Last Lift

Somebody once said that all good things come to an end and unfortunately they were right.  Friday was my last day in Whistler and at 3pm I caught my last lift of the season.  I did one last lap through the top section of the Spring park and then ducked under the ropes at the top of the gondola and rode the ‘closed’ ski-out with my buddy.  The ski-out has been closed so that they can prepare for bringing equipment up the mountain that they need for the new peak to peak gondola, which means that when you do the ski-out now you have the weird opportunity to board across the road is a couple of places (with just a slight covering of snow to stop the base of the board being shredded).  All in all my last day was fantastic, I rode the park in the morning and fresh snow (yes more snow fell on Thursday night) in the afternoon.  I couldn’t have asked for more.

Above is a photo I took on my journey to Vancouver.  In total my trip home managed to take 25 hours, but it did include going for dinner with my friend at the Cactus Club in Vancouver and also a couple of hours sorting out my car after I returned to collect it, only to find that (a) someone had scratched it and (b) the battery was dead.

My first full season has been everything that I had hoped for.  I passed both instructor levels that I went for, improved my riding exponentially, rode some of the best runs in the world, travelled to several resorts, rode the most amazing powder, experienced gnarly tree runs, learnt a bunch of new tricks, rode out of the ski area and most importantly made some friends for life.  If I had the option to start the season again now I would take it – but my body is probably glad that it isn’t an option as it needs some time to recover.

I have put a few more photos on my Picasa site if you want to see some more pictures of snow.

Thanks to all of you who have been following my blog.  I have to go and save money for next season so, for now, it is over.