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With the success of my first 30-second ski lesson, I am adding another lesson to the series. The biggest difference you can make in your skiing happens before you snap into your boots—in fact it happens before you even go up the mountain. Most skiers don’t realize you ski from your feet up.
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I’ve written a popular blog post on the 5 Mistakes Parents Make Teaching Their Kids to Ski. I figured it would be helpful to also give you tips on what to do right. Let’s face it, careening down the mountain yelling at your little one, “Pizza,” probably isn’t getting you very far. Use these tips to improve your kid’s ski day.
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I’m rather embarrassed by this but I feel it’s important for others to learn from my mistakes. In mid-May, I hiked in the beautiful but very remote Needles District of Canyonlands National Park. Unfortunately, my backpacking trip ended with a helicopter ride out due to heatstroke.
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As I was the slowest member of my team, this post won’t be tricks on how to train better (other than starting to train more than four weeks out, my bad). This post will, however, have little tips and tricks to survive your first RAGNAR and not die in the darkness on the trail and have some fun.
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You’ve learned how to ski—or at least get down the mountain in once piece—but there are a few things that you’ll spend years figuring out. And some things you never figure out at all. From getting the right gear to the actual skiing, these tips will help you ski better and have a more fun day.
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Some people might tell you how to learn to ski as an adult is just as easy as learning as a kid. Those people are wrong—and probably learned to ski as a kid and have no idea how tricky it is. As a former instructor and someone who learned as an adult, I’m in a special position to help all you new skiers.
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Lots of books will teach you how to build a fire, but not all survival scenarios can be prepared for. These books talk more about the psychological aspect of survival. I’ve listed the top tips from each and how each one has or could save me. Apparently, I’m ripe for dying based on some psychological factors I’m working to fix.
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It never occurred to me to hike in the winter before COVID shut the resorts down. As a part-time ski instructor, all my free time was claimed by skiing. Without that I was at a loss as to what to do with my Saturdays. Desperate to enjoy the outdoors but without the crowds, I discovered winter hiking.
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There is one skill in skiing that if you can master it, you’ll be skiing the entire mountain and all the terrain in no time. Of course, as simple as the concept is to understand it’s much harder to perfect. Take thirty seconds in your ski day to improve you ski skills by doing one of the following easy drills:
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As a ski instructor, I have a first row seat to parents teaching their kids to ski and the chaos that entails. I also get a lot of those same kids the next day when the parents realize they’re in over their heads. Even if you intend to put your kids in ski school for most days, these ski tips will help the time they ski with you.
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