Girls Day on the Mountain (After)

Misti and Clarissa came over to my house around six in the morning. We loaded up my car and headed for Crystal. There hadn’t been any new snow in the past week or so I was hoping that it wasn’t going to be too icy. However, the forecast for the day sounded good…it was supposed to be sunny and blue skies.

We got up to Crystal, got all of our gear on and took the shuttle up to the lodge. Misti tried to fit in my size seven boots but she wears and size nine and it didn’t work out too well. So we had to go to the rental shop and get Misti some boots that fit. We decided to buy tickets just for the Discovery, the beginner lift. Strapping in was a challenging task for Misti and Clarissa since they had never done it before. But getting on and off the lift was an even more challenging task. After doing it several times they started to get the hang of it though.

We spent the entire day on the bunny hill. I helped teach them the basics including carving heel side and toe side. The snow was pretty icy and firm at first but as the sun came out it softened it up. This made falling a lot nicer. As the girls were slowly progressing I worked on riding switch. We ended our day around three thirty. Misti and Clarissa had a blast their first time snowboarding and can’t wait to go up again this season.