Grouse mountain, Canada

Its Christmas day, the ground is white outside, and you have just had a very large Christmas Lunch...

Normally this is a time for a long walk in the countryside... however the temptation was too great, so we grabbed the sledges and went to the family sledging areas nearby.

Steph and Katie all dressed  to keep out the cold.

After a while we had to retreat to the rest area to warm up (and eat chips)!..

After the sledging Dave and I took the opportunity to do a couple of runs on the skis ...  It was not the first time I had been skiing under lights, as that have been frost bite alley in New Jersey after work, but this was certainly the most pleasant..

we just went to the top of Grouse mountain and came back down to the mid station a couple of times, and then rewarded ourselves with coffee and a plate of chilli nachos.

Certainly a Christmas day to remember.