Mountain Spirit Resort & Spa

The next morning was bound to be great skiing. Kimberley Alpine Resort doesn’t get skied out in a day. And there was a possibility it had snowed more too!

And it had.

So we had more freshies in the sun. Magma was groomed, Flapper wasn’t but was excellent. Lots of soft fresh snow for all to enjoy.

It was also the first annual Beer Festival. It turned out to be a great fun family day with fun activities for kids, live music inside and outside in the plaza. International beer was available (I noticed the Belgian blonde beer Leffe in the plaza!).

Here’s to more freshies in the sun before the end of the season!

It was like waking up on Christmas morning as a kid. Instead of rushing to the Christmas tree to see if Santa had been, my hubby kept peeking under the blinds to see if it was still “powing” outside. And it was!

By 8:30am I was in the line up for Kimberley Alpine Resort’s high speed quad.

I knew where I was headed… to the Easter chair by the fastest possible route (Rung).

I was third in the line up.

Being a snow boarder, it usually takes longer to get my bindings sorted when I get off the quad.

I’d have to be super fast not to lose my prime position in the lift line for the Easter.

Thankfully most of the skiers were excited for skiing the main in powder and weren’t planning on the runs with a steeper pitch on the “back side”.

A couple of minutes later I was on the Easter Chair, panting and excited after having floated my way down Rung and Caper.

Happy faces after fresh tracks all morning!

Taken while it snowed even more!

While guests slept-in, enjoying their suites at Mountain Spirit, early birds were enjoying yet another mad March pow day. The spirit wandered down to the quad chair at 8:30am to be first in line for the express chair lift. After patrollers, of course, the spirit had first chair (third time this season). In this case the early bird got fresh tracks… for hours.

Where were all the spring break visitors this morning? I mean, there were crowds of people on the ski hill yesterday…!

Oh I know… the Stemwinder was open late last night and had an awesome band playing so maybe the after effect of some spirits, of another nature, kept them off the hill until 11a.m.! Thanks folks!

As I type, it’s still pow-ing outside. Methinks another powder day is on the cards tomorrow…

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