Vail - Day 4 - Zero visibility and lots of snow

Feb 11,

This morning Bella went to ski school, but Sofia stayed at the apartment to do some homework because she was worried she wouldn't have enough time for all of it, and was starting to freak out. Philippe stayed back too, and told her that when she was done with homework maybe they could go up together and meet Lionel and I somewhere.

When Lionel and I started skiing, at about 9:30 am, visibility was pretty terrible. We literally couldn't see anything pass a few feet in front of us. It was kind of freaky. But Lionel knows the area well and there were plenty of people around, so he just said  to stay close to the trees because they help you see better. So we did.  We basically skied all morning in that crazy weather and even did Northstar, a black diamond, a couple of times. 

For lunch we met Philippe and Sofia at Mid Vail, her choice, and planned to ski the rest of the afternoon together until it was time to pick up Bella from ski school. But it so happened that as we finished lunch, and were getting ready to get back out there, we ran into Bella's group! Of course after seeing us she decided to stay with us the rest of the day, so we checked her out from ski school and she came with us. Unfortunately Philippe's foot was still bugging him, so he went back down shortly after. The 4 of us kept skiing, but the snow was coming down at a pretty good pace and sticking to our helmets, googles, and faces, which is definitely not the best. 

Bella did pretty well skiing. She seemed really comfortable out there. Sofia was kind of hesitant, but was getting better towards the end. But with all the snow hitting our faces Bella started to get really cold, and by the time we came back down she literally had little chunks of ice all around her face. In fact, we probably all did. I quickly put her in a hot shower, which made her feel better. It would have been nice going to the hot tub as well, but with the snow falling down that would have been a challenge. So instead we stayed inside, warming up and relaxing before it was time to take showers and head out for dinner.