Sorry for Party Rockin'

Blue Mountain, ON was perhaps one of only a few quality ski resorts within driving distance of Detroit in the Midwest area of North America to get any snow this year.  A group of us made the trek across her majesty's wind-swept Highway 401 to Blue Mountain Resort, just north of Collingwood, ON.  We spent MLK Day weekend there, Friday 1/13 till Monday, 1/16.

The snow was pretty good, although the resort didn't stop blowing snow until the day we left, which left our faces constantly frozen from the spray of artificial frozen precip and our goggles frosted over.  This man-made snow production also caused the top of the resort to be bathed in thick fog most of the mornings, until the afternoon sun boiled it away.  Temperatures were mild, more so on Sunday than any other day, allowing me to strip down to just an UnderArmour turtleneck and my Mountain Hardwear softshell.

I decided to keep my nearly 10-year-old Head ski boots and K2 Apache All-Mountain skis as my equipment this trip.  Both are on their last legs, and I hope to upgrade before the next "big" ski trip.  My Oakley O-Frame goggles with new Fire-Iridium replacement lens did the trick, although the night-skiing was a little sketchy looking through those dark-tinted lenses.

This was a blast of a trip.  Going out after skiing was just as much fun as the skiing itself!  Jozo's really was the place to be for music and cheaper-ish food, and MJ Bryne's Irish Pub in the village offers ENORMOUS Hoegaardens!  A few of our friends decided to try whatever 'club' is in the main village, and ended up waiting in line for an hour, only to leave...  Sorry for party rockin'!  Another friend brought back some overly-apologetic and overly-drunk-and-puking girls back to our mountainside condo, and a story that has been immortalized in an epic poem ensued (will insert poem here soon...!)

Take a look at some skiing action captured with the GoPro: