Close to halfway through the trip, most of the player's families have arrived in Quebec City and joined the team for today's activities. The Jr. Avalanche group began with a guided tour of Hotel de Glace; a one-of-a-kind inn reconstructed every winter with a different theme. This year, the hotel illustrates the North Pole and all of its surrounding countries' traditions.
"I thought it was really cool how they could make all of that out of ice, but I would never want to stay there," said Twinam. "It's too cold."
The tour concluded in the hotel's ice bar, where the group enjoyed refreshments poured into handcrafted cups made from blocks of frozen water.
Similar to what the boys are used to at ski resorts back in the Rockies, they took a lift up the hills to find multiple runs ranked from green circles to double-black diamonds. The trip eliminated everyone's least favorite part of sledding: trekking to the top.
Twinam was thrilled with his first ever sledding experience.
"My favorite run was called Everest," he said. "Rumor has it that we were going 30 mph down the hill."
Everest was one of two double-black diamonds at the resort and definitely a fan-favorite among the Jr. Avalanche.