Skiing @ Mount Seymour!!

Finally had the chance to try skiing for the first time yesterday!! We went to Mount Seymour which was one of the four mountains that we can go to for skiing or snowboarding. Upon reaching the foot of the mountain, we had to take this yellow school bus which looks exactly like the one shown in the cartoon, "The Magic School Bus".

Welcome onboard the Magic School Bus!!

I have reached Mt Seymour!

Skis!!

So shiok..

All geared up!

13 of us went and that made us eligible for the group discount!! Ha ha, paid 80.50 in total for a 2 hour lesson, equipment rental, area pass and lift pass!! Expected to pay more than a hundred at first.. However, we had to wait till 3pm for the lesson because the earlier slots were all full, but that didn't deter us from putting on our equipment and just go try skiing ourselves!!

Everyone trying to get a hang of skiing!

Look at the paranomic view!

Help! Help! Vince is falling!

Vince looking cool with only his T-shirt on in the cold..

Break dance in the snow!!

Our instructor, Corinne, was really patient! There were these 2 kids who were sisters in our group and they were practically testing Corrine's patience for the entire 2 hours!! Ha ha.. But i must say it is really cute and funny looking at them trying to get their balance and not slide all over the place. The lesson was good cause it taught us almost all the basics we need to ski and these were what we went through:

1. Without any skis on, adopt the posture for skiing which is having your knees bend and shoulder width apart.

2. Learn the braking posture which is by turning your feet towards each other.

3. Put on one ski and slide by using the other foot to push, something like skateboarding.

4. Put on both skis and learn how to recover when you fall. (We had to purposely fall a few times for that!)

5. Try out skiing down a slope and braking in time.

6. Try turning right while u ski and brake in time.

7. Try turning left while u ski and brake in time.

8. Try turning right then left and brake in time.

9. Try having more turns while u skii.

All these took us 2 hours or so and we were ready to go skiing on our own!! After skiing some time, Vince, Zhenni, Julian and i decided that we wanted to take the cable lift and that means we have to ski down the steepest and longest part of the mountain!! Oh man, the adrenaline rush was fantastic!! I nearly made it all the way without falling till some stupid snowboarder collided into me and sent me flying and i landed on a snow bank with my legs above my head! Lol..

can u see the snow turtle we made?

the sisters, Amanda & Sarah!

Vince getting up with the rope tow..

Taking the cable life up!!

Well, the trip could have been great if not till the end when we were leaving. We heard that due to heavy snowing, the bus met up with an accident and the roads were closed. A small van, which can only take 9 persons at a time, was used to bring everyone down. In the end, we queued for 2 hours plus in the extreme cold!! The snow just got heavier and even with long johns, sweater and down jacket, i was feeling cold!! The temperature must have been -3 deg or colder! This shows how bad the contingency plan was! Everyone was feeling cold and they didn't even have a place for us to wait in to stay warm, boo to the management for that. And at least have one more van to bring us down as we have to wait for like an hour before the van gets up each time it sends people down. I just hope the next mountain that we visit will be much better. Anyway, snowboarding shall be my next attempt!! =)