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Easiski Summer Ski Clinic 24/25 June
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Thought I'd start a new thread rather than post the photos in Easiski's interseason thread.
I popped over last weekend for a bit of glacier skiing and some lessons from Easiski. I find this a good thing to do. During the winter, if the snow's good (or even if isn't that good) I'd rather be haring around the ski area doing my own thing than having a lesson (sorry, but it's true
). In summer, when the ski area is much more limited, it's an ideal time to work on my technique and have a few technical thoughts to take into the next season.
This year, we were working on slowing down my turn initiation and getting my hips in the right place so that there wasn't too much separation of the uphill and downhill skis (ie the tips of both are reasonably level rather than the uphill one being miles further in front). Took a bit of work, but I think we were getting there in the end. We did have to resort to the hateful traverse on the uphill ski exercise though...
This was broken up by a little off piste adventure down to 2600m. We found quite a lot of good snow and it was rewarding seeing the tracks still there the day after. Probably last tracks of the year!
Also got to do the Snowheads wall at last. It was fun, but a bit of an illustration of how things can look much steeper looked at head on than they are when you're actually on them....
Here are a few photos:
First bit of our off-piste route:
Easiski a bit lower down
At the top of the gulley
Looking back up the gulley - you can just about make out our tracks
Last pitch before the walk to 2600m - nice spring snow and nice tracks!
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Arno
, Lovely pix! Go on - you know you're a sucker for the uphill ski.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
"The best conditions could be found on the upper slopes"
Excellent photos
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Smokin Joe
, au contraire - the very best snow were those last few turns right down at 2,600m!!!
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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Nice pics
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). In summer, when the ski area is much more limited, it's an ideal time to work on my technique and have a few technical thoughts to take into the next season.
