Day Two : First day on the snow

Where to start .... We had a slow start to the day, hiring skis and queuing for tickets. We finally made it onto the gondola about 11.30. We did the first ski run together to get the lie of the land, interesting when we all ski and board and different levels. Proved to be very interesting when we actually managed to lose Sheree on the first run (or did she ditch us ... ). The only problem was we had lost her before we had actually worked out a plan for what to do if you get lost. 

So after a bit of searching with no luck, we decided the best thing to do was to just keep skiing. 

The mums in the group (marg & margo) did a small amount of worrying, even found out where ski patrol was and how to contact them, in case we wanted to check if she had been carted off the mountain in a stretcher. 

Sheree finally appeared again after lunch, as we were heading off to do more skiing. 

Not sure if there is a theme happening, however after lunch, the Edgar's did manage to lose the others we were skiing with, or did they chose to lose us? One does wonder? So it ended up being the four of us exploring the mountain together, and Marg, Sheree and Anthony off on their own. 

Once again the mums in the group, were happy to see everyone turn up safely back at Lodge Bamboo at the end of the day.

The view (when you could see was amazing), the day was reasonably clear most of the time, you could see where you were going. There was even snow at some stages. The snow was soft and forgiving - certainly not like victorian snow .... the locals tell us it was icy! They haven't seen icy! 

Highlight of the day : would have to be losing one of our group before we had even completed the first run. Good one Sheree!