paraphernalia

We woke late today, so our time in Mont Tremblant was not what it could have been. That was mostly my fault, owing to my pressing need to do laundry (I had absolutely no socks or underwear left! Probably TMI there, but hey!), but I’m a sharing guy, so let’s all accept the blame!

Regardless, we got to Tremblant, Quebec’s most famous and arguably best ski resort at 1:30pm. I hired my gear (with shoes that fitted perfectly!) and we all bought our 2pm onwards lift passes. We got to the lift, reached the summit and Juliana’s nose began to bleed. We guessed this was due to the altitude or the extreme cold, but we never really found out. The short of the story is, after dealing with completely inept first-aid attendants, we didn’t begin skiing till 3pm. For Tremblant, this was the last ride up, so we drove for 2hrs for one trip down the mountain!

Shit happens, so it’s not an issue at all. And the weather was absolutely amazing, so that made it all better. Wearing Dan’s uber ski-jacket and orange glasses helped too. As did our decision to take the green run, which took (no joke) 90mins to ski down. This run was HUGE and went from the absolute top of the mountain to the ski hire place right at the bottom. Impressive, eh? It was the first time I had skiied properly and without an instructor so I was stoked. Dan took some awesome photos too, so it’s all recorded for posterity!

Dinner was eaten at a crepe place Juliana had been raving about all day. It certainly lived up to expectations, and to top it off we had Timmy’s!! My first Timmy’s in over a month … is it right to be suffering withdrawal symptoms for really bad coffee and bagels? I must be turning Canadian!