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Nice. The most interesting stuff at kmart is the ungroomed. Its not great, but its a lot more interesting. A stretch of weather like this is a good time to work on drills and technique changes, if you are so inclined. John Bonin [log in to unmask] On Jan 11, 2015 10:43 PM, "Mark P. Renson" <[log in to unmask]> wrote: > The small Nor'Inchers during the week helped a lot. Groomers were great > and the not groomed.....errr, ya' had to scratch and claw for the good > turns. On Saturday for sweep, I got Gazelle Glades which made me roll my > eyes. I found surprisingly good turns down upper Panther and was stunned > at how good the skiing was there in Gazelle Glades. > > Today was pretty much the same thing in the am. Terry Barbour the Ski > Patrol Head gave us patrollers a 2 hour long clinic which was a blast and a > great complement to a lesson I took at Sugarbush earlier in the season. > Even the Flight Commander and Christian were in the clinic. Working with > both skis, pointing the inside knee to where you want to go (almost like > "Ski where you wanna be" per what the late Theo Meiners taught us in > camp!), rolling the thighs - really great stuff. Instruction/techniques has > changed a lot over the last 10 years and I think if you're not taking > lessons, you're missing out on a lot even if you're an expert. The more I > take lessons, clinics and camps, the more fun I have skiing. I'd love to > hear what new list member La Nina has to say given her background in > coaching/instructing. > > In the afternoon, a bit of wind picked up and scoured certain > spots......which also deposited fluff in other spots. Birdland stint was a > great place to clinic and Sweep for me was down Quacky. The latter had > some nasty porcelain which is rare for that but also had some nice fluff > down below - beware of the scoured spots! I finished off with lower > Liftline which was surprisingly good. > > Mark P. Renson > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is > brought to you by the University of Vermont. > > To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html > - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - SkiVt-L is brought to you by the University of Vermont. To unsubscribe, visit http://list.uvm.edu/archives/skivt-l.html