First priority...

Sang-Ho at the back of the lodge where we accessed the trails

Shinichi at the lodge with the big hill in the background

Doerte showed us how it's done...then we tried it...

Noa hanging out on the trail

Jess setting out

Noa on her way downhill

Jess and Noa practicing not falling

Jess, master of the snow-plow

Shinichi flying by

Yuval close-up

Here comes Shinichi!

I've fallen and ....Oh never mind...

Kaj on his feet

Doerte with shades

Emily

Emily taking a break...

more Emily...

Emily yet again

Yuval

Kaj getting the hang of it...

...mostly

Kaj giving it another go...

...and leaving us in the dust

Yuval

At the end of the afternoon we headed back to the lodge. From left, Jess, Kaj, Doerte (behind Kaj), Emily, and Shinichi

Sang-Ho with Clair Tappaan in the background

Doerte and Emily outside lodge

Emily

Emily demonstrating Aikido...

about to take off...

more tumbling...lucky snow is soft!

Kaj outside the lodge

Here I come!

Sang-Ho on the flying saucer

The hallway to our bunk

Bed time

Snug as a bug

Sang-Ho

Kaj...and Sang-Ho's feet

Doerte (top) and Jess

Rise and shine!

Doerte as we set out on day 2

Doerte demonstrating proper downhill technique that, as you will see, we have mostly forgotten...

Kaj taking a spill...

Kaj, still falling...

Kaj...about to retrieve poles

Emily and Kaj

Shinichi, on his way down the hill

Noa

Yuval

There's more than one way to get to the top...

Or to the bottom!

This is starting to look painful...

Look out Sang-Ho!

Is he hurt...or is he just making a snow angel?

After that - we need a break!

Emily, the snow angel

Doerte and Shinichi

Noa

Shinichi on the steep hill...

making his way to the bottom...

still going...

will this hill ever end?

Shinichi and Doerte, taking a breather

Yuval

Shinichi hanging out

Little did Sang-Ho know...

he was about to fall

Howdy!

Jess on the trail

Ski racer!

Look at him go!

Sang-Ho

Jess negotiating the hills

Jess again

Finally made it to the bottom of the hill...

Jess, recovering

Kaj, Jess, and Shinichi chit-chatting...

and still chatting

Emily getting organized

Sang-Ho up close and personal

Emily

About to head home, day 2...

Wait a minute - where are we?

I think we're on that trail...no maybe this one...

It will make more sense if we stand this way...

Emily leads the way

The group at the end of day 2. From left, Shinichi, Jess, Doerte, Noa, Sang-Ho, Emily, and Kaj

Bye bye!

Having just arrived at the Clair Tappaan lodge, we took a break for lunch before tackling the slopes. Left side of table, front to back: Yuval, Emily, Shinichi; right side of table, front to back: Jess, Noa, Kaj, Doerte

This is the hill, ostensibly a double-black diamond, that stood between us and the rest of the trails.

Left side from top: Emily, Kaj, Shinichi; Right side from top, Doerte, Jess