Day Three

A brighter day today. The sun was breaking through the clouds so we were hopeful of good views of Mt Rainier from the top of the gondola. After breakfast, we made an early start up the mountain, meeting ski instructors at 9.00am. All groups went to the top of the mountain in the gondola and managed to see some of the Cascade Mountain Range peeking through the clouds.

The faint white peaks were all we managed to see.... maybe we'll be more lucky later in the week.

The heavy snowfall yesterday had been groomed to perfection and all groups skied on fresh corduroy at the start of the day.

Beginner group refined their skills ready for a new challenge tomorrow.

Intermediate skiers had a challenging day and progressed onto 'Downhill' - their first blue run.

Advanced skiers did a lot of powder skiing and worked on their freestyle technique and spent a little time in the glades.
 

Courteney decided she loved the trees so much she had to hug a few

Skiers proudly wore the splat and dude hat all day.

Groups finished skiing early in order to visit the local high school for a baseball game and collected a packed meal. Mrs Rees-Boughton was given a huge chocolate brownie for her birthday.

Unfortunately, due to the weather, the game was cancelled but this provided a rare chance to experience snowshoeing up Gold Hills, led by Mr Hinks.

Other students were allowed free time to relax before the DVD and pizza evening later.

Unfortunately, it all proved too much for Mr Curry who was spotted having a quick snooze on the sofa.

We did get a picture but it was censored due to his unfortunate choice of clothing - a West Bromwich Albion shirt was just not appropriate for public viewing.