We all met up at the Holiday Inn at 830 am for the ski
clinics. We started by
watching some excellent classic skiers and analyzed their
technique.
Then, we practiced balance drills including the familiar
standing on one leg
while swinging the opposite leg. Supposedly the pros spend
an hour a day doing
this drill. :)
They broke us up into groups of about five or six students
based on ability
and we hit the trails.
The morning instruction was all classic. We spent most of
the morning skiing
without poles working on getting our hips forward, and being
happy in the
"falling forward" position. Skied for almost three hours in the morning.
Lunch found us all sleeping soundly. We were so tired
We broke up into new groups for the afternoon skate clinics
based on our
skating abilities. Again, we did lots of skating without
poles before heading
for the trails and skiing until we had nothing left.
Planning to go to the ski wax clinics tonight if we can stay
awake past seven pm.
Yesterday, did not get to see Old Faithful yesterday as
planned. Apparently,
we are the only people on the planet unaware that the road
to the geyser is
closed in the winter. We could ski the thirty miles to see
it, but
conditions are poor. Might end up doing just that if
we get more snow
later this week.
