It was the most beautiful blue sky day today, and we set out earlier than usual; it was the start of a Bank Holiday weekend, so there were expected to be thousands of people arriving for the holiday. Also, a little snow had fallen overnight, and I hoped to get onto the new snow before it was all skied off. The resort had laid on extra buses, of a kind we had never seen before - the driver sat in a little truck in the front.
The lifts were certainly a bit crowded, and we had quite a wait at the first one. The one we took higher up the hill was a little less crowded. We went up to the area I had skied successfully on Thursday and took a run called Roundabout, which has steep parts, but only short ones. Because it was quite early, the slopes were not yet crowded,
though those who were there were of the type who fall over just in front of you. I had some good runs down, and the views were fabulous.
Later, I tried another run called West Ten Mile. That was less steep, but full of people, mostly beginners, and it was sometimes hard to avoid everybody. As it got later, it also got busier and further down the hill, Paul was wiped out by an out of control snow boarder. My legs and knees were tired, so we went home to lunch.
Paul went out again after lunch and skied the 'expert only' runs but was disappointed to find the most difficult runs were closed - they need another couple of feet of snow, apparently. He was able to walk across to the Super Bee lift just behind our condo, and he skied right back to our patio. This is a very good condo as far as he is concerned - it's only me who has to make use of the bus.
We took the bus along to Center Village to visit the small supermarket, as we had run out of milk and a few other things. There is a skating rink there which seems quite popular.
The main street was not so busy
Although it was only around 5 pm, many people were making their way to bars and restaurants.
People seem to eat very early here. We went out to eat last night with somebody Paul knows who had to drive over from Breckenridge and was delayed by the holiday traffic. We went to the restaurant at 8, and found it almost empty; we were the last in, and the last to leave, at 9pm.
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