Skiing in at Revelstoke Mountain Resort

This was the first year we bought full day passes and made use of the whole mountain. I've never been up to the very top to go skiing before. I can now see why people from all over the world come to Revelstoke. The runs are super long, the lines are short and at times it feels like you have the whole mountain to yourself. Our first day of skiing we were joined by Kaes, Auntie Kim, Auntie Heather, Oma and Auntie Lyn. We went up two gondolas and skied down the green run called the Last Spike. The run was so long that we basically skied one run before lunch and another run after lunch before stopping for hot chocolate and then skiing the bottom 1/3 of the mountain. It was SUPER cold that day. So cold, that Josh and I headed straight to downtown afterwards to try and replace  our 20+ year old gloves!

Maddy and Ethan did very well, though it seemed like they did a role reversal from last year. Maddy, we didn't hear a single complaint from and she happily and easily skied with Kaes. Ethan was much  more cautious than he's ever been in the past years. Though I believe that this 'new Ethan' is a much better skier than he was last year. He was really utilizing his turns this year, instead of just heading straight down at crazy speeds.

Our second day, we decided to go up the 2 gondolas, but then take the last chair up to the very top. What a difference! First of all, the view from up there is absolutely amazing AND the sun was shining and it was warm. Double bonus! We decided to stay up there for the  rest of the day. Luckily, we decided to pack sandwiches with us on this day and we didn't need to ski down to the mid-station at all. Plus we had a gorgeous view as we ate. In the afternoon we headed over to the North Bowl, but in hindsight it was a mistake, because it was in the shadow of the mountain and it was cold, not to mention dark. The North Bowl only has blue runs and the kids had less trouble than Mama! Probably less whining than Mama too, if I'm to be completely honest. They were did very well, and Josh was awesome about looking after the BOTH of them, while I just got myself down the hill.


I hope you enjoy the pictures.

 This was the afternoon of the first day. It was so cold, we had to stop to hot chocolate before attempting to ski from mid-station to the bottom.

 Behind us you can see the cloud that is blanketing the valley far below.

 This is a high as you can get, but chair. Behind us though are people climbing up to the very summit in order to ski in the fresh powder.

Just crazy. The climb reminded us of the climbing we read about in our Gold Rush unit last year.

I love this pic of Josh and Ethan.

This is my kind of skiing. It's like you have the whole mountain to yourselves.