During the weekend of Feb. 8 and 9, High Rise head resident Mike Smith led a group of 45 students to Paoli Peaks Ski Resort for a six-hour ski trip.
Among the 45 students was freshman Hannah Weller, who heard about the trip from a Campus Recreation email that was sent to all students, but didn’t immediately jump at the chance.
“I didn’t sign up for it until a friend of mine suggested a group of us go together,” Weller said.
After meeting at High Rise at 3 p.m. Saturday, the group began the four-hour trip to Paoli, Ind.
“The planned schedule was to ski and/or snowboard from 8 p.m. until two in the morning,” Weller said.
Once they arrived, a few students took some ski instructions while those more experienced took to the slopes. Although the skiing and snowboarding part was fun, Weller says the downtime between runs was where the community aspect was built.
“My favorite memory of the trip would have to be every time we finished a slope and got onto the ski lift,” Weller said.”That was when we really got to talk, laugh about things and debrief our experience from that run.”
After six hours of skiing, the three vans headed back to Lipscomb and arrived on campus around 7:30 a.m. Sunday.
“This trip brought together a great community of great people who loved the excitement,” Weller said.