Opening Day at Sunshine Village 2015

Snowboarder buried

Snowboarder buried under Wawa Chair

Well what an opening at Sunshine Village with over 40 cm of fresh snow and none of it groomed it was a day of powder turns. The hill opened with four lifts Wawa, Strawberry, Jack Rabbit and Wolverine. We started on Wolverine and only had to wait a couple of minutes to get on the lift. The first run was under the chair but as we were first to get there it was hard work to push through the deep snow. After trying all the runs off Wolverine we went over to Wawa . The chair was busy but moved well but the snow was now mostly tracked out. Next went over to Strawberry and found some nice turns off towards the Great Divide Chair. All in all a great opening day. May be this will be the year of the snow. Standish should open soon the lift was running all day with the crews going up to get things ready.

Waiting for the start of the season at Sunshine 40cm

Waiting for the start of the season at Sunshine 40cm

Tons of snow on opening day Sunshine Village

Tons of snow on opening day Sunshine Village

Wolverine 2 mins after opening

Wolverine 2 mins after opening. High fives all round

First Lift and looking goofy

First Lift and looking goofy

 

Lot sof snow on Opening Day

Lots of snow on Opening Day

Yes about 40cm

Yes about 40cm

Pushing snow to get under the lift

Pushing snow to get under the lift

An excited Greg with powder up to his knees

An excited Greg with powder up to his knees

Setting off on the first powder run of the season

Setting off on the first powder run of the season

Greg & Bills first tracks under Wolverine

Greg & Bills first tracks under Wolverine

At the top of Wolverine

At the top of Wolverine

Wawa Lift

Wawa Lift

Busy on Strawberry

Busy on Strawberry