The plan today was to go skiing!

After breakfast in the gold lounge, we got our ski clothes on and headed downstairs to pick up our ski equipment.  The hotel has a full ski rental shop downstairs, right next to the access to the hills.

Since Nadine had never skied before, we felt the best thing to do was for her to take a ski lesson.  So, Nadine was booked in for a lesson in the morning while I would go up the mountain and get some good runs in.  Then around lunchtime, the plan was to meet, grab a quick bite to eat, and try some skiing together.

Visibility was rather poor at the top of the mountain, but the snow conditions were great.  The weather, while a bit cloudy, particularly at the top of the mountain, was much warmer than the day before.  The trees were just covered in snow, indicating that there had been some rather heavy snowfall recently, which was great.

Nadine and I took the gondola up to the top of the mountain to eat lunch at the cafeteria on top.  Then, we would see if she felt she could try skiing slowly down the beginner run.  It was rather scary for her at first, but she did well.  The visibility at the top was rather poor, which only added to the fear factor.  She had the option of getting back on the gondola to ride back down, but she wanted to try it.  So, for the next two hours or so, we slowly made our way down the beginner hill.  There were some falls along the way and a lot of sore legs from snowploughing, but Nadine officially skied down Mont Tremblant from the top!

Here are some photos.

We were slow, but we made it off the mountain.  Actually, by the time we made it to the bottom, I think the lifts had been closed for nearly an hour!  But, it was a successful first day of skiing.

After making it back to the hotel, we got out of our gear and had some dinner before again relaxing in the hot pools to soak some sore muscles.