Ski day 2: Breath taking vistas

Our day is just about to begin. Our more advanced groups couldn't stop talking about the scenery yesterday .Hopefully as everyone progresses today more will see these unforgettable vistas.

After a warm up and some group sorting, we are out! Gondola with G3

I think Mr Hinks jinxed today's views for all but G3 and 4. The cloud base was in a temperature inversion state. So only those skiers going to the top of the main gondola were treated to unforgettable views.

New day and it's time for new instructors. Splat hat and dude were looking fantastic: 

Group one were very fortunate to keep their instructor from yesterday: Luca. They have spent the whole day in the Rindole area, practising turns and dropping and gaining more confidence on the chair lifts. This afternoon they focused on parallel turning and, whilst there were a number of falls all students have made really lovely progress and are continuing to enjoy themselves. For the first time in her life Mrs Hodson has been called angelic and serene as she came down the slopes.

Group two welcomed Alisha, Aishah, Jaiya, Miss Weston and Mr Vaughan and their new instructor Giancarlo. A few runs off the chair lift to warm up and practice turns and stops on Rindole before heading over to the baby express gondola this afternoon to begin learning, practising and mastering parallel turning. A really exciting day for the group! A number of students have built a lot of confidence on the chair lifts now however Jaiya couldn't help pull another peer down either her as she tried to get off causing the chair lift to have to be stopped......oh dear, there's always one. The fantastic thing is the smiles that were still on all their faces!! 

Group three welcomed Dhiyana and Dhivenaa and their instructor Paloma. After getting a quick warm up, they headed straight up to the top of the gondola, above the clouds to see the beautiful views. They then headed down using a range of blues and red runs practising their 'Mignolo' (little toe) and 'pollice' (big toe) on the parallel turns. This afternoon they went even further afield as they went to the top of the chair off the first gondola and explored all there was to offer up there continuing to build confidence with their parallels whilst taking in the stunning sights of the temperature inversion.

Group four welcomed two new additions of Montana and Aadya and their new instructor Federico. After a few warm up drills the group were off and up to the top of the first gondola. Federico had the group switching the leader on each run down to ensure all skiers had a go just behind him as he says ' watching is the easiest way to learn'! A few glorious blues and reds before heading down for lunch. At lunch time the group were lucky enough to go out with Mr Hinks and Miss Lippiatt to practice getting into their own rythmn.......Aadya got very much into her own rhythm which ended up with her stopping in a mound of snow! This afternoon the group went up to the very top Cima Paganella and skied a number of the slopes over on this side, getting more practice at moguls and even doing some one footed skiing to improve technique. 

A great day of skiing all round for Snow Patrol!! 

After another delicious meal the Snow Patrol have hit the ice rink and spent a good hour and a half skating around in circles! Some students have been showing off some fantastic skills; spinning and skating backwards, whilst others have had a great introduction to ice skating. All students seemed to have a great time on the ice and are now settled down for a great night's sleep before getting up to do it all again tomorrow. 

Tomorrows splat hat goes to Aadaya and the Dude hat went to Molly. Our final clip below is of Mr Vaughan from group 2 skiing by the side of Miss Weston. We call his actions... "Doing a Shaalu"

Our fantastic waiter modelling the splat hat...

Goodnight from Andola!