Candy and Jim's Great Canadian Adventure: Skiing Norquay

A couple of weeks ago, Jim and I met Deb and Les on the Norquay mountain, outside of Banff, for some afternoon skiing. The weather was beautiful and warm, but the conditions on the mountain were icy. The lift lines were fairly short for a weekend....if you chose the right chair. Right after lunch, we got in a line that had several ski schools attempting to load about a thousand kids (exaggeration) all at once. Of course, they had to stop about every third chair due to some poor kid falling off. After about ten minutes of that we decided to find a different lift. One of the more interesting things we saw was a guy promoting an online dating service who was dressed up like Cupid. It was warm, but not warm enough for that kind of exposure! Jim asked him how long he had been out on the mountain dressed like that and the guy said, "Long enough to tighten up my nipples!"

Jim had some spectacular falls that should be in the annals of Wide World of Sport's "The Thrill of Victory and the Agony of Defeat"! Possibly the best one of the day was when he lost a ski mid-mountain, tumbled downhill head over hills, and finally landed in the the orange ski netting at the bottom of the run. Man I wish I had seen that one! Unfortunately I only saw it after he had started climbing back uphill to retrieve his ski, but I knew it must have been a good one when I heard the ski lift operator remark to another operator, "Dude! Did you see that guy's fall? It was awesome!"

At the end of the day, we enjoyed a much deserved, delicious dinner at the Maple Leaf in Banff. I think Les is still wondering how his four oz. elk steak cost him $62!!??

Thanks, Deb and Les, for introducing us to Norquay!