Downhill Ski Cake ~ Happy 60th Birthday Joe!

Joe turned 60 this year.  He is an avid skier and his daughter thought an Over the Hill Downhill Skiing cake would be the perfect thing to surprise him with for his birthday!

Now, how exactly does one make a ski mountain out of gumpaste?  After much thought, I figured that a base of Rice Kirspie Treats might just work - here is the beginning of a ski mountain:

Sort of looks like a ski mountain, right?

AND, here are the pics of the cake...ahhhh....now it looks like a ski mountain :)
 
  

Skier w/ glittery snow on his clothing

The names of the runs were:  Agony,  Geezer Gulch, Tourist Trap and Young at Heart

HAPPY 60TH BIRTHDAY JOE!! 
Joe's cake details:
Signature White Cake
Raspberry Filling
Vanilla Buttercream
The Ski Mountain is gumpaste covering rice crispy treats.  The skier, trees and run names are all gumpaste as well.