I’ve learned there’s a key difference between skiing in the Swiss Alps and skiing in Montana: ambient temperature. I had no idea how good we had it in Switzerland, where we could ski on perfect snow in little more than an unzipped ski jacket for most of the season. Not the case in Red Lodge, Montana. All my warmest clothes worn simultaneously proved no match for the frigid air, and I only survived a handful of runs.
Luckily the Bierstube (‘stube’ rhymes with ‘tube’ here) at the bottom of the slopes serves a whole lot of yummy microbrews, so the day wasn’t a complete disappointment. They also had deep-fried candy bars, which Scott insisted on trying. It came in a coating that made it resemble a corn dog. I found the whole thing rather disappointing – I mean, something that sounds as ridiculous as a deep-fried candy bar ought to at least taste insanely good, right? It didn’t.
The town of Red Lodge itself was very cute and small-towny, where the locals all seemed to know each other and restaurants and bars posted their opening hours as “11am till close”. “Close” in this case tended to be rather early, since most folks are done eating and back at home by 6:30 or so.
Now you Know why so many people in Montana own down jackets
The few times I went skiing in California I was amazed at how warm it was. I was always worried about being cold, but then you’d get out in the snow and be sweating!
Hi! I found your blog through Farfallina’s 🙂 and I paid you a visit.
I have never been skiing but would love to 🙂 Sounds like a lot of fun. Great pics!
You lucky lucky woman! Montana is one of a few places as an American, I’ve never been! I had no idea it was so beautiful! And.. .I thought Scotland was the only place to deep fry a candy bar– a Mars Bar to be exact (and not that tasty either in my opinion), who knew??
True dat, the temps are way different. MN and Montana are way similar…