So here is blog version 2.1, the one that Firefox ate:
Red Mountain feels like the end of the season at the moment, all the snow is melting in high temperatures. It's depressing being at the mountain, and even worse sitting around the hostel so we decided on a road trip.
One minute we were talking about possible plans, and the next Rob and I were collecting a Pontiac Montana from a car hire place.
So we collected a couple more ski-bums from the hostel to fill the extra seats in the asthma-powered people carrier, and set off for Golden, BC home to Kicking Horse resort. I've been there for one day, a few years ago when it had just opened. It was a car park, a Gondola lift and a great restaurant at the top. Now it's massive (at least compared to Red), 3 chair lifts one Gondola and huge Alpine bowls.
We're staying in (what seems like) 5 star luxury. A timber lodge that doubles as a hostel. It has the largest television in Christendom and of course we're driving the fun bus to the mountain every morning. Kicking Horse River Lodge gets my seal of approval.
To top of our luxurious accommodation and general bonhomie due to the change of scenery, we had an amazing powder day today. 22cms overnight and we were second in the lift queue. It was incredible, as good as the Cat days. I borrowed Rob's GPS device and recorded 66.9km/h, so I have waxed the board, confident that I can top 90km/h!
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