During this trip we all had a great time in South Lake Tahoe and it was pretty hot.  The skiing was really good and the snow was well good.  The instructors were really cool and many of the girls were often caught checking them out.  The collisions were spectacular including the breakage (in half) of Georgina's ski and the head on crash between Caitlin and Miss Woodard. Overall it was a really good holiday and a good way to end year 11.  Lydia

Overall I think the holiday was truly breath taking.  The sun was reflecting off the luxurious white powder snow.  The slopes were challenging but Bridgewater managed to show enough enthusiasm to pull the challenge off.  Everybody improved dramatically over the week.  When we arrived at the top of the first chair lift, we looked down on the valley to see magical views of Lake Tahoe and mountains covered in deep snow.  We saw dragon sheep (a Lake Tahoe myth).  Matt, Jonny, Ash, Esme and Grace

Crazy teachers, early nights
Hot instructors, scary frights
Chilli sauce, beautiful sights
Fast skiing, great holiday, right!   Kate Doodson

Diary
Sat. Left Manchester for short flight to Heathrow then on to San Francisco. A 4 hour coach ride then took us to the Horizon hotel for pizza and then to bed to rest.
Sun. Early morning ski fit and then we met our ski instructors. Buffet meal in the evening.
Mon Second day of skiing. Hot tubs, buffet meal followed by a choice of films at the cinema (Juno or National Treasure  2).  Apparently do not  bother with Juno.
Tues Third day of hot, sunny weather. Groups now all skiing well - most onto blue runs. Trainee casino visit (the arcades). We all did very well on a limit of $5.00
Wed Colder today with strong winds. Took yellow cabs to see Tahoe Firebirds ice hockey team loose 11 to 3.
Thurs. Very cold, windy. Ben cawthorne 38secs on giant slalom beating his instuctor and the rest of his group around 40 seconds.  The resort and hill champion took 30 seconds. Hard rock cafe and then arcades.
Fri. Skied all day, group 1 had intro to snowboarding while group three tackled the steepest run in the resort, lower main. Hot tubs and shops in the evening. Last buffet meal.  Bridgewater awards in the eveing (see below)
Sat.  A large buffet breakfast saw us speed ourway back to San Francisco and then onto Heathrow.

2008 Ski Trip Awards

1/ Most Progress - zero to hero on Skis - Paddy
2/ Best snow plough (wedge) - Keiran
3/ Most determined skier - Harrison
4/ Fastest descent in a snow plough (wedge) - Grace
5/ Most improved skier over the week - Esme
6/ Biggest bale - Jonny Nichols
7/ Only person to break a ski - Georgina
8/ Best sunburn - Lydia
9/ Lowest pants - Jacko
10/ Craziest hat - Lee
11/ Bravest soldier (ill every day but still skied) - Dom
12/ Biggest toilet blockage - Matt J
13/ Best "teacher wipeout" - Caitlin
14/ Most chaos created with chilli sauce - Georg