Day 105 - Amazing Views

It's that time of year where the mornings are cold (meaning icy trails) and the afternoons are hot (meaning slushy trails).  Today was no exception.  Five out of seven kids showed up for Saturday Club and I knew it would be a groomer day so I decided to head up Blackcomb as I am completely bored with Whistler's groomers.

We headed out to 7th Heaven since we haven't been out there yet this season.  The sun was shining and there wasn't a cloud in the sky.  Unfortunately, the run down Cloud 9 was basically a sheet of ice.  My kids needed water and since there wasn't any at the Horstman Hut, we crossed over into the glacier and took the cat track down to Crystal Hut.  The snow was much nicer on that side of the mountain for some reason.  Maybe because it gets more shade during the day so it doesn't heat up as much.  The kids got some water and we started making our way to the lunch room.

One girl was having a pain in her ankle so she slowed the class up quite a bit.  It was a bit frustrating as it seems every week this girl seems to have something that is sore.  Luckily the other kids in my class are pretty easy going and didn't seem to mind having to wait around a bit longer than usual.

After lunch we stayed on Whistler and my plan was to take a lap down to Red Chair and then run a couple laps through the Terrain Park.  Once again, the girl with the ankle decided she was in too much pain so instead of going up Red, we all ended up going to the CLC to drop her off while the rest of us took one more lap .... this time through the Terrain Park.  By the time we reached the CLC again, it was time to go home so we gathered everyone and headed down to the Village.  My team is eager is make it as level fives so they rode switch the entire way to the Village.  Good on them.  Unfortunately, only half will be level five next season while half will be level four.

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