Winter Sports at Alyeska

We drove an hour and a half south to Alyeska Resort yesterday afternoon. And we got there in plenty of time to take the 2:30 lesson. Tess and Donald took a snowboarding lesson, I took a skiing lesson. Stephen and Alicia did a little sledding.

They had intended to do some more outside snow activities, but the temperatures were rather low (below zero), so the two of them spent most of their time inside the lodge with a nice view of the slopes.

Most of my body aches at this point. Take my advice, if you have chubby calves but still want to wear downhill ski boots, don't wear thick wool socks! And most certainly DO NOT tuck your long underwear AND your 2nd pair of pants into the socks! I think my lower legs are still embossed with knit sock print. Ow! On the plus side, I couldn't tell if my feet were cold as all circulation was basically cut off!

In addition to the leg pain, my shoulders feel as if they were wrenched from my body by the tow rope! After about 4 times on that thing (used to haul you up the bunny slope), I decided to head for the chair lift instead! A bigger slope, but worth not having to deal with the tow rope!

I've posted some photos to the Dropshots page for your viewing pleasure.