Castle Mountain

In the deep south-east corner of Alberta is a ski resort called Castle Mountain. Two years ago, Bob and Sarah went there for a race and came back gushing with praise about the place. This year, Alison went to the Terrain Event at Castle, and oddly enough, Bob insisted that he be the one to take her.

The West Castle Mountain Terrain Event has the kids doing all sorts of events around the mountain - there were downhill and GS races, a jump competition, moguls, and even skating. The kids entered as a team and traveled about the mountain, attempting all of the exciting activities.



Alison was thrilled to be a part of the Gold Medal Winning Team of 9 year olds! The Lake Louise 10 year olds also took top prize in their age group. What an exciting weekend!

Maybe I'll get to go someday...

K1 Westerns

Sarah was very excited about going to Westerns this year after her first race at Nakiska had gone so well. This race, however, held some disappointment for our girl. She had to hike in the slalom (her favourite) and lost a lot of time. The next day, she had a crash in the Kombi and got her first ever Did Not Finish. She pulled herself together a bit for the GS race on the Monday and managed to finish 16th on the day. Even though Mom compared her to Lindsay Vonn crashing in the Olympics, it was hard to cheer Sarah up.

Her teammates had a much better weekend. Her friend Alex was 11th in the Slalom, also crashed in the Kombi, and was seventh in the GS. Cleodie got two Most Improved medals and made sure she received them at the top of the podium! Tristen, who has always been a great skier in training, finally put together some good runs and got his best-ever finishes in the slalom and kombi, but broke his hand on a gate in the first run of the GS. He'll be racing this coming weekend with a cast on his hand that the doctor fit around his ski pole!

It's a crazy sport. Good thing she loves it.