The Adventures of Kerri & Matt

Today was our last day of skiing.

It was another beautiful day.

With more mountains.

We went up to the very top of the resort at 3230m and saw the glacier.

We did not managed to hit all 159 lifts in 6 days of skiing. But we really don’t think the magic carpets to the bunny hills should count.

I mean at that point does this count? I think it actually goes further uphill.

We did hit 63/99 of the chairlifts and gondolas. That’s…less than 2/3rds. It’s a big place.

After skiing we did more tobogganing.

Two full 4km runs.

We got much better at staying on the sleds.

But there was still some time spent rolling down the hill.

Matt never managed to catch Kerri wiping out.

So obviously it never happened.

Except for this time, where she got herself so tangled she took a selfie while waiting for Matt to give her a hand.

But in that picture it just kind of look like she’s hanging out with her hand under her knee for no apparent reason. You can’t see the leash to the sled is trying to pull her arm off. And the tension is tightening the wrist strap so that she can’t get it off.

It is also easy to miss the gaping hole in the sleeve of her jacket. We actually thought this jacket was going to make it home

Then we said goodbye to the hotel with the five course meals and fancy swimming pool.

And our mountain view balcony.

It was another day of skiing in the pretty mountains.

We ended the day with a 1km sledding extravaganza.

This apparently means a rather cheesy roller coaster that doesn’t even require more than a seatbelt for safety restraints. Kerri’s French was insufficient to get the details when booking the tickets. At least she didn’t book what Google translated as  “walk racquet”, we are much too tired for snowshoeing.

We did ski 13 more lifts today, (8 new ones) but the mountains still look like mountains, and everyone must be getting tired of these pictures. We know you’re only here for the wipeouts, and we seem to be pretty good at staying on our skis.

So we took some time off skiing to rest our legs and relax by tobogganing down the mountain. On a 4km long toboggan run with a 450m altitude change.

Thus guaranteeing you some wipeouts.

See Kerri calmly riding down the mountain. 

Whoosh.

Matt tries to whoosh as well.

It doesn’t go as well.

Matt’s got is all figured out now. No hands required.

Okay maybe some hands.

Should have used all the hands.

Less whoosh and more smash.

And crash.

All the while Kerri continues to whoosh by.

See the majestic Kerri in action and live Matt’s experience.

Note: Kerri has several bruises, including one the size of an orange, that suggest that she also wiped out. Possibly even more often than Matt. But Matt is really bad at catching her on camera.

Here’s a view of home after many lifts to get to another mountain. Today we did a total of 16 lifts (Kerri did 17 for reasons explained below), However only 13 were new and we are well off the 34 lifts a day required to do every one here.

This is a different view of the valley, but you can’t see our home from here.

It was another 8 degree day. This is our snowman when we left.

And here he is at the end of the day.

Still no wipeouts but Matt is getting tired and spends a lot of time sitting in the snow.

Or lying on the snow.

After Kerri stopped to help someone recover their skis she couldn’t find him. She assumed this was him waiting for her at the bottom of the lift, but it was just another gentleman lying in the same position wearing the same super stylish outfit.

He was not the only one. They are everywhere.

 

Tonight’s meal was a traditional local dish of cheesy potatoes.

They had a second meal option, described on the menu as “for those who do not like cheese”. It included cheesy tomatoes.