Andrew went on a full day lesson (well, from 9:45am - 3:30pm) where he saw heaps of the mountain, including the back bowls. He had a really good time and got his confidence back since his instructor told him he should be moving up to Level 6.
While Andrew was on his lesson, I skied the Gondola 1 area, then met Yvonne and Eduardo for some runs higher up. It was so nice to see Yvonne! We didn't get a great chance to catch up though, so looking forward to more of that later. Yvonne and Eduardo are both excellent snow boarders, I felt a little bit sheepish keeping up but we had a really great time, mostly doing Swingsville. My favourite run of the day was Timberline Catwalk; the last part through the trees was so beautiful.
I was hoping my hair would turn out like this!
Today we were in time for the apres ski warm cider and snacks, then went straight to the hot tub to warm our aching muscles.
We got ready to go out for dinner, but quickly realised that Vail is a village of reservations; absolutely every place was booked. The best offer we had was at the Japanese place that said there were 9 people before us for bar seating… we aborted and ate snacks in the room.
Day 3 of skiing was awesome, we lasted from 9am - 4pm. Andrew and I spent the entire day exploring the mountain, and I think we've now taken all of the lifts on the font side of the mountain. My favourite run of the day was Boomer, the most scenic run was Lost Boy, and my biggest achievement was consistently doing Bear Tree (a blue run) for two days now. Andrew did Avanti a couple of times and the second time did the black section instead of opting out on Cold Feet (the green path our of the way of the blue). We had lunch at Two Elk, I couldn't believe the views! It's like being in a snow dome.
We just got back to the room after going to the hotter hot tub, and are just about to get ready for an early dinner with Yvonne and Eduardo, and try our luck without a reservation. Fingers crossed!
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