Month: February 2013

The Babes! Pam, Carla, Judy, Barbara, Donna, Joelle, Nancy, Elsa, Becky – glorious warm windless day. Pole touch was the prime focus – this is a start! Thought there might be mutiny after the Tbar ride and looking over the lip of Pica … then 1/4 way down was convinced mutiny was imminent … but against all odds the ship remained afloat. The afternoon on Peak 10 a treat. Good job ladies – more and more you are ‘taking it down the mountain’.

Almost one week into February, where does the time go. A good day for sure, level 6: Cynthia, Alan and Katrina (her name is a fit, hurricane personality). Initiate the turn with tipping the new inside ski (guys, this is so important can not overemphasis), pole balance, start on greens finish on blacks, come off that hard edge and let some skidding and shapping heip you complete each turn, pole plants (what a novel concept), side slips, ‘how many turns’ now this one was a hoot. Most enjoyable day, hoped you learned something about skiing and a little about life.

Now this was a group of level 8s that had the motor running and ready to explore: Joe, Laurel, Chong, Bob, Dianne, Peter and Rebecca, Deb and Mitzi. Started at Y chute and worked our way across the face of Peak 8 with two runs up the Imperial and Whales Tale – some hiking, steep stuff, a bit of technique quite a few laughs. A most enjoyable morning.

Sunny, not too windy, warm … and crowded to the hilt … Tbar line out of control. Level 8: Greg,

Nicole, Tom, Keith, Sonia, Nancy, Danielle, Michael – upper body alignment, early edge change, femur rotation that creates tipping and steering, pressuring the forward portion of ski after transition in the bumps, maintaining ski/snow contact in moguls, more shape to turns in moguls/not so quick to pivot and skid, tree skiing, Debbs Alley as last run, enjoying the peace as the sun set beyond Peak 8. Thank you for a most enjoyable day!

Another cold one, lots of wind … but about 3 inches new snow, workable. Level 7: powder and bumps – Judy, Donna, Joelle, Elsa, Becky, Linda, Kathy. Focus today: get forward and stay there, open the knee and bring the center of mass forward, ski jumper stance with ankle and knee flexion, load up the front portion of ski early in the turn, let the steering angle of the ski shape the turn, more round turns in the bumps, tip to a new edge while pressuring

the ski shovel and hang on for the magic!