Perfect Day Part 1
Sam and I remember one hot night in Thailand, sat on the beach drinking cold beers. We started one of many of our lenghtly (and alchol induced) converstaions. The question was..."If you could have a ground hog day, what would it be?". We spoke of dive trips, heliskiing, champagne, sunseeker power boats, etc.
For those of you who havent seen the film "Ground Hog Day" then it is about a guy who keeps waking up each morning to the same day. He is stuck in a loop. He has the same day over and over again until he works out how to stop it.
Well, we think we just had a perfect ground hog day....
We wake up, eat a great breakfast and then arrive at Cerro Castor. The car park is empty because its a week day. We slip into our brand new Salomon boots and snowboards and jump straight on a queueless lift. As we sit alone on the lift and watch the miles of empty slopes below us, we realise that we cant see the groomer lines instead we can see about 1 foot of fresh snow.
Sam boarding alone through the center of the Cerro Castor. Not another person insight.
We reach the top of the mountain, alone, and board down across miles of untouched light fluffy powder snow, without another person in sight. Sam cant stop smiling, its the first time she has been off piste, and she is a natural. Turn after turn we both kick up huge archs of snow spary. This carries on for a few hours, with Sam doing her first black run which she glides down with ease, not stopping, or falling.
Sams first Black run "El Zorro" named after the foxes you regularly see running around there.
Later we hit the board park, which of course is empty. A few unsuccessful 360s later, and I ease my bruises with a hot chocolate and cognac.
Over Sams head but missing the chair lift above.
The afternoon clears into a perfect blue sky day which we spend making fresh tracks, not queuing once and barely seeing another person. We cant believe what an amazing resort Cerro Castor is as we sit having drinks back down in Ushuaia.
It has been the best day snowboarding I have ever had. After my world tour of ski resorts covering Japan, France, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina I can safely say Castor is probably my favourite (and it only has 3 lifts). We both have a quick rest before Ground Hog Part Deux starts at 18:40
For those of you who havent seen the film "Ground Hog Day" then it is about a guy who keeps waking up each morning to the same day. He is stuck in a loop. He has the same day over and over again until he works out how to stop it.
Well, we think we just had a perfect ground hog day....
We wake up, eat a great breakfast and then arrive at Cerro Castor. The car park is empty because its a week day. We slip into our brand new Salomon boots and snowboards and jump straight on a queueless lift. As we sit alone on the lift and watch the miles of empty slopes below us, we realise that we cant see the groomer lines instead we can see about 1 foot of fresh snow.
Sam boarding alone through the center of the Cerro Castor. Not another person insight.
We reach the top of the mountain, alone, and board down across miles of untouched light fluffy powder snow, without another person in sight. Sam cant stop smiling, its the first time she has been off piste, and she is a natural. Turn after turn we both kick up huge archs of snow spary. This carries on for a few hours, with Sam doing her first black run which she glides down with ease, not stopping, or falling.
Sams first Black run "El Zorro" named after the foxes you regularly see running around there.
Later we hit the board park, which of course is empty. A few unsuccessful 360s later, and I ease my bruises with a hot chocolate and cognac.
Over Sams head but missing the chair lift above.
The afternoon clears into a perfect blue sky day which we spend making fresh tracks, not queuing once and barely seeing another person. We cant believe what an amazing resort Cerro Castor is as we sit having drinks back down in Ushuaia.
It has been the best day snowboarding I have ever had. After my world tour of ski resorts covering Japan, France, Austria, Italy, New Zealand, Chile and Argentina I can safely say Castor is probably my favourite (and it only has 3 lifts). We both have a quick rest before Ground Hog Part Deux starts at 18:40
posted by Chris at 9:53 PM
2 Comments:
Well done Sam!!It was only so perfect because you were snow boarding together Can't wait for Part Deux!!
Mum, I´m going to barf.
Chris
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