Thanks for the advice, all!
- From: Joyce Reynolds-Ward <jrw@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Sun, 15 Apr 2007 19:11:16 -0800
I did end up buying yesterday, and found a sweet little package that
works nicely for me. Salomon Siam 5 skis with Ellipse boots, looked
and felt right in the shop, serious end-of-season clearance package,
ended up buying a good helmet with audio speakers (now I just need to
get the player to plug the helmet into!).
Went up on Timberline to try them out today, courtesy of a free ticket
from a friend who'd bought one for someone else who didn't use it. I
got started, wimped around on Bruno for a couple of runs to get the
feel, then went off to Pucci/Westleg, then skied the Mile all the way
down to the bottom of Pucci by way of Westleg Road four times.
Lovely. The only time I really had problems getting my tails over
were skill-level issues, not strength issues. I had good control and
started figuring out what tires me skiing the Mile and started working
on chaining my turns better rather than braking, forward, braking,
forward. I was definitely skiing faster with better control over what
I was doing.
Snow was nice. Fresh snow all week, several inches yesterday, was 30
degrees by my Subaru's temperature gauge when I got there. I skiied
until 3:30 and it was still around 35 degrees when I left. The
Mountain was sunny but socked in with clouds below. We had several
instances of sunshine and snow. A lot of people were there, judging
by the parking lot, but the slopes weren't bad (many were over on the
terrain features or on Palmer).
I'm quite pleased with what I got. Thanks for the tips.
jrw
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