On April 3 I was wondering if I'd done my last lift-assisted turns in Southern Finland. But no, they were done today on April 12, at Vihti Ski. I was on the tail end of a flu, so only showed up half an hour before they would close (at 12!) and was one the last lifts up. Wonderful skiing though.
Golfers were already out ... and outnumbered the skiers. Still a lot of skiers, kids and adults and even hard core racers.
The spring is at least a month ahead, on several years there's been skiing in Vihti or Hyvinkää in early May. Sigh. Global warming or just this year?
Sadly, my flu prevented me from joining Jarmo at Vihti on the previous day. The next day I had recovered enough to manage a couple of runs. Still, writing this in the evening, I wonder if I should have gone... illness has not gone away or has gotten back...
According to ski.fi there's one more ski resort open though, but that's 200 km north from where I am. Sappee. I was there few years ago, after they had closed... and was chased by an angry snow cat. Perhaps rightly so, I shouldn't have been there when they were closed. Still.
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