 Poster: A snowHead
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stuarth,
Agree with this. I knew a Japanese pro telemarker who could get down an entire large mogul field (a part of which was actually used in World Cup) in about 3 downhill radius turns. Absolutely amazing skier.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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I've noticed that most of the guides I have skied with dislike moguls (and they include a few extreme skiers). I'm much the same, I'm afraid. I don't ski pistes much and when I come to a mogul field I normally go down the chopped-up stuff down the edge or take a steeper line to avoid them.
If you have to ski them, though, the bumps are usually much nicer than the troughs - less scraped and icy.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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the bumps are usually much nicer than the troughs - less scraped and icy.
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More than that, the bumps are also much nicer than the smooth piste nearby, where it's icy and scraped up by 90% of the skiers who went there in order to avoid the bumps. 
Although I'm not an "expert" skier, much less so on bumps. I do perfer the bump field in period of poor snow for the above reason. Or put another way, I "hate" ice even more than bumps.
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abc, well, OK, yes - if that were the case. But normally the bumps are there because most people skied in that area (specifically in the troughs).
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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good point stuarth. i always say that i can't ski moguls, but then i don't really call something a mogul unless it causes me to adjust my skiing style (or lack thereof...). i guess that's a self-fulfilling prophecy? 
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snowball, things is, when the moguls were first formed, they're not icy and not too much harder to ski than non-bump piste of similar pitch. Though I don't have a problem with good skier NOT prefering the bumps.
But by the time they got icy and scraped of all snow, the same would have been the case to the non-bumped up pisted too. So it's the choice between icy bumps vs. even MORE icy smooth piste. It's a personal preference at that point.
Frankly, when snow is poor, it's not much fun to ski at all. On piste, I'm really worried about being hit by out-of-controled skier who're over their head on the smooth piste. Less of an issue on the bump field (they do get slowed/stopped by the bumps even if they're indeed "over their head" literally). Hence my preference.
Off-piste, there're no such thing as moguls since few skiers ski the same line. So it's no surprise off-piste guides don't particularly like moguls.
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Frankly, when snow is poor, it's not much fun to ski at all. |
Harder to ski.
But so much more rewarding.
All my best days have been on the toughest or the day after.
Hmm. Might be the year for a Whiteface gathering.
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| Off-piste, there're no such thing as moguls since few skiers ski the same line. |
This is SO not true in trees.
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| abc wrote: |
| Off-piste, there're no such thing as moguls since few skiers ski the same line. So it's no surprise off-piste guides don't particularly like moguls. |
heh - if only this were true
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This is SO not true in trees.
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Mmmm, I forgot that one.
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Might be the year for a Whiteface gathering.
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Whiteface is about the only place I don't particularly mind skiing the icy steep pitch. Skiers there seem to know what the heck they're doing (at least they DID 10 years back when I last skied there). Can't say I LIKE icy steep runs though.
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