first tracks: toolbox Powder turn the Utah


If you can take a deep breath and make some simple changes to your groomer skiing technique, you too will be able to enjoy the sublime sensation that is powder skiing. Controlling your turn from your thighs and letting your feet follow is key to success. Also remember to move subtly, keep your hands forward, slightly narrow your stance and turn both feet simultaneously. Let’s break it down with the four key stages of the turn:


1 Initiation


Keep your hands out front, narrow your stance to a fist’s distance apart and start traversing the hill. Subtly bounce up and down in preparation of the turn. Turn your feet down the hill with the energy coming from your thighs.


2 Shaping the Turn


Pressure your outside ski slightly more than your inside ski, guide/ turn your feet (from your thighs) through the turn and straight down the fall line as you extend your legs.


3 Control


Continue to guide/turn your skis as you shape the bottom of the turn. Here your legs are starting to compress as your feet and knees are underneath you; hands, eyes, shoulders and hips should be facing down the hill.


4 “Finitiation”


You are almost back to stage one and the start of your next turn. Begin to unweight your skis and roll your energy into a new turn.


—GABE GLOSBAND


tips up!


Brighton Resort’s Dain Craig is not only a certified PSIA ski instructor but he also teaches ski instructors how to teach. Craig’s stellar attitude, coupled with his dynamic teaching style, rewarded him with the title of Trainer of the Year at Brighton Resort for 2011–12. Here, Craig gives us the 4-1-1 on how to make turns in Utah’s powder.


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There is a reason why the Rossignol S7 and S7W are the official skis of Utah. If the forecast calls for deep snow during your stay, renting the proper equipment will easily improve your powder prowess.


For more tips on skiing The Greatest Snow on Earth, visit skiutah.com/toolbox.


CHRIS PEARSON


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