Rental and Training 2010

[Erik Troan]

Quite a few of us did go off piste actually, we just didn't bring an
instructor. If you're comfortable with off piste there is plenty of terrain
to play with.

Erik

On Mon, Feb 8, 2010 at 8:03 AM, Andreas Gruenbacher <agruen at suse.de> wrote:

> On Sunday 17 January 2010 01:16:49 Michael K. Johnson wrote:
> > I might be interested in a day of advanced/expert instruction
> > including off-piste, particularly if another relatively aggressive
> > skier would like to share it.  Did anyone take advanced/expert
> > instruction last year?  If so, did you get good technique advice?
>
> I would define advanced as not using the snowplough technique anymore and
> always going parallel. At that scale, judging from the fact that you are
> bringing your own gear, you are probably at the expert level.
>
> We had some true beginners last year who took training for the larger part
> of
> the week, and in addition to that, a few people taking advanced training
> for
> one or two days. The weather was not all that great for going off-piste, so
> nobody took off-piste training IIRC.
>
> Do we have any true beginners again this year?
>
> > Sometimes the instructors know the best under-skied terrain, so
> > I'd be hoping for the instruction to be a combination of technique
> > brush-up and mountain guide.
>
> Yes, that makes sense. How about we decide whether we want to do some off-
> piste based on the weather? A day of ahead notice should usually work.
>
> Cheers,
> Andreas
>
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