#751 – Big crowds enjoying big fireworks
It was New Years Eve and my family and I were staying up at
Panorama Mountain Village with two other families. We had been up on the
mountain for about five days skiing every minute we could and enjoying the
unimaginable amounts of powder that the hill had this year. The other families
I have known for all of my life and grew up with their kids. This New Years Eve
was different though my two friends and I were asked to do the torch light
parade. The parade was an old tradition where they would pick a handful of
people to ski down the mountain one after another, holding torches above their
heads. After watching this every year there was no way we would ever turn down
this unforgettable opportunity. We skied that morning and got about six or so
of our favorite runs done on the front side of the mountain. Then went in for
lunch at the summit hut which is a small place at the top of the mountain where
you will eat the best burgers you have ever tasted and have amazing hot
chocolate. Afterwards we hit the mountain first off skiing Heli High on the backside.
Finished off the day by making sure we had tried new runs on the hill. Everyone
went back to their places on the mountain and got ready for our big dinner in
the main hall of panorama. We all met up and ate the big buffet present and
stuffed our faces with food. Then danced until 11. Then my friends and I got
ready in our skiing clothes and took the chair lift up to the top of the hill.
Everyone got in a line one after another then out torches were lit. Then we
followed each other down the mountain in a zigzag form as the whole panorama
village looked up at us. Once we where half why down the hill the clock struck
twelve and the fireworks started. I grabbed my friends and we watched the sky
light up with all different colors, and this night couldn`t have been any
better
