Cardies? What, a nice woolen number with zip down the front? Awesome! On the other hand, you could try a day's riding at
Cardrona. So, so good up there, so much so we've bought club membership, so if we get ourselves over there another couple of times this season (not a problem!) will get it cheaperererer.
Snow Park - Denied!
Day didn't start quite so well though. The plan was to go over to
Snow Park and get a full day's park riding in, with a freestyle lesson in the afternoon. So got myself up nice and early and Sarah and I headed off there. Got all the way up there to find there's a 3-day comp on, ArmadaGeddon or something, using all of the small and medium size stuff. Leaving us with only the superpipe and the most ridiculous size kickers and rails we've ever seen. Should've got a photo, but lets just say that when we got to Cardies, which is 40 minutes away on the opposite side of a wide valley, the kickers
still looked massive!
Got one of Snow Park's famous pies in anyway - funny cos we'd joked in the week about whether it was worth driving there just for the pies!
Over to Cardrona then
So, yeh, back down the dusty road and up the other side to Cardies in time for an afternoon pass (only $47). The rumours around town were right - conditions up there are way better than at Coro or Remarks. It's odd, bcos they have no snowmaking up there either - all natural, all good.
Cardies Boarder-X
Apart from the very bottom of the resort, snow was soft, white and lovely to ride on - rode the boarder-x quite a few times - wicked fun! Got over to Captain's Basin later on and that was amazing stuff - big wide open cruisy runs still with plenty of hits off the sides. Landed some sweet backside 1s today - new super-wide stance feels pretty good too, if stretching my legs out a bit!
High-speed snowball fights rounded off a near-perfect afternoon's riding. Was so good after last week's "That's it for the season" @ Remarks. Spring rules!
Big weekend
Back up @ Coro tonight for the mountain Mardi Gras, then Remarks on Sunday where I'm hoping to enter the "Splash for Cash" - launching myself down a slope on a rubber ring in fancy that and jumping into an icy cold pool of water. Fancy That indeed.