What's your terrain preference?

[abc]

What make you tick? What makes your day?

Go fast on well-groomed wide boulevard? Pick your way through house size moguls? Dodging trees (and tree wells)? Flying off cliffs?

All of the above? (you can pick more than one)

(I left out racing because there're also different terrain in racing anyway... SL, GS, mogul, freeride, etc)

 

[sibhusky]

So far, no park rats....

 

[abc]

...yet!

 

[SnowHot]

Sometimes I gotta hit some hot runs on groomers and blow out the pipes, but I'm also at a point in my skiing that I'm really trying to challenge myself with things that were once out of my element.

I started to attempt bumps a bit a few years ago, but the marginal snow conditions haven't allowed for much in bump practice.
My goal last year was to do a helicopter. I gotta do it this year!!!!
Trees..........I love trees!
Now I just gotta get more comfy with drops. I guess I need to be challenged........"Come on Tric, Wendy would do it!"

 

[Jilly]

I'd say I'm anything, except the park. Too old for that s@#t. So I like variety. Like SnowHot sometimes you need to a blow out run, and sometimes its tight short radius turns on the steeps. 2 years ago I took the CSIA 3 course. Part of the course is to learn bumps and be able to teach them. Well I learned somethings, but practice makes perfect they say. So's its mix it up every time I'm out skiing.

 

[abc]

I'm pretty much into everything, except I'm just not into speed. So wide groomed runs don't really appeal to me. I only ski them when I need the room to do drills. And I often worry about people uphill that might hit me. :(

If I want to take air, I prefer to take them on natural featuers instead of man-made ones. Not that I do that often. Though if I'm to "work" on my air move, I would indeed appreciate well-placed stuff in the park.

So, parks and wide blue runs to me are like gyms. I do them because I need to "work" on something, not because I LIKE them.

 

[ISki]

I'm not sure what to answer. I like steep (black) groomed runs. The pitch is the key. I'll take wide, narrow, or twisting as long as it is steep and groomed. It's for fast tight turns.

 

[lil mountain girl]

ok, this may seem a lil weird, but . . .
i've never skied a groomed black diamond run.

what makes a groomed black diamond run?
width?
pitch?
are there trees?

just curious!

 

[abc]

I assume you've skied an un-groomed black diamond?

Usually pitch. Just like the difference between green and blue, are also usually pitch. But could be width (lack of, that is ).

Trees are usually not groomed. (the groomer can't get in there anyway)

 

[altagirl]

I don't know how to pick.

I definitely prefer un-groomed. Though there are days that carving on a groomer can be fun too. Not nearly as often, but I wouldn't rule it out completely.

And as much as I avoid bumps, there are times I have fun skiing bumps, have fun in the terrain park...

Ultimately, I'd rather find nice, steep, untouched powder in a fairly narrow chute, or with some obstacles and then a nice open runout at the end. But I guess anything could get boring if I had only that one option...

 

[abc]

You don't have to "pick". Just take them all!

 

[Severine]

I assume you've skied an un-groomed black diamond?

Usually pitch. Just like the difference between green and blue, are also usually pitch. But could be width (lack of, that is ).

Not necessarily lack of width. At one of the local ski hills (where everything is groomed), the widest trail is their hardest black diamond. The pitch on it is VERY steep. I always thought pitch was the determining factor in green-vs-blue-vs-black.

 

[Severine]

I picked:

Wide, but with variations/small bumps
Narrow & twisty, surprises makes the adrenalin flowing

But this season I plan on challenging myself more. Will try to up the speed. I want to do some easier glades. Maybe even try some moguls since the locals who will be meeting once a week are focusing on that. Mainly just overcoming my fears because they are severely holding me back.

 

[IntheClouds]

The trees kept calling me last year, but alas, no one to ski with. So this year I'm doing trees & finding someone to do them with, it may even be a local boarder. At the very least, I'll pay an instructor to take me there. I'm determined to meet & greet my local trees this season !

 

[Kiragirl]

I can't do steep bumps very well (yet).

I like....the sun and the snow.

 

[Squaw]

I picked several of them...about anything other than groomers, though I do enjoy the corduroy on an early morning.

I didn't see Chutes listed per se. I love working my way along a ridge, and then dropping down into a steep area, be it a chute or a wide steep wall. Trees, I LOVE the trees.

Jen

 

[hucksno]

I pretty much love all terrain when we're talking about a good pow day...trees, little drops, natural features, etc...oohh and nothing beats a run with the perfect pitch for pow (mmmmm i'm getting super excited just thinking about this season's possible pow days!! ) If there's no new snow though, usually i'll hang out in the park and bomb a run or two.

Wish I could be hardcore and say I love chutes..but unfortunately they kinda scare the hell out of me (the windy-don't know where you're going-icy-death cookie-branches and rocks sticking out types)! I like to see where i'm going!

 

[Squaw]

I also like to see where I am going. One thing I hope to work on this year is maintaining momentum going over things into places I cannot see clearly. Even steep knolls bother me. I have this fear, for some reason :D , of losing an edge and going over a cliff.

 

[Gloria]

ok, this may seem a lil weird, but . . .
i've never skied a groomed black diamond run.

what makes a groomed black diamond run?
width?
pitch?
are there trees?

just curious!

Me neither. I will have to scroll back for answers now. I had thought exactly the same thing though when I read the first time though.

 

[Lori_K]

I prefer the trees and the powder, as those are the areas where I get the most challenge (and where I need the most work!).

However, I've noticed that early in the season, I am much less picky! If it has a slope with snow on it, I'll be there.

Groomed black diamond runs seem to be more common on east coast hills. Out here, I've noticed that pretty much all black diamond runs are ungroomed. They aren't necessarily any steeper than some of the blue groomer runs, either.
Remember, that green/blue/black designation ONLY applies to that particular ski hill, and there is no "rule of thumb" to apply. I've seen green glade trails, and narrow green trails. Been on some narrow, icy green trails that were scarier to ski on than a wider blue trail!