Ontario Snowboarding

A Fine Spring Day at Blue Mountain

Yesterday Josh and I headed to Blue Mountain to get in some final turns. Blue  decided to re-open for the long weekend after some wacky weather dumped 30 centimetres, so we headed to Collingwood for a last hurrah.

We had pretty low expectations for the day, as Blue reported 9 runs open, a 50cm base, and discounted lift tickets. Furthermore, Josh had been there a couple of times in March and said the conditions were ass; he said the snow was lumpy and there were puddles everywhere. I prepared myself for maybe two hours of riding and to get very, very wet.

Temperatures hovered around 10 celcius, so both of us were in full-on spring gear mode. I wish I had taken a picture. Josh picked me up wearing a base layer and a Metallica Kill ‘Em All t-shirt (“I used to wear this shirt underneath my clothing,” he said, “but then I realized the shirt was awesome.”). I wore a base layer, Burton hoodie and a pom-pom toque.

Once we got to Blue, we were extremely pleased with what we encountered. There were only nine runs open, but they were nine good runs. Usually when a ski area announces a limited amount of terrain is open they throw in stuff like learning areas as “open runs”. Not yesterday. To add to our excitement, there were virtually no line-ups (unheard of at Blue) and the snow stayed together pretty well throughout the day. Josh and I did run after run until we nearly collapsed; it was a great way to end the season.

Oh, and I did the whole day without a knee brace!

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