Skiing Hotham

In what has become a Terner family tradition, and will hopefully continue for some time, a visit from me in August means a ski trip. This time it was Hotham, and a warm, sunny, 5 days were spent on the slopes. Dad and I ski in the morning, and in the afternoon fetch Mum and Paul for some dragging around the flat. This time though, after a couple of days I suggested using cross-country skis so that they would have a bit of grip and could 'walk' up the small slope under their own steam, which worked a treat. Dad, hesitantly, attacked his first blue slopes, and I overcame my fear of diving into the mountain again shoulder first, so there were improvements all round.

Almost no snow fell, but one night there was massive wind and some fine snow which led to the beautiful icicle patterns seen in the pics. But the +5 to +9oC days meant it didn't last till lunchtime.

Pics on Facebook:
http://www.facebook.com/album.php?aid=13743&l=6f22f&id=731953277