It's been a good couple weeks here at Whitefish and I think I'm skiing quite a bit better on the groomed surfaces. Many mornings we've had 4-6" on new snow on top of the groomed and of course that gets chopped up pretty quick. Still it's a lot of fun to navigate the piles and ski the sides of the trail as long as the snow quality is decent.
Today we had 9" overnight but I knew it would be pretty wet and would require a different approach. Visibility was bad too and that always seems to quell my "go thoughts". So my day was less than ideal, with a lot of instances of ending up way in the back seat because I felt like I was about to go over the handle bars. Going from the packed down areas to the occasional virgin snow really unnerved me and put me on defense. I felt like i was standing on the hood of a car with a 10 year old behind the wheel.
Nine inches of real powder is now fun for me, finally. Change that to wet and I'm back where I started! So what tactics should I consider for tomorrow as we'll have a second helping I'm sure.
Today we had 9" overnight but I knew it would be pretty wet and would require a different approach. Visibility was bad too and that always seems to quell my "go thoughts". So my day was less than ideal, with a lot of instances of ending up way in the back seat because I felt like I was about to go over the handle bars. Going from the packed down areas to the occasional virgin snow really unnerved me and put me on defense. I felt like i was standing on the hood of a car with a 10 year old behind the wheel.
Nine inches of real powder is now fun for me, finally. Change that to wet and I'm back where I started! So what tactics should I consider for tomorrow as we'll have a second helping I'm sure.