and the winner is....

The winner of the gold medal for the best beginner powder skier, 2 days combined, goes to: Miss T!

Last weekend was the 2nd weekend that she went off the easy flat pisted slopes, into a bit more crazy and for sure more difficult snow. And she did a super good work skiing in powder half way up to her knees for the first time ever, falling, getting up again, hearing instructions screamed from the three others in our group, taking everything with a smile, a very tired smile at the end of the first day. So tired, that the old man running the cabin to get back down to the station rubbed her hands as she looked so dead ;)

And then the 2nd day, back out again for hours of lovely skiing in even more difficult conditions. Sunnier than the day before, but windy, meaning new snow to ski in over and over again even though we went down the same slopes, as the wind had almost completely covered our traces when we came back down 20 minutes later. Super nice, but not the easiest conditions for a powder beginner as heavier than fresh powder and hence meaning that you need more speed, which is quite scary when you start out. So the gold price definitely belongs to T! You go girl :D

The gold medal (yes, I only give out gold medals) for the best false beginner ever goes to: Mr. H!

From having problems getting down a blue piste on Saturday mid-day, to skiing down wind-blown powder on Sunday afternoon - wow, what an achievement!!! H was far out of his league on these slopes and fell over and over again. But just picked himself up and continued downhill. Listened carefully to all advice and was not scared of giving it a try. Of course, it did help that there were hardly and rocks or trees to speak about, only thick layers of white gold everywhere. Mr. H did look slightly dead at the end of the day, but that's how you learn!

The gold medal for the most patient instructor, and for the best organiser of skiing weekends, goes to: Mr. P!

And the gold medal for the best boyfriend ever goes to.... well, my N :D

A lovely weekend of skiing up in Lenk/Simmental. A new discovery, and surprisingly like last weekend and excellent discovery! Full of Bernoise people that seems to prefer the hard boring people-filled pistes to the beautiful fluffy white gold 20 meters to the side - 'tant mieux' for us as one says in French. All the better for us! Super weekend!!!!!!!! Thank you!