NewEnglandSkier
Ski Diva Extraordinaire
Day 10, Fri Feb 7
Today was a fairly big powder day, at least for me. It was about a foot. Lines were horrendous--I've never been here before when the gondola line was as long as it was. And the lines for the lifts further up the mountain were just as bad.
Below is a picture out my window of the line up for the Christy lift before it opened--it may not look that bad, but this is a lift that rarely seems to get a big line up.
Thankfully, I had another lesson so I didn't have to wait in the lines!
The snow was heavier than it might normally be and visibility was not good--it was foggy and had low hanging clouds today, not just snowing.
Not only do I ski powder poorly, but I absolutely hate not being able to see what I'm skiing into so i skied really badly and defensively. I use the term "ski" loosely as it took me 20 minutes to get down something that normally takes 3 minutes. I was listening to what my instructor was telling me, but could not convince my brain to do it.
I decided we needed to go lower down where it was easier to see. Most of the morning was taken up by my flailing.
After lunch we skied easy stuff off the Christy lift--there were some ungroomed greens and then we lapped the Bashor bowl/Bashor lift for the rest of the afternoon. I'd only gone into the Bashor bowl once a long time ago. I'm not sure why I haven't skied it more. It was fun--lots of options for size of bumps and routes down.
This is a photo taken from the top of the bowl--the bowl is off to the right. This is a time when it cleared briefly.
Thankfully, I improved once we skied lower down and the visibility was much better.
Dinner tonight was mexican food at Vaquero's.
Tomorrow is my last lesson/ski day of the trip. I'm hoping the snow finishes up overnight.
Today was a fairly big powder day, at least for me. It was about a foot. Lines were horrendous--I've never been here before when the gondola line was as long as it was. And the lines for the lifts further up the mountain were just as bad.
Below is a picture out my window of the line up for the Christy lift before it opened--it may not look that bad, but this is a lift that rarely seems to get a big line up.
Thankfully, I had another lesson so I didn't have to wait in the lines!
The snow was heavier than it might normally be and visibility was not good--it was foggy and had low hanging clouds today, not just snowing.
Not only do I ski powder poorly, but I absolutely hate not being able to see what I'm skiing into so i skied really badly and defensively. I use the term "ski" loosely as it took me 20 minutes to get down something that normally takes 3 minutes. I was listening to what my instructor was telling me, but could not convince my brain to do it.
I decided we needed to go lower down where it was easier to see. Most of the morning was taken up by my flailing.
After lunch we skied easy stuff off the Christy lift--there were some ungroomed greens and then we lapped the Bashor bowl/Bashor lift for the rest of the afternoon. I'd only gone into the Bashor bowl once a long time ago. I'm not sure why I haven't skied it more. It was fun--lots of options for size of bumps and routes down.
This is a photo taken from the top of the bowl--the bowl is off to the right. This is a time when it cleared briefly.
Thankfully, I improved once we skied lower down and the visibility was much better.
Dinner tonight was mexican food at Vaquero's.
Tomorrow is my last lesson/ski day of the trip. I'm hoping the snow finishes up overnight.