I skied powder, as in 11 freaking inches, for the first time today. Not quite what I am accustomed to skiing. It was a steep learning curve. Took two early falls then kinda figured it out. I can say without hesitation, I like GROOMED DV runs! As the day went on today the snow got all piled up and kinda mini bumps/moguls. This newbie did not like it one bit. That said, it was a beautiful day today, at times the visibility was very low as the snow was just dumping down. A couple of times I could not really make out the line of the runs it was snowing so hard.
So... Skied some with
@PTskier today who is here with his club. Super nice guy and very helpful, I wished we had skied together on a day more suited to learning. Today was tough for a NEWB
So, it was NOT a
by any stretch of the imagination, but I did get to feel powder for the first time. It as not too bad until it got really chopped up, and 11” can get pretty chopped up with some big piles. A beginner with short skis does not get excited about crud.
Top speed was 28.6 mph
9.8 miles
9,213 vertical
16 runs
So skied a lot less distance, but close to the same vertical.
Started up on the Born Free lift
Cubs Way to Lodgepole to the Avanti Express
Meadows where I had a
Overeasy which was CRAZY deep where I took a
Meadows again, then up Mountain Top Express
Then the endless catwalk from hell (Timberline Catwalk) to the bottom of #14
Then skied Boomer, Tin Pants about 5 times, then Sourdough before I did Tin Pants two more times.
Met up with Betsy and Ken at the bottom of #14 and headed to FlapJack which was a
show with too many people and crud piles the size of small cars.... OK, it seemed that bad to me. I was tired at that point and the steeper terrain and very choppy conditions made it not at all fun.
Today’s progress was:
Got to ski powder for the first time
Skis react VERY differently in powder.
Worked more on weighting the downhill ski and lifting and sliding the uphill ski to parallel.
Also worked on the lower body being independent from the upper body.
Ken made a great golf analogy that helped me really relax my upper body a lot.