Back at work on Monday after a wonderful weekend skiing at Whistler. We were a bit delayed in leaving Seattle (a rare blizzard struck the city Thursday night) but by the time we arrived on Friday in the early afternoon all our troubles were behind us. The snow conditions were great, all of the runs and lifts were open and operational, and by Saturday morning the sun came out and gave us some spectacular views.

Ivy brought her boyfriend Jeremy up, and they spent Saturday taking a ski lesson while I skied with Jim and Gina Cogan. Jim, who's the project manager for BAF's IT department, is also a ski instructor and gave me some useful tips (body straight down the hill, let the legs do all the work) that I didn't manage to internalize enough to actually apply, although I tried. We cut up the cruiser runs on Blackcomb and went down the glacier at the back, my favorite area.

On Sunday the clouds had rolled in and there was fresh powder. There were also incredible crowds, and it took us quite a while to get up the mountain. After a couple of short runs on Blackcomb, we went back down to the village and up Whistler for the afternoon. The sun graced us with its presence again, and we had a blissful afternoon zooming around the mountain, including a trip to the back bowl which was wide open and had a fabulous view of Blackcomb and the surrounding mountains.

Now I wish I was staying out here longer, so I could go up again. I may just have to take another trip out here later in the season...
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