Tubing!

Having only been skiing once previously (7 years ago) I didn't feel comfortable braving the slopes alone, especially on such a world-class mountain. I did, however, find something more my speed...

Tubing!

Just above the entrance to the Sliding Center, parallel with Lot 8, is the Coca Cola Tube Park. It was $18 for an hour, or $27 for two hours. We were warned, however, that an hour was enough. In fully-winterized gear, we trekked up the hill to the entrance, then dragged our tubes over to the "lift", which was a moving sidewalk angled up the hill.

The other girls riding the lift up the hill

There were a few tracks designated for little kids, a few "black diamond" lanes, and a happy medium section. Naturally, we headed straight for the black diamond. Unfortunately it was drizzling that day, and the staff told us the course wasn't running very fast because of it. That didn't stop us from having fun!

After some solo slides, we teamed up and went down in pairs. Going down with Holly was the most fun because the entire time we were tubing she could not contain her excitement - she definitely had the most fun!

I hope this doesn't make anyone dizzy!

At the end of the hour, we were all pretty tired and crashed in the tubes for a photo shoot.