Good Fortune from the Sky

As you know I have great friends who care about me and I am grateful to have people like that in my life.
So a bunch of these marvelous people went to snow on the weekend and I was 'encouraged' (read: hassled in a good way) to join them. due to other commitments I couldn't make it until Saturday evening, but Sunday was awesome.
It was my first time back on the snow in about 6 years or so. I have to tell you I was a little nervous (eg will I remember how to; turn, go down the mountain etc). The weather forecast was for blizzard conditions which added somewhat to my nerves.

As we drove up toward Perisher the snow started to drift in, fine and powdery. The sky was overcast and periodically the wind shifted and whited out the road ahead. By the time we reached the car park (did I mention I was driving?) I was happy to say the poor visibility would make it harder for people to see how bad I was...

Turns out I need not have worried. After an hour it was like I'd never been away. The first run was a little unsteady, but I found my balance soon enough and by the afternoon was totally owning the back country runs. I managed about 6 or so hours before the legs started to give out and my knees started to protest (wussy knees!).

But the weather!! The whole day was semi-blizzard conditions. It was dumping powder the whole time we were there. As an example after lunch, runs that were carved up had been smoothed over by the wind and the fresh snow. It was incredible!!
The only downside was freezing my arse off as we went up the chair lifts. Not fun having snow blasted into your face, especially when the lift stops.

It was a great confidence builder for the mammoth 3 days to come up at Mt Hotham!!
Thanks again to the Rebecca's for motivating my butt onto the snow!!