Ron, I don't know why you are so focused on groomers?? 
With those big, fat babies of yours, you should have no problem.
? umm, no... groomers and technique for that matter are definitely not my focus, I'll ski a groomer if it's soft if that's all I have, but I'll take frozen crud and bramble before them for the most part.? This kind of stuff is just the source of my entertainment when not out on the mountain it was just a joke about steeps but being ungroomed.? BIg Sky has some serious terrain off of Lone Peak that can approach 55 degrees with many runs that are cliffed out.? One day I'll be there, not quite yet, I don' think I coud ski 55 degrees with confidence (and not pissing my pants!). To me that's skiing. The best runs are the ones you are little scared or nervous about getting into. When you enter into a chute or tight steep trees and realize, there's no going back, you gotta turn the brain off and ski it reading the line, using different skills without really thinking about it, part skiing, part mountaineering; that's my idea of fun.? Phil took us in to a 10- yard opening in the trees off of Bivouac it was sick steep & deep, you couldn't see down the line with a blind 5' drop a 1/3 way down (we discovered) it was the best run of the week. At the bottom you look back up and say, way cool, that wasn't so bad, what's next!? That's my focus!? Here's what its about!? Steambaot dec 24th, merry Crhistmas...
I love that beautiful blurry line where one's technical and tactical skier come together to let it all go and say Whooooo Hooooo!!
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