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    Yeah I'm not sure either but they're the experts and I guess it has a purpose since we spent a few minutes on it. I guess my takeaway from that was to use less edge on short radius turns and keep the skis relatively flatter...???
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    He had me stand on a bump so the front and rear of the skis were off the ground, and then move the ski in the same motion as a windshield wiper. I think this was to demonstrate that short radius turns are done in that manner, and that it's easier to make turns on top of moguls if you do that. Still not sure how to translate it into my skiing but it was a good concept to understand.
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    Yeah you were right. I guess I'm not actually carving yet. The lesson was about parallel skiing fundamentals and criticisms, and working on ungroomed terrain.
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    I only fell one time here on Upper Smugglers because it was out of my league at the time. Deep moguls, narrow, and steep. It was more of an "oh shit" fall rather than accidental, because I thought I was going to collide with someone or just get out of control, don't really remember. Leaned back a little too far the last Chin Chip run and felt like I was going to tear my ACL or something, since that's always in the back of my mind when I'm skiing. I recovered from that and then did better on that run.
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    I got a brownie with ice cream also. Mussels were $14 a little overpriced but to be expected on the top of the mountain at a fancy ski resort.
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    Lesson Report: Overall, I think the lesson was helpful. There was only 1 other person in my group, so it was basically the same as a private lesson without the cost. The instructor was very knowledgeable and gave me good criticism. I think the main things I need to work on are: Consistently staying forward throughout both the turn and whole run. He compared to proper position to an "athletic stance", like how a person stands while playing tennis. I already knew I ski in the backseat and Atomic mentioned that, so I think I need to work on this more than anything else. Pole planting earlier. I had no idea that I was pole planting too late into the turn. Stop pushing my heal out. He said I am making mini hockey stop like motions in some of my turns, but not always. I'm still trying to figure out when exactly I'm doing this, and am not sure how to correct it other than by making more gradual turns. These habits are ingrained in my skiing from doing them repeatedly without knowing any better, so it will take a lot of time and conscious effort to fix them. I would have benefited from taking a lesson sooner, but was stubborn until I realized that I could use a few pointers because my skiing seems to have somewhat plateaued this year, although I definitely think I've improved somewhat compared to last season. Ungroomed terrain is my biggest weakness in skiing because I don't have a lot of opportunities to practice it regularly. We took a run down Chin Chip, and I was struggling and felt out of control at first. Then the instructor recommended I stop trying to bomb down ungroomed runs, and instead go back to basics and traverse the slope until I feel more comfortable. Doing that helped, and I started pole planting on top of the moguls. I found it helpful to look forward to the point where I want to pole plant to make the turn. After a few minutes I felt somewhat more comfortable in soft moguls and this helped later in the day when I returned to Chin Chip. The other thing he demonstrated is turning the ski on a flat surface to help make short radius turns. I'm still trying to figure this out because I feel that my turns are too wide, and I have a difficult time making short radius turns on steep slopes. I asked a bazillion questions, such as "am I leaning into the turns too much", but he told me to focus on the things above for now which I think is good advice.
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    Here you go! Criticize away!
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    Ordered wings and Stromboli on Sunday night and took it back to the room because I was tired and wanted to watch the world series. Maybe I'll go there tonight and eat in. The food was really good. Looking for a cheap meal because I just spent $60 on new gloves, $94 on another ticket, and $35 on lunch. It makes me a little nauseous writing those out.
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    I agree. The run down Easy Mile was boring and wasn't worth the 15 minute lift ride. I did Easy Mile because after doing full Toll Road I took the lift and saw a lot of untracked. Now I know why it's untracked down there at 3 pm because it sucks and seems to just be a way to get to the main trails from Toll House. Regardless, glad I did that area once just to check it out. I like skiing the whole mountain and also enjoy the long trails once in a while, like Toll Road and Great Eastern. It's relaxing just cruising and enjoying the scenery for over 10 minutes.
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    I'll do two reports today: one lesson report and one general report which excludes lesson details. I made that run once with the instructor. I was going to ski it top to bottom the last run but they closed the lower half, so I exited and took Gondolier the rest of the way.
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    Ended the day with 29,190 ft. I just got a text from JF Dan saying "woah dude, sweet RTMs" and also that he'd be devastated if I quit this site. So I'll update my stats, even those 2 sessions at Seven Springs and Camelback although I don't really consider those skiing, but I did make it down the runs without falling.
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    Wow, a gold star AND a recommended post both in one day! I'm well on my way to some day being 1/8 as popular as GrilledSteezeSandwich.
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    Stuck on the gondoobie. Over 27k but I pissed around in The toll house area for a few runs and that lift is so dang slow. Plus my lesson but still a great day. Just about to hit Chin Clip and see if I want to try Moguls anymore, if not I'll hit one of the 2 exits and run Gondalier.
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    current view at restaurant
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    Uh oh just realized Thursday is going to be rough. I might have to skip the free breakfast to get all the powder. Maybe ill look for a grocery store and just buy a 6 pack of granola bars and eat all 6 on Thursday morning. The cool thing here is the lifts open at different times so if I plan well I can get 3 deep untracked powder runs at least
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    Yeah I'm on vacation and I don't feel like stressing over the drive Thursday morning. The roads will be fine by Thursday afternoon to get to Rutland and maybe I'll stay an extra night and ski Killington Saturday, and if it gets crowded I may try Pico instead since I hear that never gets too crowded. My passes are good for any day and are direct to lift, but hard to sell because theres no way for the buyer to verify they haven't been used
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    Mussels bread and ice water
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    Just bought another ticket for Thursday lol. This mountain is so big I feel like ive still only scratched the surface. Had Such an epic untracked run down gondalier that I need to do that again. Currently eating at the top of the Gondola restaurant. Going bankrupt from this trip and now Trump has made my portfolio worthless.
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    ok. Just wrapped up. Report to come later. He didn't tell me to quit skiing so that's cool. He told me I ask a lot of questions and called my skis "narrow", but he was a good dude and I think It was helpful. I'll post the video on YouTube that he took of me skiing but only if JF Dan or Toast text me to tell me my RTMs are rad.
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    Rode the lift with a lady from Texas who said she was bored at Stowe because she normally skis Colorado. She said the mountains are too small. Bah this place is like Verbier compared to anything in PA.
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    I hope so. Since all chairs at Killington open at 9 I should have no problem making first chair since I plan to skip the hotel's free breakfast that day. Maybe I'll stop at McDoodles for a McMuffin.
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    Stowe. I get the night free so this is a difficult call.
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    Thanks Ghoul for your words of encouragement. Hit me up if you decide to come back over the mountain Wednesday. Hope the snow doesn't stop me from getting to Killington Thursday Because I need to use my 2 nonrefundable passes. :S
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    Steeze did you ever meet the hot dog lady from Burlington???
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    Yep I will get them to harshly criticize everything about my form.
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