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Ham sandwich for lunch with chips in it! Yes please!
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Henry and Martin wanted to ski the 'big run' from the top of White Pass, so we went up to ski the
5km run down Falling Star. Henry was terrified of the cliffs and drop-offs so he couldn't wait to
get away from the chair and back to the tree line.
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Getting back to comfortable skiing where there isn't a drop on either side made Henry feel a LOT better.
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Henry and Martin with some of the ridgeline above Timber Bowl visible.
Skiing through the trees off the Elk chair
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After crushing themselves to ensure they got the last chair on Deer (they did), the boys still
wanted more and so we did a couple of laps on the platter before heading home.
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After Fernie, we made our way back into Alberta to ski at Castle for four nights. We had a window
before we could check into our house, so we popped into the Frank Slide Interp Centre. Henry liked
solving the wood photo puzzle of Turtle Mountain.
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While the snow base wasn't amazing at Castle, there was still ample terrain for the boys to enjoy
themselves. Here are the boys on top of the Huckleberry chair.
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Neat book we found at our ski house. For the record, the house had lots of space in it, but it was
PRICEY! Easy enough to split with more people as they had 3 bedrooms and 5 futons. You just need
to find people who can commit to joining you.
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Walter wanted to ski away from the groomed runs since he wanted to check out the 'half pipe',
basically a cut back trail with a bit higher edges. We got a bit of fresh snow overnight and it
freshed up the hill for sure.
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He's now a big fan of tucking and going 'mach chicken'.
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A bit of a look at how barren the top of the red chair is.
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But I did get Henry up for a look at the top of the Red chair.
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Looking through the pass on the left side of the cat track, you can see back into BC.
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I went for a poke on my BC skis to try out my new boots. You can see how low the snow level is
when these huge ferns are still visible.
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Castle has a well-marked 'uphill route' that you can take to the top of Huckleberry for a
look about. It took me 44 minutes from the house to the top of the chair.
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We got Walter up the blue chair for a look about and he did just fine in spite of the extra
rocks on the runs.
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This is where I was proud of Walter though - zero problems tossing himself down moguls. At one
point, he and Henry and I were waiting for Natalia to make her way down. I dare say that the
time has come already that they're outskiing her!
Walter skiing pow
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Walter with his new favourite ski sticker.
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Our whole family skiing powder at Castle Mountain - whoop whoop! This is off the Pony Express run
that Henry quite liked.
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Walter with his winning cookie at Castle Day lodge.
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Walter and Mommy with chocolates from her pocket.
Henry doing small jumps at Castle
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After we got home, we had some ski repair and tuning work to do. Henry was excited to help
so of course it's time to use that child labour!
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He was most excited about just melting wax since our house is a candle-free zone.
