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Variable Snow

Postby sujo » Thu Dec 31, 2015 3:16 pm

I was on a fairly steep slope with firm snow and was working on quick phantom move turns. During one turn I hit some soft, sticky snow must have caught an edge and took a nasty endo crash - total grocery dump (sorry no video). I think I wasn't flexing the inside ski enough or didn't have enough CB to get the uphill ski out of the way. Is a phantom move useful in softer sticky snow if the essentials are properly applied?
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Re: Variable Snow

Postby DougD » Fri Jan 01, 2016 9:59 am

Yes.

Not sure what you meant by "not flexing the inside ski enough". That is not part of the PM.
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Re: Variable Snow

Postby Max_501 » Fri Jan 01, 2016 11:29 am

sujo wrote:I was on a fairly steep slope with firm snow and was working on quick phantom move turns. During one turn I hit some soft, sticky snow must have caught an edge and took a nasty endo crash - total grocery dump (sorry no video). I think I wasn't flexing the inside ski enough or didn't have enough CB to get the uphill ski out of the way. Is a phantom move useful in softer sticky snow if the essentials are properly applied?


How deep was the soft sticky snow?
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Re: Variable Snow

Postby sujo » Fri Jan 01, 2016 5:48 pm

The softer snow was 3-5 inches deep in a smaller spot that I didn't see until too late due to flat light I think. I would normally do more of a two footed release in that situation if I had seen it coming.
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Re: Variable Snow

Postby Max_501 » Sat Jan 02, 2016 12:26 pm

In 3 to 5 inches I'm probably lifting often but once it gets to 8" I've moved to more of a two footed release.
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