Things to do when the morning temperature is -31C
- Take a photos of the very cold lake and the ski hill, then post it on Facebook.
- Come down late for breakfast as you know no one will be moving for two hours or until it warms up.
- Decide -25C is warm
- Find someone who has some polar grip wax you can borrow.
- Find enough clothes to go to Tremblant Parc to ski
- Take a lot of photos of skiers INSIDE the chalet at Tremblant Parc
- Discover glide doesn’t work at -25C
- Go snow shoeing.
- Enjoy the company of deer who did not seem to be rattled by the cold.
- Go for a walk to Tremblant village and have a coffee, walk back.
- Go for a swim in the pool.
- Try and start your car. Secretly relieved that the car needs to be taken to a garage. More delays before getting cold.
- Go skating
- Freeze your butt off.
- Find four lovely ladies to warm you up in bed.
Actually everybody went out in the cold , which does beg the question of the mental state of most of our club members. Still everyone seemed happy at the cinq a sept that evening. Of course free booze will certainly help in this regard. Dinner was very enjoyable, with the added celebration of Egon’s birthday, the evening closing with a few drams in the bar, and serious pool or table tennis games.
Things to do when the morning temperature is -5C
1 . Thank the lord that it was not -31C , although an explanation of what happened to the 
missing -25 C would have been of academic interest
2. Do all the things you did at -25C but this time enjoying it.
3. Add downhill skiing to the list
4. Pack your bags and check out.
Well despite the adverse weather, posh name for bloody cold, the Beaver Tails showed they had spunk and got out and enjoyed the snow. Super thanks to the organisers Helene C and Cheryl W , and to everyone yes all 48, who went and made it so much fun.
If you really want to see what really happened , go and check out the 198 photos posted from the weekend.