Day 20 - noodling

Had a great day at work today.  We had seven kids in Snowboard School split between four of us.  I took my level four kid, Max.  We spent the morning hanging out with Darren and the level three kids.  They were practicing their turns on the Olympic Chair and since turning was easy for Max, he practiced riding switch.  When he rode switch, he was the same level as the other kids (even better).  When given the opportunity to go up top instead, he opted to practice switch.  I love that about this kid:  he had a great ambition to learn new things on his snowboard and never took the easy way out.

After lunch we split from the rest of the crew and headed off to find some powder in the trees.  Our first run we dropped off Whiskey Jack.  The next run I decided to see what Marmot Trees was like and headed there via Rat Fink.  Max didn't quite make the traverse to Rat Fink so we managed to get down through the trees before the trail.  It was fun, full of soft pow.  Max did great but it wasn't easy for him.  We came out right at the entrance to Marmot Trees.  It was "cut" but it wasn't the kids' run that was cut.  We ended up below the Peak 2 Peak tower.  By the time we got to that point, Max was exhausted and sweating.  Even though he did great, he did fall a few times and ended up walking out in snow up to his knees at one point.  We rode to the CLC to take a much needed break.

After a break, we took two of the level three kids back up to the Roundhouse for one last run.  We kept to the green runs since everyone was tired and it was the end of the day.  The boys worked hard at their turns and I kept it fun by finding some jumps along the way.