Today we met up with other skiers and our reps to ski the Solden area. Unfortunately the weather had closed in big time and the snow was falling thick and fast.
By the time we were up on the mountain, the clouds had rolled in and the conditions were less than perfect.
We had some really really slow skiers with us and the reps refused to divide us into groups, so we ended up waiting about 15 minutes at the end of each run for the slower skiers to catch up.
Many of us asked then to split us up, but they were determined we all stay together.
They took us to the top of the glacier where the snow was falling in bucket loads but the resulting powder was exceptional. The powder was waist deep and the skiing fab.
Every now and then the snow stopped and the sun peeped out, the skiing was just amazing with no body else on the piste.
We stopped for lunch at 2.30PM!
The run back to resort was poor, as it is now so late in the season and Solden town is relatively low. We had to pick our way through green fields, taking our skies off to cross some roads.
A good day was great, despite the poor leadership as we met some new ski buddies, Adrian, Mark, Pamela and Graham amongst them.
After relaxing in the spa, we headed off for some drinks at the near by hotel, the Madelaine. Very nice too and good cocktails, especially the Long Island Ice Tea's.
We headed for the local pizza pad, however, the restaurant is shut on Tuesdays! So, we went back to our hotel and had an OK meal and a good chat with out fellow guests, John and Jade.
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