Big White Day 1 – Frustrations and Fun
Big White Day 1 – Frustrations and Fun
Today was our first full day here in Big White, and although we’d set an alarm to make the most of the day, we were awake before it even had a chance to go off – the disgustingly awful bed we had been lucky enough to score meant that we had achieved about two hours sleep the night before (at this rate, the flight home is going to seem like the most comfortable thing on earth). Regardless, spirits were a little higher as we peeked out of the window to see sun shining down through only a very thin layer of cloud – blue skies for nearly the first time since we’d been in Canada! For the first time, well, ever, we were up before the lifts had started turning on a ski day, but we managed to take it slow getting ready to leave the apartment that this achievement was a distant memory by 10am. Ed and Tess had headed out early to ski with Michelle, Dave and the girls on their last day here at Big White, so Nat, Tori and I headed to the village centre to organise rental equipment for Tori and some lift passes to get us through the day.
Before too long, Tori and I were on the slopes – Tori very much enjoying some boots that actually fit – heading to the base of the mountain. Unfortunately we found a bit of a crowd down here, unlike Silver Star during the week which had been a complete ghost town, so decided to head for another part of the mountain on reaching the top of the Snow Ghost Express. We skied a few runs, constantly avoiding the out-of-control snowboarders that seem to plague every ski resort ever established, before Ed and Tess caught up with us purely by chance, and we decided to all head in for some lunch (a little earlier than normal, but considering we’d started earlier than normal this seemed reasonable). Nat met us in the village, and we enjoyed the slightly quieter-than-normal crowds we’d stumbled upon as a result of our early stop (by early, of course, I mean around midday…).
After lunch the four of us skied a number more runs before heading to the Black Forest area where we met up with Michelle, Dave, Emma and Bronte. Tori skied her first blue run over here (that’s the second difficulty up for those playing at home), and then followed this by her second, third, fourth and fifth of the same (different runs, mind you). Although the weather had closed in for most of the morning, we were treated by blue skies and sunshine for much of the later afternoon we were outside, and we skied right up until 3:30pm when the lifts closed. A big day of skiing, which in the end, was enjoyed by all.
Dinner tonight was in-house – cooked by chefs Nat and Ed – and soon after this Tori and I ventured to the Mega Snow Coaster, Big White’s version of snow tubing, with Emma, Bronte and Michelle. Although both Tori and I, and Emma and Bronte had been tubing at Silver Star only last week, we hadn’t managed to go tubing together, so tonight was as good as an excuse as any to head back out into the cold air and brave the elements for some crazy winter evening action. Although the tubing is enjoyable here at Big White, with two more runs than the Silver Star version, the Silver Star offering is probably slightly more enjoyable (and exciting) overall. We stayed outside until nearly 9pm when the tub park closed, then made our way back up the gondola to the hotel with the girls.
Overall, today was a tiring day, but enjoyable at the same time due to the good conditions and company. Let’s see if we can manage at least an extra hour of sleep tonight in an attempt to be at least coherent by this time tomorrow. If not, a few more days like this and my ramblings are going to deteriorate into more rubbish than normal! Take a look at today’s photos – there are quite a few nice landscape ones, as well as some action ones too when the sun came out. Enjoy!
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