“Whew…skiing is not for the faint of heart. My new friends Debbie, Albert and Madi took me for a drive through Banff National Park all the way to Sunshine Mountain.
I’ve never seen sooo much snow.
Here I am having a ride on Madi's crash helmet.
We checked out the trail map then we boarded the tram and soared up into the clouds to the very top.
Thank heavens my friends kept a close eye on me. Mastering two skis is hard enough….but I need four.
Fortunately Madi kept hold of me all the way down the mountain.
I went up in the gondola with Albert and Madi.
Albert was trying to learn Japanese from tourists we shared the gondola with. They taught me to say "Konnichiwa".
I'm still not sure what it means but it sounds good!
Wow! London, (that big city somewhere south of the Tyne back in England), is 7112 kilometers away.
This is where I temporarily lost my head because of the freezing cold, the wind blowing snow and lack of oxygen at almost 7082 ft above sea level. Luckily my friends were able to fix it on again (or I wouldn't have been able to see where I was going!)
Debbi, Albert and Madi said it was not a picture postcard perfect day as far as panoramic mountain scenery is concerned, and that skiing anywhere in Banff National Park is awesome on a blue sky day.
I didn't mind at all. It was all new and exciting for me and I had a great day skiing with them anyway!
This is a picture of me standing on the cairn at the top of Standish Mountain. This is the spot where Banff National Park, Alberta and Mt. Assiniboine Provincial Park, B.C. meet.
I think Mount Robson is the highest mountain in the Canadian Rockies. My Grandpa and my Mum are Robsons. I guess that makes me half a Robson.
More news soon -
Zoe of Hartburn
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