promotes an environment of unbridled sharing.” I participated in a clinic Greg
Dixon from Oregon’s Mt. Bachelor called, “Variations in Pressure Application.” T e most engaging element of his clinic was his application of the guided-discovery teaching
style, in which he off ered an image and asked us to “ski it.” We each skied a few wobbly experiments trying to ‘ski like a hovercraft, a speed boat, and a submarine’ and then, after we gained a bit more confi dence and played with the possibilities, we discussed how these various skiing styles might be tactically useful. T e session was a great way to open a technical box in search of advantages. It’s defi nitely something I’ll steal for my own teaching.
IN A FOG, AND LOVING EVERY MINUTE T e social on the tailgates at Alta on Friday was a bit wet but no one was eager to leave the Norwegian-themed food and drinks, including aquavit, salmon, chocolate, and Gjeitost. T e Japanese contingent returned with their very popular tele-rolls – an evening of make-your-own-sushi rolls with plenty of wasabi and sake. Mickey Stone said he would long remember the last day at
Alta and the foot of new snow. In the afternoon, he went out the high traverse with his Tactics/Technique for Conditions du Jour group, along with groups led by Jim Shaw and Greg Dixon. With plenty of teamwork, they safely tiptoed through and scrambled over rocks to gain the ridge; all in fog so thick you could barely see 10 feet. But the reward was a classic mountain adventure. John Tidd, an Eastern Division examiner in his late sixties, spent an afternoon with me and, during a little snow squall on the Collins Chair, told me, “All these years of teaching, I still fi nd my joy dancing with gravity.” His point was that when the fl ow and movement are right in a turn, we stop defending against gravity and move with it instead. We went back for a few extra laps in the cold, dry bumps in the trees on the last steep pitch under that chair – and he may have out-danced me before the day was out. “I’d love to see the event move around and I’d love to see it
grow,” Scott McGee told me. He said plans are in motion for the next InterTele, perhaps in Livigno, Italy, in combination with the 21th
annual LaSkieda, a week-long telemark festival that attracts
more than 1,500 telemark skiers for clinics, races, touring, and, of course, festivities. Stay tuned for details about InterTele 2017.
Tim Sattelmeier is a Level III telemark and alpine instructor and trainer at Park City, Utah. With almost three decades teaching, he is now learning from his own two little boys. Email:
tskiraft@gmail.com
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