Having Fun in JH!

Saturday Jason decided to ski just a half of a day to give his body a bit of a rest. So, before he went out skiing, we went out to breakfast with Em and Hattie while Ryan took his parents out skiing. I stayed in on Saturday, hoping that my knee would feel better to ski on Sunday (and it did). Saturday night we went to the Four Seasons again with the Ritchie's to listen to live music and eat sushi. We had a hard time finding a place to eat because it was so busy, so we settled for the Mangy Moose bar to have some pizza. We watched the Carolina/Arizona football game, but the wrong team won.

looking down at the village from our place this morning...it is just down the hill.
Jason on the Werner run...."First Tracks" Sunday morning. 12 new inches of snow!
We were awaken this morning by loud booms and explosions. They were blowing up avalanches before the skiers got out. Sunday morning, Jason, Ryan, and I got out before 9am. We were so excited to get out because we had gotten a FOOT of snow. One of the videos below is the three of us riding up the lift and all the skiers were so excited to get "first tracks." (TO COME LATER). The snow was up to our shins....it was so awesome. I, myself, was a bit nervous because it is much more difficult skiing in the powder. After two long runs, our thighs were burning and we decided we worked hard enough to treat ourselves to breakfast at the Rocky Mt Oyster Bar. Jason says this is the best snow he has ever experienced out west and the first run this morning is the best run he has ever taken. Personally, my first run down today was a bit scary because the snow was so deep and I fell a few times. All I can say is "thank goodness for my helmet." The next two runs, Jason coached me a bit so I now feel a little more comfortable. After resting for a few hours, we made our way back out. In two hours, we made it down two runs. On one of the runs, Jason decided that he was going to jump over a huge bush/tree thing....well, he cleared the bush and took a good tumble (see pics below). Because this was our last day, I had to take the Gondola up to the top of the Mt and ski down. The top of the Gondola Summit is 9,095 feet. This was definetely the longest run I did and just 1,500 ft shorter than the Tram Summit that Jason did yesterday. Pretty much as soon as we got off the Gondola and had our ski's on, a great huge wind came and nearly blew us over...seriously! That did not help my anxiety at all. After a bit of time and a stop so Jason could "jump" over a huge boulder, Jason, Ryan, and I made it to the bottom. After our final run of the trip, Jason and I stopped at the outside firepit to watch the skiers and warm up with hot chocolate. We enjoyed and our sore muscles appreciated the hot tub after skiing. We checked out some of the shops in the village before enjoying a great Italian dinner and wine.
Nicole braving Werner run.

Jason and Ryan doing a little jump.

Jason jumping over the bush/tree and his great tumble landing.




Jason and Orlin in the hottub right outside our place and almost on the ski hill.

The Gondola and the runs down from the Gondola Summit. It was a great challenge.