November can be a tough month in Vancouver BC. The days are short, the sun rises at 7:30 and sets at 4:30. And as usual for this time of year it has been raining for days. Fortunately, with the progression of winter, there are also dropping temperatures, which of course means snow. Not where we live at sea level but in the mountains.
As I have been working away with school, skiing has been a consistent thought in my mind, though buried under academic pursuits. It almost came as as surprise to learn that recent storms had brought over 50" of new snow to the coastal mountains. With work that could be all to easily postponed for another day, it only made sense to get outside.
As a family we did the Gerabaldi Park classic, 5k skin to the Red Heather backcountry day lodge. It didn't take long to figure out that skiing as a family is going to be a bit different this year. Aurora is heavier, larger, and squirmier. It's not going to be as simple as putting an immobile baby into a quilted snowsuit and going for it. But, for today it worked out. She learned the word 'snow', now she needs to figure out 'ski', and not just to talk about it either.
