Ice climbing at Eugenia Falls

Ice climbing at Eugenia Falls
Eugenia Falls

Sunday 22 January 2012

Hero snow

Today at Blue mountain was a hero snow day. That's the kind of day where the grooming has been well done and the snow is consistent to the point where anyone, even myself, can look like a skiing hero on the hill. I don't rightly know where the term originated but just mention hero snow and everyone at Blue understands what you mean. Another thing that made today a ton of fun was that although it was a Sunday the crowds were not bad at all.
We also had a good laugh at the Silver Bullet chair when a lady right in front of us didn't get forward far enough and was knocked down by the chair as it turned to head back up the hill. She was smart enough to lie flat as the chair sailed over her so the only thing injured was her pride. Her friend who was on the chair may have injured a vocal cord by screaming "STOP THE CHAIR, STOP THE CHAIR" like it was a train about to run her over. She should have been more embarrassed for freaking out like that.
The lifty helped the fallen lady up, got her back on the chair and learned that her name was Lois. He then turned and yelled at all the skiers waiting that Lois was the reason they were waiting and that they would never get that 30 seconds of their life back again. He continued on shouting that there would be another stop in a few minutes so the lifty at the top of the hill could pick Lois up again. Very funny and kudos to Lois for taking it so well.  All in all it was a great day at the hill.

1 comment:

  1. Poor Lois. I would have stayed down, and quietly frozen to death. Seems to be the easiest option this week because so far getting out of bed and flipping two fingers at the day before it has even started isn't doing it at all for me!

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