Snow in April!

Last week I had the opportunity to go to Calgary on business and had the good fortune to ski Sunshine in Banff. That's right -- skiing in April! Since this was only my second time to ski ever I was a bit nervous that I would have forgotten everything I learned in Tahoe in March, but much to my surprise not only had I not forgotten how to ski, but it seemed to come even easier this time. I started the day with a morning lesson (which I highly recommend) and by the end of my lesson I was skiing down a blue run! Whoo Hoo!

After lunch I was convniced by the group that I was with to go to the top of the mountain to check out some killer views via a couple of blue runs. The view was totally worth it and I made it down the mountian ok, albeit slowly. I still much prefer the green runs, but it is good to know that I can fake my way down a blue if I have to.

We went to the top of the mountain to check out the viewing deck of a very challenging section of the mountain called Delerium Dive. You have to ski in pairs and each person has to have an avalanche signal device on so that you can be easily found if you cause an avalanche and get buried -- yikes! As we were taking in the view it started to snow a bit which was neat, I am a Texan after all. As we were heading down we saw a couple about to take the dive and I kid you not the woman was in her late 50s! I can only that I am in that good of shape and have that little fear when I get there. Crazy!

Anne in Banff


View from Delerium Dive


Anne & Leah at Delerium Dive


Banff


Thursday morning I woke up early hoping to run the Bow River before catching my flight home and I woke up to this (view from my hotel room):



That's right -- "heavy snow" hit Calrgary Thursday morning. Despite the fact that it slowed down traffic and the airport was congested, it was neat to see all of that snow! In case you were wondering, I hit the treadmill at the gym instead of running by the river. It was much warmer to see the snow through the window than to be running in it! :)







I missed my boys, but Daddy did a great job taking care of them!