Feb 9 to the 15th 2014 AE Ski Club Trip
Words will not describe this trip properly, this is a must for all ski fans. Whistler Blackcomb is the place to go, with my new england style skinny skies, great friends by my side, and a good attitude .
Whistler was a dream come true, I saved all year long for this, and it was worth every penny.
To start off, not one but to of the most amazing mountains in the world. My plan for the trip was to reach at least one of the summits and go down it. Arrived sunday evening fairly late, had a fast dinner, prepped my gear and off to bed.
Day one for me consisted of Greens and Kimmy helping me work on my form, spent half the day listening to great advice, trying to learn how to cut on my edges better and stop sking flat. Spent the majority of the day on Blackcomb lots of long winding greens that you can cut, only did i find at the very end was Ice on any trail and that was very bare min.
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| Wide open greens, I have no idea who that is in front of me. | | |
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We met at mid day, shared some stories, and had lunch, back to the mountain, rocked that out till around 4. Day one for sking was over, I was worn out but no body hurt at all. I would love to go into more detail but put it this way, there isn't one bad trail on Blackcomb, all of them kept me on the toes from mid mountain down, where is what I stayed on day one.
Day Two : Started off on Blackcomb again, took myself far left, where there was a couple good blue's i wanted to try. Neil joined me this day, and saw what i was doing wrong. Took some time explaining, instead of leaning back on my heels to lean forward on my toes. Instant carve. Did I do something right, no more greens today for me, Rocked out every blue with confidence. Yeah I still fell once but I felt really in charge and aggressive. I still stuck mostly mid mountain this day but i found myself drifting off both sides because they had some decent rides that took most of the day, probelly got in 10 runs but i was pumped.
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| It snowed pretty much every day. |
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We ended the night at the Dublin, over some really great food, some cold beer, and lovely ladies in skirts. This was Kimmy's Birthday needless to say, I don't recall most of the night, all of us had alot of fun in the bars.
Day Three : Started late, a bit hung over, but ready to ride, solo day today for me. Started on Whistler, went mid there, got one run in before slowing down to merge on a trail, giving those above the right away, got creamed by a snowboarder. Took both of my legs right out from under me. Had that urge it was around noon, to just call it an early day. Wanted to be fresh for the last two days we had so I packed up and headed back to the hotel. Did some walking around, some laundry, sat in the hot tub for maybe 10 mins and then took a nap. Whistler has alot to do even for non-mountain folks , the village is always busy, and everyone I met the entire trip super friendly.
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| Plus Fire Moths (Yes, I was in love haha) |
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Thursday day four : Another day with Neil, did a mixture of both mountains, Blue's and Greens, as well as the Peak to Peak. Neil was hurting from falling the earlier day on some of the stuff out of my level, and I was recovering from being hit, we went around the entire mid on both if i recall correctly, lots of fun, worked more on my carving, I totally felt great, confidence, yuppers. Plus having someone alot better than you, helps alot. I want to say we met everyone on mid mountain for lunch, and the second half of the day, I think around 1ish, I called it a day knowing friday was a full day from 6 am to 4:30. But I got some amazing pictures from the Peak to Peak.
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| This is 3 times the height of the statue of liberty. |
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| There were little kids ripping through these. |
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Day Five Friday : Up very early for Fresh Tracks, breakfest, then the first people on the trails. This is a must to do if you go. 100 percent must. Our little band met up, took the ride up to the middle, had a giant breakfest. I decided to stick to Emerald area to start with, while the rest of the group headed up to the higher/harder trails. (Note to readers, my friends wanted me to come up with them to the harder stuff, I had snuck out before they all left) I started on what looked like a hard trail rated Blue, to find the Cats coming up to groom it, and the trail itself should have been rated less than a green, it was flat, and I mean like highway flat, not a blue at all. So back up the Emerald lift, as fast as I could, to the middle green Bowl, why a bowl, why not, I don't know why it said it was a bowl, I saw one jump but i did it anyways. Back up Emerald again to the far right side, where there were alot harder Blues, and I went down them like a champion, the snow throwing up in the air, I was having the time of my life. I can't exactly recall how many I did but I know around 1, we met up for lunch. So, my merry group of friends (Another note, I am blessed to have all of them on this trip, each and everyone of them made this the best trip of my lifetime, no joke) I was told, i was heading to the peak of Blackcomb with everyone 7th heaven. Knowing this was getting late in the day, I was excited. On the way up, Ian and Kimmy said they would ride with me the last run of the day. I mirrored Kim's turns as best as I could and let me tell you, that girl can rip. With her in front of me, I went down some of the steepest drops I have ever done but watching where she turned and how fast she did, butter this stuff was easy. We finally reached the top after riding one more lift and Ian said to everyone to go on there way he was gonna get to ride one last trail with me since they all pretty much had the week to each other. We dropped down 7th, I followed Kim as fast as I could, until they got ahead of me, I took a fall coming down, not because I was doing anything wrong, by the time I got down the first trail they had all vanished but Ian and he was like cut across, sadly New England ski's and deep snow don't mix but i sure as hell tried.
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| Fearless Blogger, 7th Heaven (Picture by Ian) |
Taking our time rocking out the last run, we went down this winding blue from the top, till we ran into the long green, to say I felt amazing, understatement. I had learned so much from my friends this week how to better myself ski, how to have more confidence on harder trails, I had a blast. We ended up on the bottom shortly after last lift but total amazing. Again, This is the place you want/need to go in your lifetime for ski trips. I look forward to next years AE Ski club trip, and the friends that where there.
So thank you Ian, Kim, Neil, Chloe, Erin, Andrew , Michelle for making this the best trip ever, I am glad to have such amazing people to help me become a better skier, don't worry soon I'll catch up and keep up.!
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| Can't wait till next year. |
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