February in Banff
Two weeks ago (although it now feels like forever ago) – I took a trip to Calgary to visit Mark who was working on-site for the whole month of February. And to celebrate the occasion that was both our birthdays, valentine’s day, chinese new year’s day and Canada family day – we paused work for a bit then rented a car, borrowed some clothes, drove to Banff and went skiing.
The mountains in Banff is absolutely gorgeous and at the Sunshine Village, the ski runs stretch on forever. I’ve only been to a handful of ski resorts in the U.S. rockies, but as far as I could remember, none of them were ever as vast. On the ski lift you could see other ski lifts going in all other directions, taking the little people up and sprinkling them all around the mountain. The terrain felt like another planet and no matter how many people were up there, it was never going to be crowded.
Since it was Mark’s first time on the slope since public school and my first time in almost a decade, we only stuck to the easiest route on a lift named the Strawberry. I was surprised how much I remembered skiing, so at the end of the day I ski-ed down the mountain to the loading area instead of taking the gondola (the gondola ride took 16 minutes), and envied the little kids on their skis and snowboards all the way down.
Ann, you look younger and younger in your photos!
xo
baobabs on 11 March 2010that’s a great compliment! thanks jules!
ann on 15 March 2010