Helicopters and Hangovers
Posted on August 31, 2010 at 4:30 am

A couple of weeks on and the guys have partied hard but skied and snowboarded even harder, in an effort to get themselves in-shape for the level 2. Training has been really intense and although Queenstown has an abundance of activities that trainees can take-part in on their days off, they’ve often chosen to kick-back and relax at the hotel. The weather here has been far more temperamental since I last  blogged; a number of storms have come-in from the Tasmin Sea and left us with powder and generally much better snow conditions.

Only last weekend the trainees were being shuttled by helicopters to the top of the Harris Mountain range for a day of shredding untouched powder. Unfortunately the weather closed-in a bit but there were still some great stashes of powder to be ridden and the Helicopter pilot wasn’t shy of showing-off his skills.

So far this week all of the trainees have handed-in their ILM assignments and the skiers have begun their level 2 examination, with the snowboarders due to start on Friday. A special mention must go to Lettice and Fay who both passed their level 1 assessment last week, both girls showed a great deal of determination over the past few weeks and have really raised their game.

Tom