The Bubbas got here yesterday and we've been cruising the groomers with them the last two days. It's been a lot of fun. Chris, Eric, and even Paul are skiing much better this year. Paul has decent angulation with his lower body and even some separation between upper body and lower body. Last year every part of his body faced the direction his skis were travelling, but this year his shoulders stay more in the fall line. Yesterday when we skied PaintBrush to Toilet Bowl (double diamond and single diamond), Chris looked longingly from the cat track, but listened to his mom and skied around on the easy trail to meet us below. The third time we went that way, Chris went with us and skied in control down Toilet Bowl. Today he and Eric both did Bernie's Bowl and Chris did Ten Sleep and Cirque.
There has been no snow since Monday so we ski the groomers and some north facing slopes until the afternoon when the sun has softened up the trails. These bluebird days make for beautiful vistas and it's nice to hang out in the warm weather, but the snow is either crunchy or slushy, so I don't feel an urgency to get in a lot of runs. Today we sat on the snow at the top of Rendezvous Bowl and watched the paragliders lay out their sails and then fill them with air and run right off the side of the mountain. Several of them had tandem harnesses and were offering rides. I asked if they were looking for a volunteer, but when I learned a 30 minute ride cost $195, I decided to ski down instead.
I've used these last couple of days to work on my technique. I'm trying to slice a clean arc through the snow with the edge of my ski instead of letting it slide or chatter. I'm finally experiencing the effect of getting the hip angulation that Lever was trying to teach me the last couple of years. It's a bit scary because when I get the skis up on their edges I go a lot faster.
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