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Has skiing become too easy? Can it 'ignite the flames of passion'?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Well I still find plenty of challenges off piste - difficult snow and steep gulleys - although injury rates have gone down I'm still risking my joints and sometimes my life on the bet I can keep control.
There is a place for groomed pistes but I think far too many pistes are groomed. Certainly I don't think the buldozer should be used to reshape the mountain - that is the thing which makes slopes all the same and characterless. In Europe the lower slopes are (or were) mostly natural meadows - but I gather most American ski glades are man made by cutting down trees - they wouldn't have much skiing below the tree line if they didn't.
I can't see what's wrong with making skiing more accessible with better equipment. It was OK for a few with the time and money to master the old skis but most never experienced the pleasures which access to most of the mountain allows in a relatively short time. If you want challenge go off piste. But if we really want challenge above all why is there such joy amoung experts when the fresh powder covers up the breakable crust?
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