Aaron's heliski day

Aaron shredding it!

2 weeks ago, before the knee issue, Guy( Aaron's boss) shouted Aaron to a days heliskiing as he has now been contracting to him for 10 Years.The boys came home looking so tired but so happy.

Coronet Peak opens

Sally on Coronet taken by Nigel Burtwell
Opening day we went up Coronet Peak with Nigel who had come down from Auckland and Tony
Tony was on his first day since '92 and Nigel was back on ski's after 12 years boarding. They did really well and after a couple of runs we were whipping along. The queues were quite long so Aaron and I took off at lunch time and left the boys to it

first day of the season

After alot (60cm) of snow in the last 48 hours we decided to hike up coronet peak for a snowboard
Aaron had touring gear but I had to snowshoe and he carried by board most the way...that's true love! i made him desert for payback.

Coming down the snow was really thick

Sometimes so thick you completely stopped and had to walk!

aaron and the view.
hard work but good to be up the mountain, and getting the legs going

This weekend we awoke at 5.30 am for a days Ice climbing. Sally had come down with an awful cold so stayed in bed for thr day while Aaron had all the fun. He went back to the Wye valley and climbed the mixed climb he bolted last week and his friends Dave an Rupert (in the photo) had a go too. They are calling the grade M7.

Luckily Sunday was a beautiful sunny day and I recovered enough to take Chief for his first time up the mountain. He tried snowboarding and has great balance. He dosn't turn much and I was kept busy trying to keep up with him. By the end of the day he could ride the chairlift with out any help.
While we were up there Aaron went up the south branch of Wye creek and did some track cutting, and checked out some cliffs

Monday I was still sick and Aaron had a work Heli ski day..how cool is that?
7 runs he was windswept and exhausted but very happy when he returned