Location: Sunshine Village
Reported Base: 72cm
New Snow: 41cm

Woohoo first day for the season and Sunshine has only been open 1 day. We’re up early, 6am, wanting to beat the masses. After 1.5 hours of driving in the freezing dark we arrive amongst the first handful of cars there. Only -22! Ccccccold! Up the gondola and greeted by a the strawberry chair open early. 1 run and the wawa is open, still very few people. Next chair to open is Standish up for a few runs and chopped up powder spots.

Wow am i bad! Still trying to get my snow legs back. The conditions are bumpy, still some rocks and tree tops poking through the snow. The masses arrive at 10:30-11am, nice sleep in everyone? So lunch is a good idea. What an expensive unwelcoming spot the pub is, rude and $14 for 6 wedges! Outrageous!

After lunch the queue for Standish is long, cant be bothered waiting so we head down the hill to the Wolverine chair. Shame Goats eye isnt open but still there’s no one down here. Well groomed open runs excellent to get some practice in but a bit boring after a while.

The afternoon is spent mostly around Wolverine and the top of Standish before taking the run to the car park.

Another 10cm and it will be good. Sorry no photos my camera is broken instead here’s one of from our walk through Glenmore Park:

Later

Hutch