Fourth day of winter camp in Sedrun

Today we went skiing and the weather was just as sunny as on the other days but it was colder and a bit windy. The slopes where nice in the morning but after lunch there where moguls, like every day so far. Moguls are not particularely nice to ski on, please stop... Like everyday until now we enjoyed eating our sandwiches outside, as that is much nicer than being in the hot and stuffy lunchroom. A few of us took advantage of the option to return home earlier and the others continued enjoying the slopes as best they could. The advanced ski group actually found some semi-decent off piste skiing, which was a lot nicer than the icy slope itself.
The ones who went earlier continued working on the masks for the New Year's Eve and the masks ended up being very colorful, after that some played a fun game called "Time's Up". For dinner we had delicious pizza, there were a lot of types to choose from: With bell peppers, margarita, mushrooms, vegetarian, ham, salamy and many more. Now we have to continue working on our workshops to make the New Year's Eve party amazing.

The ski group doing trust exercises, or maybe they're just learning to carve

Third day of winter camp in Sedrun

This morning we woke up earlier again to enjoy the snow on the piste. The weather was sunny again, so there was no new snow. We stayed on the slopes until lunch, after which the pistes normally take a turn for the worse. After that we got to choose whether or not to stay skiing or go home and play games. Those who went home had the option to go swimming, play ping pong, or make masks for new years. Some also stayed at the pool restaurant to enjoy a kebab, as the pool itself was rather underwhelming. For dinner the kitchen made lasagne and we are now waiting to choose the evening program. Tonight's options are to watch a film, play indoor football, or go to the pub; the latter, of course, is only for those older than sixteen.

Second day of camp, Sedrun

Noticing the overcrowded, icy and bumpy slopes from yesterday, we decided to wake up half an hour earlier today, so we could take advantage of the groomed slopes as well as the weather. The weather condition was excellent, although we could tell that there was slightly less snow today than yesterday. We were given a lot of free time in which we played table tennis, table soccer and listened to music. For dinner the kitchen prepared a delicious asian meal for us. The meat was great, the vegetarian option also. Angus enjoyed the meat. In thirty minutes we are going to separate into groups to prepare for new years, which include improvisational theatre, a camp band, a party commitee, a party games group and everything else needed for a wonderful evening.

First day of winter camp in Sedrun

The beginner board crew after a very succesful first day.

We all met at the Hauptbahnhof in Zurich, for some of us it was a long trip from distant destinations. After the check-in we took a train to the site where we all had dinner and played games that helped us socialize. For the next day the weather forecast predicted a sun and rather warm temperatures, especially considering this was supposed to be winter in Switzerland, which we were all very dissapointed by, as we all came hoping for eight feet of powder snow. However in the morning we discovered that the majority of the slopes were opened and the sun was a good contribution for the first day of this camp. Speaking for all, we had an amazing day with good experiences, however, we all hope for more snow to come as some of the slopes are lacking snow and seem to be like icerinks. The general concises of the participants was that the first day of camp was enjoyable with few flaws.

Crowded situation during the trip

Clemens speaking some truth