Today was a hit for Mr 5 and I. Again, only the two actual lifts open, but far fewer people than on the weekend. Old Hut Run was closed at the start of the day, but then was quietly opened with an "unmarked hazards" sign going up instead. La Descente was similarly "open" - as long as you could carry the speed from the drop off to get you through the potholed minefield before merging onto lower summit. Summit run was showing as open, despite the Summit lift not running. In terms of the available runs, I think I was most disappointed to see that Home Run wasn't open, as my ultimate goal for the day was to get my 5yo snowboarder to the top of Tank Hill for the view, then to ride home run with him to get back to the car.
The major let down for us was that, upon arrival at ~8:15, there was no-where open to get a coffee and hot chocolate! Now, the reason for the early arrival was that we were leaving from Melbourne's outer North (Ring rd territory), and the choice was to leave at 5 and avoid traffic, or leave at 5:30 / 6:00 and risk getting caught up. Given the lesson start of 9:30 and the price, I didn't want to chance missing out on it.
Mr 5's lesson went pretty well - he was typically self-critical because he wasn't able to skate and glide first try. I was keeping a distant eye on him while doing my own runs, and came in for the Dad Pep Talk. He perked up, and was later riding the magic carpet solo, had a go with the platter trainer (i.e. the cut-off platter pulled by the instructor) and by the end of the day was on the far looker's left of tank hill, having a go at coming down in heel-slides.
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