Winter Is Here

Winter has most definitely arrived up here.  Last weekend we were up at the Lecht all weekend for the Gordon Skiers Open race weekend with Ellie skiing a slalom race both Saturday and Sunday.  The course was on the Harrier run, the Lechts only black run and one of the steepest race tracks in Scotland.  Success was therefore getting to the bottom in one piece!  Considering she had never even skied the run prior to the race Ellie skied brilliantly.  On Saturday she unfortunately straddled a gate (an occupational hazard!) so was disqualified from the only run that they had.

Sunday was better weather and they managed to get two runs in, Ellie skied both with clean runs and is getting visibly quicker and starting to catch up with the competition.

Here are a few photos.

This weekend has however been a little more frustrating!  Loads of snow at the Lecht and the road closed all weekend!  I guess you have to look on the positive side that at least that means the ski areas have had a serious dump of snow so we should be skiing for a while yet with any luck.  To make up for it Ellie and I went for a walk instead.

On a positive note, there should be loads of snow for next weekend when it is off to Glenshee for two days of racing at the Glenshee Winter Games.