no easy feat either. The Chelsea Nordique ski club was having a “year end” party at P5 and the lot was filled with cars spilling out along the sides of the road for a quite a ways. Once in the village itself the heavy traffic had brought out the local constabulary trying to keep some order as happy skiers made the trek home. All in all a great day on the trails. Spent more than 8 hours out skiing this weekend in beautiful skiing conditions. Here’s to March bringing many more days like these.
Another great day of skiing. It’s getting hard to remember how many great days it's been this season… and March has only begun! Today I skied up to Huron for Norway day to get some vafels and warm solbærtoddy, a great treat courtesy the Norwegian embassy (Many thanks indeed!). Big crowds at Huron today – who’s kidding who, big crowds everywhere! Perfect –5C and blue skies brought every skier for miles out to enjoy the day! Bryan and Mike had also skied up to Huron to sample the Norwegian fare so we took some time to have lunch inside the lodge before heading out to explore some trails. Managed to score a table right by the woodstove which was handy for heating up lunch however keeping track of the tinfoil wrapped sandwiches on top of the woodstove was a challenge as it was loaded up with many lunches. In the end I think we all got what we brought. Always a risk to “upgrade” your sandwich off the woodstove. Tough to tell which ones are better when they’re all wrapped in foil.
After lunch we headed out to ski some of the trails. All the main trails had been nicely groomed so we started along the Burma Road. Usually trail 3 is pretty quiet but today there was a steady stream of skiers heading both ways. About halfway along I tempted the guys to try some backcountry powder so we headed along 12, 11 and 9 to introduce them “gently” to some of what the backcountry has to offer. Today was perfect as the soft powder snow makes for soft landings if things go astray on a tricky descent. They did great though and no one crashed (while I was with them) so perhaps the guys are ready for some more tricky runs… hmmmm. Finally we got on the freshly groomed race trails at Camp Fortune. With Mike making a short loop around, Bryan and I tried the “reverse amphitheater drop”. A tricky maneuver that we both successfully pulled off (although it was a close call for both of us in the final run out). Then it was time for us to part as Bryan and Mike headed north to their car and I headed south across Ridge to get to my own car. On Ridge road it was again pretty busy (did it ever stop being busy today?) but I made short work of it and jumped off for a little more backcountry powder before hitting the Parkway and the ski back to the car. Driving out was no easy feat either. The Chelsea Nordique ski club was having a “year end” party at P5 and the lot was filled with cars spilling out along the sides of the road for a quite a ways. Once in the village itself the heavy traffic had brought out the local constabulary trying to keep some order as happy skiers made the trek home. All in all a great day on the trails. Spent more than 8 hours out skiing this weekend in beautiful skiing conditions. Here’s to March bringing many more days like these.
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