Day: March 24, 2015

2015 03 22 — Amazing “Spring” Skiing at Gai Luron

Tom V

On Sat afternoon and evening we kept an eye on the weather.　 The temp hovered around the freezing point with snow and rain falling, depending on just where and when one was checking the weather.　 But it became clear that, while there was rain mixed with the snow in town and points south, in the Laurentians they were only getting snow.　 So at the End of Season Party on Sat evening, we quickly reached a consensus that Gai Luron would be the place to go on Sun morning.　 A tweet to this effect was duly issued.

It definitely did not feel like the second day of spring as we arrived at Gai Luron at 10 am on Sun.　 The Swix thermometer at Gai Luron said it was -12 C, but our car dashboards were reporting Tv07more like -15 C.　 However the sun was out and that helped.　 There was a reported wind of about 25 km/h, but it was from the west and the Gai Luron chalet sits on the east side of the big hill with all the trails, so we did not feel the wind at all.　 What’s more, they had received 3-5 cm of powdery snow and the trails were all freshly groomed.

There were only six of us who gathered in the chalet at 10 am — me, Mickey, Scott, Ghyslaine, Roy and Dennis.　 There were several more members at the EOS party the previous evening who had expressed their intent to join us, but that was earlier in the evening, before the effects of a late night of eating and joviality apparently caught up with them!

After applying green(!) wax to our skis, we were off Continue reading →

End of Season Social March 21

Keith R

Well it has been a long cold winter and although many members managed to ski most of the time several more had periods of hibernation, some even travelling half way round the world to avoid the cold. Be that as it may, with the start of spring heads popped out of their burrows with one thing in mind, no not going to the washroom but going for a feast. Who would be better to organise a feast but someone with restaurant experience, none other than Roy T. What an inspired choice , Roy came up trumps. The selection of the Pearl restaurant with an all you can eat buffet attracted 40 club members. Good job we had booked as the restaurant was full that night. Everyone was very happy with the food Roy had selected and in sufficient quantities to satisfy even the most starved hibernator , no sure if that is a word. Even the

Bruce in Training for the all you can eat buffet
Bruce in Training for the all you can eat buffet

waiters commented on the quantities eaten at one particular table, no surprise to us as we all knew that Bruce C had been doing some serious training for the event .
 I believe Roy T was offered a job by the restaurant as a part time waiter for the way he organised it all.
 The evening came to an end, then we had a shock, winter had returned with a vengeance. Freezing cold temperatures and strong winds resulted in ice everywhere, ah well back to the burrows.