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[Originally posted by Lisamer]:
Skied Mt. Sunapee for the first time today. Having visited, in the short time I've been skiing, mostly larger resorts, it was interesting to see a place that's slightly less commercial, but not archaic in its operations. The place seems to maintain the charm of a ski resort from "days of yore", while providing the amenities of decent snowmaking and lift operation. And since I rarely get fridays off, it was great to be at a place that was practically empty. Conditions weren't too bad for this time of year, especially compared to last season. Maybe a bit hard packed and slightly icy, but hey, were' New Englanders, we can handle it, right?
I wonder if anyone has noticed that when you go out west, there could be someone whose technique is infinitely better than yours, but if they hit an ice patch they try to start turning and controlling everything, rather than just sliding over the darn stuff. I wonde if they do the same thing in their Ford Explorers, when the Firestone tires start to skid a bit?
Mt. Sunapee has an interesting layout. Across the street from the main lodge is the learning area and extremely green bunny trails. But if you go to the top of the main mountain, the only way down is Blue or Black, eventually leading to some greens. At my level, I usually like to warm up on green to practice form and technique, especially since I learned some cool stuff at Keystone in November, having worked with a teaching Maestro. I had been told that Sunapees Blues are easier than some of Sunday River's greens, so I wasn't too agitated.So my husband looks at the trail map and says "lets go down this way" and I being a "stand by your man" wife {kidding} simply follow, without reading the actual trail markers.
Well, the trail began with one of those steep things that I'm just not great at, feels like your skiing inside a ketchup bottle that's being held over a cliff. I really have to work on short radius turns this year. I started to focus on the feeling of "falling into the turn" but there was no way that was going to happen, and I thought, "man if this is an easy blue I'm in big trouble!". So I found myself doing "survival skiing" most stems, which, I don't care what John Fry says, are NOT okay, with a few ghastly wedges, thrown in. Well, at least I stayed upright and on my skis. At the bottom of the trail segment my husband was waiting for me with a look on his face that my greyhound uses when she's caught eating the cat food. "Oops !" he says. What do you mean "oops' says I??? He says "I read the trail map wrong, that was a BLACK!" She says "Damn!"
After awhile, things opened up a bit, and I did manage to get a few carves done with decent form, still nowhere near the needed 1,000 correct reps needed to change a habit.
Mark {my DH} had some interesting observations about my skiing preferences. Having learned to ski mostly at Sunday River, where the trails are wider, and follow the fall line, I don't do very well on narrow winding trails. So here I am a New Englander, who dosen't really do well at classic New England Skiing. Guess I BETTER work on those short radius turns!
Skied Mt. Sunapee for the first time today. Having visited, in the short time I've been skiing, mostly larger resorts, it was interesting to see a place that's slightly less commercial, but not archaic in its operations. The place seems to maintain the charm of a ski resort from "days of yore", while providing the amenities of decent snowmaking and lift operation. And since I rarely get fridays off, it was great to be at a place that was practically empty. Conditions weren't too bad for this time of year, especially compared to last season. Maybe a bit hard packed and slightly icy, but hey, were' New Englanders, we can handle it, right?
I wonder if anyone has noticed that when you go out west, there could be someone whose technique is infinitely better than yours, but if they hit an ice patch they try to start turning and controlling everything, rather than just sliding over the darn stuff. I wonde if they do the same thing in their Ford Explorers, when the Firestone tires start to skid a bit?
Mt. Sunapee has an interesting layout. Across the street from the main lodge is the learning area and extremely green bunny trails. But if you go to the top of the main mountain, the only way down is Blue or Black, eventually leading to some greens. At my level, I usually like to warm up on green to practice form and technique, especially since I learned some cool stuff at Keystone in November, having worked with a teaching Maestro. I had been told that Sunapees Blues are easier than some of Sunday River's greens, so I wasn't too agitated.So my husband looks at the trail map and says "lets go down this way" and I being a "stand by your man" wife {kidding} simply follow, without reading the actual trail markers.
Well, the trail began with one of those steep things that I'm just not great at, feels like your skiing inside a ketchup bottle that's being held over a cliff. I really have to work on short radius turns this year. I started to focus on the feeling of "falling into the turn" but there was no way that was going to happen, and I thought, "man if this is an easy blue I'm in big trouble!". So I found myself doing "survival skiing" most stems, which, I don't care what John Fry says, are NOT okay, with a few ghastly wedges, thrown in. Well, at least I stayed upright and on my skis. At the bottom of the trail segment my husband was waiting for me with a look on his face that my greyhound uses when she's caught eating the cat food. "Oops !" he says. What do you mean "oops' says I??? He says "I read the trail map wrong, that was a BLACK!" She says "Damn!"
After awhile, things opened up a bit, and I did manage to get a few carves done with decent form, still nowhere near the needed 1,000 correct reps needed to change a habit.
Mark {my DH} had some interesting observations about my skiing preferences. Having learned to ski mostly at Sunday River, where the trails are wider, and follow the fall line, I don't do very well on narrow winding trails. So here I am a New Englander, who dosen't really do well at classic New England Skiing. Guess I BETTER work on those short radius turns!
