Beginner Skier Archives - Page 11 of 12

Lorna, Mary H, Liam 3

Another day of heavy weather – high winds and snowing with a slow opening of the mountain. Fortunately everyone was[…]

Inclement weather is an ideal time to spend doing the more tedious exercises that despite being extremely important might otherwise[…]

All three in the group have learned to ski previously with standard snowplough progressions and the use of statics. Today’s[…]

Alp’s first run of the day today was all the way from the Col de Fresse down to La Daille[…]

Today was mainly consolidation from yesterday but it was also time to move on to preparing Alp for steeper terrain.[…]

Alp has a funny solution to picking up too much speed – the legs/skis go as wide apart as possible.[…]

Sorry – no video today – pushed the wrong button when filming – and it’s a shame because it would[…]

Breakthrough day today! Yesterday’s work was clearly coming through from the start today. First run (blue piste) was assisted, second[…]

…and then there were two! All the ladies have vanished already! Fair enough – Appy’s daughter has a mild gastro[…]

The beginner’s exercises and explanations can be found along with demos at this location Beginners Everyone in the group had[…]