Ten of us decided to try skiing and/ or snowboarding in the Italian Alps on Sunday, January 27. We booked the trip through a travel agency and took a bus that left near the Brignole train station at 6:30 am. The ride was about 2.5 hours long, arriving around 9:00 to the slopes in a town called Limone...most of us slept the whole way there. We went prepared as best as we could with our newly purchased ski bibs, goggles, gloves, etc.- all during saldi (sale) of course! Apparently, unlike American ski resorts, this one did not have changing facilities or lockers- so we changed on the bus, left our bags on the bus, rented our equipment, and hit the slopes! Four of us ventured out and tried snowboarding, the rest stuck with skiis. For the most part, the snow was in good condition and the lift lines were not long at all. The only tricky thing was knowing what type of slope the lift took you to! A few of us mistakingly took a lift to a black diamond slope and spent a majority of our time trying to get back down. Another tricky aspect of the lift for the novice snowboarders was getting off of it. This didn't work so well, atleast once that I witnessed, when all 3 on the chair fell to the ground as they tried to get off of the lift (simultaneously trying to avoid getting hit by the chair as it continued on the track). Then, a couple in our group were good enough to explore on their own and go down pretty much any slope they wanted. Everyone's skills progressed as the day went on, and though we all had different experience levels, we all had fun and plan on making another ski trip to the Alps.
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