With a base of over 10 feet of snow on Cory's home mountain - Cypress Mountain in North Vancouver - it's time to get back onto snow as he prepares for Special Olympics' National Winter Games in Newfoundland in March 2016.
But with fresh powder, this day isn't about gates, but instead Cory just enjoyed some free-sking on his rarely-used powder skis.
He has started his gate training though, albeit just one day so far - with his Team BC teammates at Sun Peaks in late November.
And of course there's been 3 months of dryland training, which becomes rather tedious so this day on fresh powder snow is a therapeutic one too!
In addition to working out with his National Games Training Coach every week, Cory has been training with his Special Olympics Vancouver alpine ski coaches, following a series of exercises to help improve his agility, endurance, balance, and strength.
And he's also in the basketball program with Special Olympics British Columbia Delta, which is a summer sport so that he also has the opportunity to compete at the next Provincial Summer Games if his team were to qualify.
But there's also time for a bit of fast-moving fun!
As the new year rolls in, it will be time for Cory to ramp up his on-snow gate training on Cypress with Special Olympics Vancouver as well as the Gatebusters program and Whistler Adaptive Snow Programs at Whistler.
Less than 70 days to go till the National Games!
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