The 1st one is Nic, virgin snowboarder, on her first day. Pretty impressive. We don't know who was more surprised that she was instantly so good, and that she fell in love with it so quickly. Finally a shared past time aside from boozing and listening to music.
The 2nd one is Ed, a bit tentative after not being on a board for over a decade. Nic´s instructor said his riding style was a bit "80´s". He told him that was when I learnt!
El Colorado is at 3300m, so is pretty good but the season had only just started and it wasn´t snowing much overnight. Consequently it got a bit icy. Great views, as usual, of the surrounding mountains. The worst bit was the drive up, on the most windy roads in the world. Especially as you are climbing from practically sea level to that altitude in about an hours drive.
For me (Nic), the hardest bit was the drag lift. There are no chair lifts for the lower slopes. After a painful experience years ago on one of these on a dry ski slope, I had a mental block. It took 12 attempts on day 1, all failures, then a further 2 attempts on day 2 for me to get it. A big thanks to Ulysees the lift operator who must have thought I was an idiot but was so helpful and kind! And had the tightest squeeze in the world when he hugged me in this photo below.
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