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Show aME 1 i .,.:. . .. .. ' They say that it is harder to fall down, when the snow is fresh and unpacked. I think that the softer snow just cushions the fall. Until the snow fell this past Monday, I felt that no matter where you fell it was hard. : This weekend, while skiing at Deer Valley, I found out the hard way that the ice monsters were out in force. It was the shadowy side of the slope, on a very groomed trail. Very cautiously we were headed down the slope. Our ears listening to the sharp scrape of the edges on the snow. Suddenly, it was as if the world had slipped out from under me. The snow, packed, had turned into a sheet of ice. Like a beginner on Ice Skates, the skis went out from under me and suddenly there I was, sprawled out, flat on my back, sliding down the ice. What do you do in a situation like this? How do you control the skis on the subject of skiing, and this is the response I was given. . Avoid carving when you approach ice. Chewing at the ice with your edges only makes the work hard on your legs. Also, check into the plotting of your run downhill. It is hard to see an icy patch, but, when looking down the hill, you can spot places where ice may occur. . After skiing on ice for a day, it is important that you sharpen the edges of your skis. |