Day 37 | Arctic Outflow Warning

I was late for Ride Tribe this morning thanks to my bus not showing up.  It was a high of -15C today so I was kind of hoping my tardiness would result in not getting a class.  No such luck.  I was handed a level two card and ended up with four teenagers from Australia.

It was Blackcomb day so we headed up the gondola and over to the Magic Chair area.  To my surprise the kids were already turning and just needed more confidence.  My plan was to spend the morning in this area, eat lunch at Wizard Grill and then take gondola laps.  We took a hot chocolate break at Blackcomb Kids midway through the morning.  After lunch I decided to give Wizard Chair a try.  Three of the kids did great turning down the green and blue runs back to the gondola and one boy had a hard time linking his turns.  His toes were hanging off the edge of his snowboard because his feet were so big.  He was using a cheap rental board and got really discouraged.  He elected to sign himself out and go back to his hotel.

With the slowest kid no longer holding the rest of the kids back, I decided to head to the top.  We rocked over to Solar Coaster and hit Easy Out.  The day went by so slow.  I was cold and the teens weren't very excitable.  They didn't say much and didn't seem excited to be snowboarding.  We finished a run around 2:30 and instead of taking a half run from the gondola, the kids decided to call it quits.  Fine by me!  We rode down to the village and had an end of day chat in the Carlton Lodge.  Back to Ride Tribe tomorrow with no break in the Arctic temperatures.  JOY!