the birm*

First big powder session/ouch my quads!

As RC was heading to the states for Christmas, we thought we’d better head out for a wee sess. So Caleb, RC and I got up early and ready to hit the lifts as soon as they opened…

The first run on “l’échine” was painful: deep, deep, champagne powder, steep slopes and freedom…only problem was that we were straight out of the lift and not warm at all, which meant stopping every 3 or 4 turns because of legs catching fire.

The second and subsequent descents were amazing (and still quite painful), despite not having the width underfoot to deal with such deep powder…I’m glad I only got a half day! After a few hours of powder skiing I left the boys and headed down the mountain, sticking to easy runs to work on my switch skiing :)