Canada Ski pics

This year for our ski trip, we decided to go somewhere extra special to celebrate Bob's 40th birthday. Since Whistler, our first choice, in Vancouver was going to be busy with Olympics, we chose to go to Banff, Canada. We flew into Calgary, and had a 2 hour drive to Banff. It's a very easy drive because with each passing mile, you are getting close and closer to mountains and there is beautiful scenery all along the way.

We went with our usually ski companions, Nick and Cindy. Nick also happens to be Bob's boss, so they also go on the work ski trips.

We went to two different ski areas, Sunshine Valley and Lake Louise. They both had an ok snow base, but really needed fresh snow, so the skiing was pretty good, but not great. Lots and lots of icy conditions, so you couldn't ski very hard or fast. Luckily, there views and scenery were UNREAL. The temps were in the teens, and the sun was usually out and shining on the mountains which made the snow and any falling snow TWINKLE and sparkle. It was amazing.

Here are some random pictures, but they just don't do it justice. Most pictures were preceded by "oh wow, look at that! take my picture!"

Traditional lift picture. Bob takes these by holding his phone out.

One very cool thing was the layer of clouds or fog that would hover over the valleys. After this, I skied down a different direction, not in the direction of the black diamond on the sign behind me.

For whatever reason, the cold maybe, the snowflakes would land and keep their perfect shape. I'm used to clumpy wet Texas snow...I've never seen this happen before.

More pics coming soon....