Snow, Snow, Fresh Snow
This Tuesday found us waking up to a wet morning in Queenstown.
Thankfully that meant snow in the mountains. The mountain outside of
our apartment had snow down pretty low so that was a good sign. We
all left the place and drove up to Coronet Peak. On the entrance to
the resort we had to install chains on the vans. Yippie!
We got up on the hill and the visibility was really bad but the snow
was nice and soft if a bit wet. I was riding with Alain by myself
(the others had moved up to the more advanced riders group). We did
some runs and I had a good time. With the difficulty seeing there
were a few bumps and crashes but I came out of it just fine (although
my ankle was a little sore).
The runs there were much longer than runs I had become accustomed to
in Tahoe. That combined with the snow being very wet and thick made
me get tired early so I stopped before the 4pm quit time. All in all
it was a good day as I picked up some more great instruction, even if
I couldn’t see very well on the slope.
On the way back to Queenstown we stopped at a place on the river and
rode the Shotover Jet.
It’s basically a giant jet ski that can hold twelve people and a
driver. It only needs four inches of water to run on and the driver
is able to make turns in the blink of an eye. It was a lot of fun to
say the least.
