Roundturns wrote:For me it's still a thrill to ski on a real mountain and I try to go "bell to bell", and probably some of that is motivated by the challenge of doing that,
I did exactly that for quite a few years. When I got to the point that I could really arc high G turns and I focused on making those turns all the time, the legs and body get tired much faster. It still took me a couple of years to truly know and understand when my body was getting tired and when the muscles could no longer fire at the same level. Good PMTS coaches can spot almost immediately when a skier starts getting tired. I can now see it easily as well in someone else's skiing. You will improve faster and enjoy your skiing more if you will ski more focused and get off the mountain when your body is needing to back off. 40,000 vert is nearly impossible for even the strongest and best skiers to ski well in a day (anyone can cruise it), not to mention how much they would be borrowing from the next day.