Stokely Weekend

The weekend was great, we got spoiled with the warm weather so Brent, Ngaire and I took advantage of it and put in a full day at Stokely on Saturday. I know I said 3 days of Stokely but it didn't pan out, Friday was spent at Hiawatha, great ski looped all the trails. I love Stokely and if you have never been there you need to check it out. The destination for the day was Norms Cabin (about 10km from the lodge) as Gunner was going to be out serving Tea and cookies, we naturally had to pay him a visit. For those of you that have been out you know that the first 6-7km are a gradual up hill with a couple of pitches thrown in. As usual when I ski with Brent the pace was quick and my heart rate was peaking around 186bpm as I was trying to keep him from stepping on my skis. We waited for Ngaire at the turn off and skied the rest of the way together.

Brent pretending he isn't working hard!

 

Here she is. How can you not love that smile!

Destination Reached, Norms Cabin is a great place to warm up!

You always find good company, we just missed the bunch, Gunner said they just had about 18 people in the cabin, if you find yourself here, make sure you sign the guest book.

Team Velorution; Rested up and ready for more!

The guys wanted a picture with the token Girl on our Ski, Brent and I didn't make the cut.

The ski back to the main trail was great, as always seamed a lot easier as it is mostly down hill. Ngaire decided to go back to the lodge while we got in a bit longer of a ski. It was great, even got some fresh tracks on the skate trails. Revisited some of the hills that Brent bonked on,  he killed it this time. Came down Jackrabbit and back to the Clubhouse. Met up with Rod and Louise for a good chat. 

I love this place, every time I'm out I can't believe how lucky we are to have Stokely so close.

I will leave you with one more pic, Doesn't he look worried about the caution sign?

we all made it down now problem. I took a huge spill on this downhill last year, brought back some good memories. ha ha