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Skiing

Sno-limo – looks dangerous to me! It’s also pretty expensive, but if you want a ride around the mountain without having to learn to ski or board it’s certainly an option.

Kim finished her 4-day course today and we all skied with her Level-5 group in the afternoon. Greta and Mia did their first double-black run Big Bang off the top of the Horstman T-Bar. Earlier in the day Kim went down Spanky’s Ladder into the Blackcomb Glacier. Greta and Mia handled the steep steep face […]

Mia on Ptarmigan…Skiing down to Garbanzo Express…Greta on Emerald…

Fun in the fresh snow – everyone takes a tumble!

Another day… another dump.

It’s dumping snow outside with 100kmh winds so a good day to fix some equipment. Greta’s been having problems with the Salomon Course 100 boots (which were bought for Mia last year), and Mia’s been skiing on Greta’s old Lange Team 80s (which Greta loves). So we went to a highly recommended boot fitter called […]

We were upgraded to a 2-bedroom. Room number 963. This is what we see out of our balcony window!

Mia and Greta relaxing in 963…

Finally got to eat at the Rimrock Cafe. It’s located at Creekside, about a 10 minute drive south of Whistler. We went with Richard, Sharon, Umea, and Dorothy Kowalski and Richard’s friend Alex. My ‘surf n turf’ was possibly the best example of this dish I’ve ever eaten. Washed down with a Rioja and a […]

I caught up with Andrzej Kowalski – an old friend from law school days who now lives in Vancouver. I haven’t seem him for about 20 years! His wife’s name is Carolyn and he’s got 3 sons.

It all happened in 1936, seventy years ago…

A cold and rainy day in the village and even up on the mountain. A good day to eat more sushi at Sachi. A current favourite is Albacore Tuna. It’s a white flesh rather than the dark red colour. We don’t get this variety in Melbourne.

Greta on the black Dave Murray Downhill run on the way to lunch at Creekside…

30cm fell overnight with another 30cm tonight. The trees outside our window this morning…

The Canadian equivalent to G’Day. It’s everywhere – on packaging, newspapers and ads.

These took Kim’s fancy today at the supermarket…

Kim strained her calf muscle in her left leg while skiing off the Emerald chair. We’ll know how badly in 48 hours. Hopefully the Whistler Physiotherapy Group will do some magic.

Ordered some essential bits from the mail order house Mountain Gear including these Marmot Expedition Mittens. They worked well! It’ll be interesting to compare them to the Outdoor Research Super Couloir glove and the Mountain Hardware Absolute Zero Mitt. Mountain Gear has great prices and ships all over the world.

We had a meal at the Four Seasons Hotel tonight – the Fifty Two 80 Bistro. It was their weekly Wednesday seafood BBQ buffet – very nice. Drank a Gehringer Brothers “Optimum Series” pinot grigio and a flight of ice wines from Jackson-Triggs and Mission Hill.

Chef Merv from the Aubergine grill made a birthday cake of creme brulĂ©e. Syd got some chocolate dipped strawberries to celebrate…

Where the girls sleep…

Greta and Mia have been snowboarding the last 3 days. Mia did 38 turns in a row yesterday! Today’s DEMO day – K2, Salomon, Atomic… See all the tents set up in front of the Roundhouse restaurant.

Greta went back to the health center today as she couldn’t keep any food or fluid down. Saw Dr Wallman again and he said there’s a particularly bad tummy flu going around. They did a blood test to make sure her platelets were normal and gave her some fluid via IV. She ended up with […]