Let Me Be Your Ullr

The Flapjacket beginner's hill conveyor belt at Lutsen Mountain couldn't hold back

 the ski gods or goddesses (Carly) for long last week.  With a good ski plan in place, we started

her off on the bunniest of bunny hills right at the foot of the training hill on Ullr Mountain (named after the ancient Norse "ski" god),

and a two-hour ski lesson that prepared her for taking the ski lift up to the top of a real peak of a real mountain!

Skis firmly set to snowplow position, in a day's time Big Bunny looked like little Thumper.

Time for Ullr, the blue sign level instead of the green.  The hill starts slow but midway shoots down at a steep pitch which then lands at the bottom where a fairly quick stop near a built in safety fence waits.

Even though there were moments of "too fast," Carly dug her snowplow in, kept her balance all the way, and curved to the left at the bottom before the line of skiers at the chair lift, ready for more…."maybe tomorrow."