First day. First tracks.

Today will be our first day on the snow. First though, a talk about ski clothing and equipment from Jens, one of the instructors, and a guided tour of downtown Fernie. The morning slipped away fairly quickly, then we were transported up to the ski hill to get ski passes. The first season pass i have ever owned, but hopefully not the last! Mugshot:

Then followed a tour of the shops on the ski hill. The powder was so near, yet so far! Since i knew my way around from the last visit, a joint decision was then taken by me and Katie to drop out the back of the group and head up the hill for the last couple of hours of the day. We changed into our gear, picked up Matt and Leon and headed up to sample to 120cm of fresh the two days before had left. Our warm up run left us knee deep in powder whilst still trying to remember how to ski. Not ideal but huge smiles all around. We were in for a special week of skiing.

The postponed welcome drinks were held this evening with a quick talk from each of the hosts. The six weekers were then ushered off to a dinner just down the highway called the Cincott Organic Restaurant. With good food and good company, our first day in the mountains was over... and we were excited.