Emelies Travels

...is not a great day to have off from work in Banff. It's too busy. So instead of doing a lot of everything today, we did a lot of nothing and driving around in the car. But however, It's great to have some time off and in a week Josefine, mum and Oscar is coming and then I'm going to have loads of time off to spend with them! Yeey, I can't wait!

 

 

 

 

 

I had a nice little walk around Banff for two hours today. Just me and all the squirrels that's playing around everywhere. Apparently the wildlife is waking up now, a bear showed up around Kicking Horse a couple of days ago. There´s around 8 bears living in the Lake Louise area and at least one that lives at the carpark in Sunshine, they say. A couple of cougars are running around the mountains here in Banff. The spring is around the corner!

 

I went through my camera and found some pics I havn't posted yet. I'm finally off tomorrow and I'm thinking of having a really long sleep in and just chill out the whole day. Maybe I'll go for a walk in the nice springweather we have in town now. 

 

 

 

 

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Dagar som idag saknar jag Alperna och riktig After Ski. Var håller den hus här borta? Hur kan man inte vilja dricka öl i backen efter en grym skiddag med massor av sol och härlig snö? Folk frågar mig vad som har varit bäst av min säsong i Alpe d'Huez i Franska Alperna och Banff här i Kanada, men helt ärligt så är det väldigt svårt att svara på. Det skiljer sig väldigt mycket.

 

Det positiva med alperna var läget. Hela byn ligger uppe på berget och det är ski in - ski out överallt, även till pubarna. Jag jobbade på ett hotell där jag kunde knäppa på snowboarden i mitt rum och hoppa ut genom mitt fönster för att glida ner till liften som låg precis utanför om jag ville. Berget var enormt, även om Alpe d'Huez räknas som ett av de mindre resorten. Det var nästan alltid soligt, aldrig några liftköer, bra och mycket snö, underbara människor och kollegor. Dåligt betalt dock, men det är det ju här i Kanada också. 

 

Här i Kanada måste man ta bussen till berget vilket är lite trist. Men snön här är ju grym även om det inte har snöat så mycket som vi hade hoppats på. Snön är lättare och torrare, så kallat champagne powder. De arbetar extremt mycket me säkerhet här i Kanada, och de partollerar vissa offpist ställen och bombar konstant för lavin kontroller. Säsongen är mycket längre här, från början på November ända till slutet på Maj. 

 

För er som inte är klara med vintern än så finns det billiga skidresor till alperna nu. Det är ju också nu som är den underbara tiden med värme och sol. Om inte en kort skidresa i alperna är nog så kolla in STS Alpresor och Langley för jobb inför nästa säsong!

 

 

 

 

Today I had such a nice day at work. It's been so sunny and beautiful and everyone has been smiling all the time. It felt like spring, even though it was a bit cold. I had first break and when I got off Tee Pee this morning, I was stunned by the view. The snow was sparkeling everywhere around me and it was so beautiful. Tonight we are going into daylight savings so from now on I hope we'll catch the stunning sunrises in the mornings again. 

 

 

 

Today when I got to work they told me to go home again. My lift Tee Pee has derailed so I got the day off. When they said that it had derailed, I imagined the pictures you can see below, that the chairs fell to the ground. But it wasn't really that bad, but bad enough that they had to rope evacuate all guests from the lift. Hopefully it works again tomorrow.

 

Now I have booked the staff trip to Big White, so I'll go there for two nights just after my family and Josefine has been here. It won't be too much work at the end of March, but what the heck, you can earn money later in life, right? It is about to use all the time that is left here now!

 

 

 

Today our little family jumped into the car and drove to Golden and Kicking Horse. We had a great day with some hiking but unfortunately not that much powder, everything was tracked out from the weekend. But we found a few nice turns and overall we had lots of fun! And finally, I made it to Kicking Horse, another resort from my bucket list!

 

 

Steep hiking to get to T2 

 

 

We made it to heaven

So today offered another great day in Sunshine! We borrowed some avi gear from Lift ops and hiked up to the Dive again together with Matieu and Richard, but this time we hiked futher away up on the Galaxy Ridge and did the G1 run which was barely tuched. The snow was waist deep and you couldn't even see because of all the faceshots. So much snow, the sun was shining and it felt like we were surfing on clouds. Totally amazing! I love my life. 

 

Snow up in our faces

The snow is keeping on dumping at Sunshine and everyone is so happy all the time. Today it was another 10 cm or more and Darren, Sarah and I had the first tracks this morning. Hell yeah, it was amazing! Even if it hadn't snowed as much as yesterday, it was even better today because the snow wasn't that wet and it wasn't too buisy. It's still snowing and Christine and I are off tomorrow and I can't wait! 

 

Hell yeah! They were right, March the 1st it was puking outside. And today, the second day of the wet month we arrived to the mountain for work and 42 centimeter of fresh snow welcomed us. There was already a line up to the gondola and everyone was happy and excited like crazy. Every lift had a line up before opening and even sleepy Tee Pee Town, that havn't happened before when I've been here. As soon as the lifts opened everyone was cheering and jumping around. And five minutes later everything was tracked out. Damn it, why such a big dump on a Saturday? At least I had one great run before all the moguls appeared. And I was a spare today so I just floated around the mountain to shovel around the lifts until my arms were about to fall off. It's been so warm so the snow has been very heavy and wet, I really don't hope that the coming snowfalls are going to turn into rain. 

 

However, the snow is still falling and we are planning on a big baccountry day at Sunshine on Monday and a trip to Kicking Horse on Tuesday. Hopefully we can stick to the plans this time!

 

 

 

 

The last couple of days have offered a little bit of fresh powder and some goergeous sunshine. Lovely! Apparently, March is going to be the wet month with lots of snow and we are more than happy. Bring on the spring weather! 

Sarah

In a few days we have been here in Canada for 4 months. And there's three more to go! And still, I'm getting really frustrated now because I want to do so much stuff before the season ends. I can't bother to work anymore. Mum, Oscar and Josefine is coming in a month and I don't feel like working at all when they're here so I should try to start working some extra shifts now. But I also really want to go to all the other resorts before it's too late. And I'm so jealous that Christine is going to Revelstoke tomorrow and I'm so enoyed right now!! And something else that starts to bother me is what I should do after the season. Help, too many options but I guess I should grow up soon and start to sort my life out but that doesn't sound fun to me at all. 

 

However, I had a nice little ride break today. We hiked up to the Igloo and found some freshies. And by the way. Why had Hemsedal last season shit snow and this year they have got so much snow and over here in Canada this year the snow refuses to dump and last season they had like 30 cm every other day. Not fair at all... Please let it snow!

 

Yesterday, we finally had dinner at Christine's work "The Evergreen". The food was really good!

I finally had to do like everyone else. Follow me on Instagram! @emelaias

 

      

 

      

 

    

The time passes so quickly over here! We have been here in 4 months soon, and that's about how long my previous skiseasons has been but here we are just in the middle of the season with the best time to come! All the other resorts close in early april but Sunshine will be open til end of May. But I really want to go to the other resorts before they close so we better make things happening soon!