ski school

I was out to dinner with a friend when I mentioned that I wanted to hit the slopes this weekend. Her daughter stated she wanted to go because she had never gone and mom doesn't ski at all. To make a long story short, I agreed to take her. But here's the catch.. She doesn't want to take a...

Although not ideal from a lesson perspective my wife and my self will be do a road trip style holiday next month with some friends. We're flying into Salt Lake from Australia and are on the Mountain Collective so we'll be doing a couple of days each at Alta, Snowbird, Jackson and Big Sky before...

Here's a topic for some fun discussion. You can close and open your ankles. This movement tilts the lower leg forward or upright, thus moving the knee fore-aft. You can bend your ankles left and right, laterally. This movement tips the boots/skis onto their edges. You can rotate your feet at...

COM = Center of Mass, a point, but not a fixed point since our bodies bend and twist ... it's usually somewhere in the middle of the torso BoS = Base of Support, fancy way of saying the feet, or the foot, or somewhere between the two, depending.... I have some questions about tracking these two...

I first noticed this clinic two years ago and finally pulled the trigger. Mammoth is renowned for its Unbound world-class terrain parks. Main Park, South Park, Wonderland, Forest Trail—I have done many, many laps through them all. Not hitting every feature, not sending it big, just playing...

anyone have any recommendations for some of the better Deer Valley instructors? Looking for someone to really focus on technique for an adult skier.

In another thread, I mentioned that there's a series of drills that I do on the first run of the day. Since that post, I've been asked what my drills were, and the question was answered... but.... I can't be the only one that has a favorite ski routine to warm up. So, what's your favorite...

Can someone recommend alternatives to the ski schools at Heavenly and Northstar? My 11 year old has tried snowboarding last year but this season wants to learn skiing.

I have two kinds of questions about the "rocking horse" movement pattern. The first is historical. --Has the "rocking horse" movement pattern (actively moving under-ski pressure from tip to waist to tail through the turn) ever been openly and publicly promoted by PSIA? By this I mean did PSIA...

This thread is inspired by @TonyPlush's "Mountains with the best ski schools?", in General. That thread has to do with great deals for good lessons. I'd be interested in hearing, from both instructors and students, their experiences with regard to Best Practices at Ski Schools. It can be...

My first skiing experience was a never-ever group lesson at Keystone five years ago. As I've progressed, I find myself curious of what I could get out of a more advanced lesson. What's been your experience with advanced ski lessons? And maybe more importantly, are there any mountains that have...

Money, not edge angle. What’s an appropriate or appreciated tip to an instructor for a full day group lesson?

My son who is 5 absolutely loves skiing after spending a week at Vail last year (he now wants to be a ski instructor when he grows up). He did the group of 4 lessons and by the end of the week he was doing really well and could down greens, had some good little turns, etc. I was pretty...

When a wooded area runs out into an icy, steep, narrow (8 to 12 feet wide) gulley with some rocks and maybe a few downed trees I find the options are to make fast turns or punk out and resort to hockey style maneuvers. Any suggestions for handling this situation safely with more finesse?

First off, I'm very happy to see so many people who made it over here from EpicSki while also bummed that Vail or whoever shut EpicSkidown and didn't let the content be archived or (more realistically) sold to someone else. So much information and resources lost...just like that. Poof! At least...

My 10 and twelve year old kids can ski most of the mountain but they're at me to let them try snowboarding because it looks 'so cool'. I think I will give them a couple of full day lessons when we're in Salt Lake. They will then see if they like it I guess. Would Snowbasin or Snowbird be the...

Hopefully it ok to ask for this and I have asked in the right area. I will be in Park City in February 2018 . I was hoping the ski school would have a multi day lesson program happening then but unfortunately not so. In fact the ski school doesnt offer group lessons above a fairly low level...

This topic has probably been covered before on the forum; if so, I apologize for dredging it up again, and for not being able to find it from a search. What skills and expertise differentiate an advanced skier from an intermediate skier, and an expert skier from an advanced one? These are just...

There are many many variations of this and its now becoming a PSIA exam task. The PSIA is calling for the entire skis to be lifted of the snow. I have always and will always teach this with the tip down. The National Team Member I asked on youtube stated that.... "Holding the entire ski off...

Gold Peak posted this cool shot of Bergie for their cover photo. Just a cool shot of a cool ski instructor and friend of some of our esteemed members. @Weems Westfeldt I bet this made you smile. Cheers to Bergie!