Where Are You In The Pack?

kingdom-tele · Aug 28, 2007, 8:46 AM

the pack is usually three, we have developed a rotating order in tight chutes and ravines, otherwise we spread out so everyone gets fresh tracks

Bob R · Aug 28, 2007, 8:49 AM

I start out in front cause I have no patience and then everyone blows by me.

tjf67 · Aug 28, 2007, 9:04 AM

I like taking turns. I like to follow for a while. When i get bored with what the person in front of me is skiing I will take off in front. It gets real fun when I am out with a couple of buds that can rip. There are three of us that can really do some damage to each other. Those are the days i remember most. It hard to get together on a consistant basis because of schedules.

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Aug 28, 2007, 9:24 AM

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Originally Posted by highpeaksdrifter

When skiing with a group of skiers with relatively equal skills, who you ski with often, at a mountain that you all know well, where are you most comfortable in the pack. Out front, somewhere in the middle or bringing up the rear.

I like to be out front or close to it.

I ski faster than almost everybody I know so I get right to the front and usually wait several seconds down at the liftline. When I ski with my buddy Tom at Jackson Hole..I stop every 1,000 vert or so to give him a chance to catch up. I hate being in the rear because I get snow blown in my face from peoples twin-tips..

MRGisevil · Aug 28, 2007, 10:51 AM

The only people I have to ski with on a regular basis are beginners so I am usually bringing up the rear, making sure noone yard sales, or up in front making snow angels while I wait

OldsnowboarderME · Aug 28, 2007, 10:59 AM

99.9% of the time I am riding alone but I probably would want to be further back if in a pack so I could run my own line without the worry of cutting somebody off.

eastcoastpowderhound · Aug 28, 2007, 1:57 PM

in front...unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes. Actually its more a matter of turn shape...I'm usually making bigger, higher speed turns while others in the posse like the thigh burners. I'll jump into the congo line every once and a while...just to mix it up and make some short turns.

GrilledSteezeSandwich · Aug 28, 2007, 2:55 PM

I like to use little kids as Slalom gates because they don't complain...lol

mattchuck2 · Aug 28, 2007, 3:15 PM

I try not to ski in groups of more than 3 or 4 people when freeskiing.

And I'm usually in the front, mostly because the people I ski with are indecisive stoners who can't pick a trail without talking about it for 3 minutes.

lloyd braun · Aug 28, 2007, 5:26 PM

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Originally Posted by mattchuck2

Imostly because the people I ski with are indecisive stoners who can't pick a trail without talking about it for 3 minutes.

isn't that what the lift is for?

Aug 28, 2007, 8:49 AM	#12 (permalink)
Bob R Sunday River Feb 27 2008 Join Date: Oct 2004 Location: Nashua NH, Campton NH, Sunday River Posts: 6,704	I start out in front cause I have no patience and then everyone blows by me. __________________ Skiing is my addiction. Need a condo in the southern White mountain region?.

Aug 28, 2007, 10:51 AM	#15 (permalink)
MRGisevil Join Date: Jan 2007 Location: Westfield, MA Posts: 1,273	The only people I have to ski with on a regular basis are beginners so I am usually bringing up the rear, making sure noone yard sales, or up in front making snow angels while I wait __________________ "The following 'ha ha' is not from amusement but in expression of contempt. HA HA!" -Nelson Muntz

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OldsnowboarderME 2 1/2 year old with too much time on his hands Join Date: Dec 2005 Location: Kittery Maine Posts: 2,768	99.9% of the time I am riding alone but I probably would want to be further back if in a pack so I could run my own line without the worry of cutting somebody off. __________________ Jerry

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Aug 28, 2007, 8:46 AM	#11 (permalink)
kingdom-tele Join Date: Mar 2006 Posts: 156	the pack is usually three, we have developed a rotating order in tight chutes and ravines, otherwise we spread out so everyone gets fresh tracks

Aug 28, 2007, 9:04 AM	#13 (permalink)
tjf67 Join Date: Sep 2006 Location: L.P. Posts: 818	I like taking turns. I like to follow for a while. When i get bored with what the person in front of me is skiing I will take off in front. It gets real fun when I am out with a couple of buds that can rip. There are three of us that can really do some damage to each other. Those are the days i remember most. It hard to get together on a consistant basis because of schedules.

Aug 28, 2007, 1:57 PM	#17 (permalink)
eastcoastpowderhound Best day, 2/15/08 Solitude, UT Join Date: Jun 2007 Location: new hampster Posts: 581	in front...unless you're the lead dog, the scenery never changes. Actually its more a matter of turn shape...I'm usually making bigger, higher speed turns while others in the posse like the thigh burners. I'll jump into the congo line every once and a while...just to mix it up and make some short turns.

Aug 28, 2007, 2:55 PM	#18 (permalink)
GrilledSteezeSandwich Join Date: Aug 2007 Posts: 7,146	I like to use little kids as Slalom gates because they don't complain...lol

Aug 28, 2007, 3:15 PM	#19 (permalink)
mattchuck2 Join Date: Oct 2005 Location: Clifton Park, NY Posts: 577	I try not to ski in groups of more than 3 or 4 people when freeskiing. And I'm usually in the front, mostly because the people I ski with are indecisive stoners who can't pick a trail without talking about it for 3 minutes.