A couple from Dowling said “I do” and then their marriage went downhill – literally.

Neil Fleming told CBC that his wife Kayla Whalen had always dreamed of going skiing on her wedding day.

(Image Credit: Shawn Moreton)

“When Kayla was just a small child her dream had been to ski in her wedding dress. Once I proposed, she told me that’s what she wanted to do.” (Fleming tells CBC)

So that’s exactly what they did. However, it wasn’t easy to find a hill that was wiling to say “I do”  to their unusual request.

Finally, after 6 months of searching for a location, they managed to convince the folks at Laurentian Ski Hill in North Bay.

The ceremony started off at the bottom of the ski hill before the couple hopped on a ski left! Epic photo below.

Fleming tells CBC:
“It was about a ten yard walk to the ceremony site, kind of like walking down the aisle. They had roped up a section at the top for the ceremony. It was the first weekend of the March break, so we had 130 guests, plus everyone on break who was skiing.”

(Image Credit: Shawn Moreton)

 

After the happy couple exchanged their vows, bride Whalen took off down the hill in a snowboard with her wedding gown still on!!!

If you’re wondering how Whalen managed to make her way down the hill in a wedding gown? So was her husband. Fleming told CBC:

“Literally, Kayla just went for it. It was not easy, she could have bailed. I don’t know how wedding dresses work…I’m sure it wasn’t that easy.”

Here is KiSS Mornings with Shannon & Gary talking about it on KiSS 105.3……

 

 

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