gardenmary
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
I've been downhill skiing for 15 years (started late in life) and have always sucked - I mean, REALLY sucked - at powder skiing. I've skipped ski days because I've been so skittish about dealing with powder or ungroomed fresh snow. Until today!
When I was in Utah earlier this month, I skied alone with my now-retired ski coach for 2 hours, and we worked on SO many things. Lots of good progress that day. Today was the first day I was able to get back up to the mountain since the trip, and I couldn't just go tomorrow when it'll be nice and sunny because of work. So up I went, for a partial day of storm skiing. It's always made me nervous because of the low visibility. But I knew if I didn't get out there and just deal with it, I'd never figure it out.
The first run was sketchy, but then I put what my coach had told me to work, and things began to click. I did several runs at the bottom of the hill, and then the sun peeked out so I took several runs off the mid-mountain chair. Every run, it got easier and easier. Finally it all fit together and made sense. I even was getting some really good upper-lower body separation going, which was as much a delight as being able to navigate through powder. I was even looking for untracked and deeper stuff towards the end of my day!
It was between 4" and 6", so not super deep - but just to be able to ski it, and better each run, gave me the confidence I needed. It was loads of fun, and now I'm super excited to get back out there next week.
When I was in Utah earlier this month, I skied alone with my now-retired ski coach for 2 hours, and we worked on SO many things. Lots of good progress that day. Today was the first day I was able to get back up to the mountain since the trip, and I couldn't just go tomorrow when it'll be nice and sunny because of work. So up I went, for a partial day of storm skiing. It's always made me nervous because of the low visibility. But I knew if I didn't get out there and just deal with it, I'd never figure it out.
The first run was sketchy, but then I put what my coach had told me to work, and things began to click. I did several runs at the bottom of the hill, and then the sun peeked out so I took several runs off the mid-mountain chair. Every run, it got easier and easier. Finally it all fit together and made sense. I even was getting some really good upper-lower body separation going, which was as much a delight as being able to navigate through powder. I was even looking for untracked and deeper stuff towards the end of my day!
It was between 4" and 6", so not super deep - but just to be able to ski it, and better each run, gave me the confidence I needed. It was loads of fun, and now I'm super excited to get back out there next week.
