Spring is here at Sir Sam's

This coming Sunday is officially the end of Ski Season at Sir Sam's.  And this second last weekend was a terrific day to ski during March Break.  Perfect temps.  Perfect weather.
You could actually enjoy a pitcher or two on the deck and not get too chilled.

It wasn't too busy at Sir Sams. It's a small hill, and can get crowded quickly.  I even got a prime parking spot usually reserved for the Elan sponsored skiers that are dressed in all green.
One thing I like about this place is that there's a bit of skiing for everyone.

The runs are quite easy,  they even have a border & snow cross, terrain park, some jumps, and tree trails (that the little ones enjoy). And there was still enough snow through the trees so you can still ski the trails.  A snow fall during the week helped.

Other than Horseshoe, I don't know of any other ski hill that has tree trails that you can ski.  If you go through the trees in Mt St Louis/Moonstone, you'll get kicked off the hill. And their trails are nothing compared to Sir Sams.  In the summer time these are the mtb trails, which is why they are distinct.

We spent the half-day skiing with Joe and Simon and his family.  Kieran pretty much knows all the tree trails here.   It's all he's done since see all the little kids skiing them when he was much younger. It was a game of follow the leader.

When you have shorter skis it's easier to manoeuvre through the trees.  Easier to avoid hitting a tree too.

I rode my board for the first time since last year.  And first time in years that I did more than 1 run on it.   And other than wiping out when I was getting of the lift a couple of times, I made it down the hill fine and looking like I never lost a step.   The video below is a clip from the back hill heading back to the chalet, passing by Joe, Simon and Alex, who's ski popped off again.  Joe is swooping in right at the end before it fades to black.



We saw Joe at the top when we first got to the hill.  There is no one else that has that neon green Elan jacket.  Also no one bigger.

And it was Simon and the kids at the top with him.



That's Simon.
It was unfortunate that Katja's boots went missing from the chalet.  Hopefully it was a mistake and someone thought it was their boots.
That's kind of the reason why I change my boots at the car.  Or i put them all in a bag some where so it's not in the open and unless someone wants to take my stinky boots. Then i can't stop them from doing that.

Kieran likes the Hero Session.  It's less dorky than the other camera we have. Plus the battery life is amazing.
We are not sure what he did to get the Session to take a time lapse video, but it's a series of photos of him going through the trees on the front hill, and you'll see the Neon Green Elan Joe ski by.
Then I easily pieced together the photos using Studio and added music with Quik.  I did have to change the speed so that it fit into 60s.
The GoPro stuff is Cool beans!