Happy 2013...from Cypress mountain!

Our New Year's Eve was perfect...night skiing on Cypress mountain.

The night was clear and we had an amazing view over the city:

After exhausting ourselves on the slopes, we came home to delicious wine to see in the New Year. Welcome 2013...we are excited you are here!

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Hemlock

What better way to spend our Christmas holiday than exploring new ski resorts?

Our first venture - Hemlock - is a local resort that's a three hour drive from Vancouver. The weather was stunning, and despite only have three lifts, it offered plenty of terrain for us to explore.

If you look closely at the picture below you'll see David traveling fast in a snowball. Impressive.

  
The drive to the ski resort was stunning, and we saw plenty of bald eagles along the way. Hemlock is small, cosy, snowy, and definitely worth a visit.

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Kat and Steve venture

We decided to show Kat and Steve some of our favourite Vancouver haunts.

First stop, the picturesque inlet of Deep Cove...

Followed by Maple Wood, a wildlife hot spot, where we met this little fellow...

We finished up with a tour of Stanley Park, cycling 10 km around the sea wall. Delightful!

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Christmas party - Vancouver Club

My work Christmas party consisted of a glamorous evening of wine and dinner at the Vancouver Club, a stunning venue in the downtown core.

Here are some group photos of our celebratory evening:

 

 

And me with my trouble-making British counter-part, Clare: 

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First Whistler venture of the season...

With the arrival of Steve and Kat, we thought it was a good excuse to head to our favourite winter spot...Whistler.

It was great to see snow again. Steve was excited, and David was pleased to have a 'powder hound' to play with:

It was snowing for a lot of our visit, ensuring the ground was soft and the scenes beautiful. Here is our weekend in pictures:

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