My ski season goal is 25 days out West. I was fortunate this year and and had 30 ski days almost all at Deer Valley UT though I did hit Park City, Alta and Snowbird. This season I also hit the Nastar race course with 27 runs and 16 race days. On their handicap system I was first in my division and age group for IL skiers. I have to break it down to there to come up with an impressive result. Of course my 11 year old daughter Gia beat me straight up in a head-to-head race.
Why is skiing the best family trip/vacation?
- we usually ski as a family almost every day
- where else can you vacation and stay active all day?
- enjoy the best outdoor scenery anywhere and clean air
- work on a skill and actually improve
How do you improve at skiing living in the Mid-West?
- Take a lesson everytime you ski, even if it is only a half day. The best athletes in the world have coaches. If you don't learn the right techniques, you simply ingrain horrible ones that need to be unlearned before you can progress. The best investment you can make.
- sign up for Nastar. The courses are everywhere, not hard, fun and give you a way to benchmark progress.
- go west every year. You can fly to UT on a Friday evening, ski 2 days and be home Sunday night. You can't do that in Colorado.
Oh and Snowbird will probably be open until mid-June this year.
