realskiers

As for that day at Magic...challenging terrain laps were all that was available, I would have been happy to mix in some groomer recovery runs if they had been available!  Magic with snow is pretty special (If I recall, on a powder Sunday the only other person we saw in the lift line all day was you!  ).

That day at Magic was GOLD (and a couple others that season were, too).  I had a blast with you guys.

Glen has come to the meetups since I told him about them, so if you can squeeze out a weekend one of these years, it'd be a good opportunity to meet him and get an idea of what in-person PMTS instruction is like.  The meetup is casual and not like a full-on workshop or anything, but I think it'd be enough to give you an idea.


Josh, the trails at the 'bush this weekend didn't seem too crowded to me; it was mostly the liftlines that were longer than I'm used to at times.  There were a few unguided missiles about, but not too many.  I'm a bit spoiled on this count by doing most of my skiing at Waterville Valley, where there's no speed limit and a ton of racers.  The folks passing me are usually on GS skis and know very well how to use them, so it's up to me to avoid the out-of-control people as I pass them, which works fine.  On the rare days when the out-of-control straightliners show up, I move to trails they can't straightline or head in.  I'm not looking to get hurt, either.

I think if I tried to ski the stuff you enjoy, I'd probably wreck your toboggan statistics, so I'll stay away.    I enjoy some more open glades, but skiing through bushes and stuff isn't really my thing.  I'd try to follow you down whatever if we were skiing together, but I'm typically more interested in bigger turns and higher speeds.  Maybe I was born on the wrong coast.