Whistler day2 :-]

Yesterday was a last minute thing. Today was the actual trip we planned. Just for a change we went to Whistler ;-)

It was Jon and Michele's (left) first day on snow this year but rumour had it they were pretty good - especially that Guimond bird!







...and the rumours were true!

There were four of us including Rich but I didnt get a photo of him cos he was always too fast and I was always at the back (again!). Wasnt so bad as last week though cos the snow was no more that 18inches deep :-D








As the young whipper-snapper of the group (not to mention being the gnarly boarder gurl), it fell to Michele to rip up the park while us old boys tried not to get too much air under the wood











more breath-taking views (yawn)


Rich was our leader today and he did a great job of taking us all over the mountain. It wasnt without it's moments though - like the mandatory drop in - its funny how you appreciate the versatility of a bike when you're stuck on the edge of a cornice (snow ledge) above a veery steeep run with only one choice - jump!







...and then there was this run which had the choice according to Rich of "going down this [the hard] way which is pretty steep or we could just go around this [the easy] way"....

we went the easy way but notice how steep it looks just after the orange sign.....








CLIFF!!

....can you imagine how steep the hard way was - I'm not sure I want to find out!

that was our last run....a good thing too as I think my adrenalin was running low! But the best was yet to come.

After laughing at these guys - Whistler's answer to sandwich boards - we went back to Rich's mate's parents' condo and jumped in the hot tub for a while -- oh sooooo good!

Thanks to Rich for the guiding, Adrian's parents for use of the condo, and Jon for driving.