Whats your skill level?

[ftrain]

I skiied Left Gully, Chute, and the Lip. I saw a person jump the ice fall and land it. I have also had a enitre family ski by me once like they were on a green. That was inspiring and puts a reality check on how much further I can develop.

 

[JimG.]

puts a reality check on how much further I can develop.

Tucks is the place for reality checks. I've seen some crazy stuff up there, on and off skis.

 

[dmc]

I skiied Left Gully, Chute, and the Lip. I saw a person jump the ice fall and land it. I have also had a enitre family ski by me once like they were on a green. That was inspiring and puts a reality check on how much further I can develop.

If you can ski the Chute or the Lip... I wouldnt worry about your skills...

 

[dmc]

I would say from the choices that we are actually advanced. Used to think we were high intermediates. Just this weekend, we were skiing blacks all day, fresh groomed and late day scraped. More fun fresh groomed, obviously. Double blacks challenge us and we need good conditions to do them. Back country is out of bounds for us, as are steep bumps.

Sounds about right...


Backcountry is a pretty broad term...
I'm not convinced it's a good measure of ability... In the Catskills we ride some not so steep terrain with tons of trees and small cliffbands... At Jackson Hole we climb ridges and drop cutes...
Tuckermans... Can be lots of things... Mellow - crazy - really crazy... Whatever you want...
Hiking in colorado - you can ski awesome chutes in to the summer...

So it's a little bit of everything... Some place you have to count on everything happening.. Cause it can... Others.... Not so much...
Skiing skills are important - but maybe not as important as route finding, first aid... Basic winter camping skills...

sorry - rambling...

 

[rotorite86]

I selected advanced based on those choices, because I am not very knowledgable of BC.

 

[RossiSkier]

I have been humbled by the Tree People. But I have re-grouped and re-tooled and will be ready for them next time.

 

[thetrailboss]

Expert. Can handle almost anything and have done lots of snowshoeing/winter camping.

 

[hammer]

Bump...newer members please chime in...

I've definitely plateaued and awaiting breakthoughs but unfortunately due to other activities I don't think I'll get out as much next winter. Just need to figure out how to make the best of each trip...

 

[Greg]

Based on your choices, I would say "advanced". I don't have a problem with any groomed blacks, but I still struggle a bit on natural terrain or steep bumps. I am however drawn to moguls and I am improving. Not much of a tree skier yet, and I've never BC'ed.

Still lower-mid advanced. Made a lot of progress in the bumps the past few seasons, but I still have a long way to go. Been in the trees a lot more the past few seasons though. I can ski most on map stuff I've done with little trouble. Not always graceful, but I survive.

 

[bvibert]

I guess I never responded to this thread back in the day, though I did vote (don't remember for what)..

Anyway, I'm in the advanced category. On the low side.

 

[Warp Daddy]

Im' Advanced till about noon then i morph into Intermediate mode

 

[Trekchick]

Ok how about levels?


Level 1:Ski or ride anything in or out of bounds,lots of BC experence.

Level 2 : Ski or ride anything in or out of bounds.

Level 3 : Ok at skiing bumps,trees,steeps but blues are to easy.

Level 4: Blue and some Groomed blacks not yet ready for bumps and trees in the blacks.

Level 5: Green and some blue.

Level 6: Green and having fun.

Is this better?

These levels are fine, but I'd like to correct your grammar.
Shall I get out my school marm outfit?

I voted Advanced.
When I hit the slopes I'm more likely to head straight for difficult blues or blacks for warm up, and stay on blacks for the most part. I've fancied myself as a solid 7 for the past few years, with bumps keeping me from feeling like I had progressed to an 8, but a coach, and dteamer with whom I ski from time to time asked me, "Trek, why do you keep saying your a 7? You need to improve in some areas of being an 8 but you're definitely an 8"
That felt pretty good!

 

[kcyanks1]

I put advanced, because I have limited backcountry experience. I've done some slack country like the Chin at Stowe, and I've done the Slides at Whiteface, and I did some gated, inbounds hike-to terrain at Jackson (Headwall, Casper Bowl, Craggs), but I have no backcounry training. I ski the expert stuff at pretty much every place I've been to (one exception being that I haven't made it down Corbet's yet at Jackson), but am do not have "[f]ull knowledge of backcountry."

 

[billski]

I'm Advanced and declining
we need a category between advanced and expert. maybe "getting there" where we have limited BC knowledge and bumble through the woods without getting lost or killed.

 

[GrilledSteezeSandwich]

By this poll I would consider myself advanced..I can ski expert terrain in the west proficiently but I do not have any avalanche training or backcountry survival skills. An instructor would pick out flaws with where my hands are and that I don't make enough slow and deliberate turns. I strongly believe that only 1 percent or less skiers are true expert skiers...most who think they are experts are really advanced and most who think they are advanced are really intermediates. There have been so many times where I've met people on the internet or the chairlift who talked the talk but when they hit difficult terrain and conditions..they hacked their way down. Being a true expert skier means you can handle any type of condition with steeze...breakable crust..windslab..ice..crud..slush..powder..and whatnot..

 

[Moe Ghoul]

There isn't a whole lotta dif between 1 and 2, so I'd say I'm a 2.5-3, sans any air over 4 feet or park tricks. I like terra firma and so does L5-S1.

 

[trtaylor]

I voted Intermediate. Goal is to be able to vote Advanced in 09. Groomed blacks not a problem, but I still struggle in bumps.

 

[LonghornSkier]

I voted advanced, I can ski nearly anything groomed and am ok in bumps and pretty good in trees and powder. No backcountry experience.