You may remember me from last year posting about my first day skiing, well no worries, I’m here to stay.

So far I’ve skied 9 days this season. 5 days at Perfect North 4 days at Caberfea

At the end of last season I bought brand new boots and some used skis, they’ve been great. They’ve almost paid for themselves in saved rental savings alone.

I’ve made some serious gains this season in skills. I can now carve on purpose and hockey stop.

Went to Michigan New Years week, the only week without snow, and skied in some real awful conditions. Didnt ski Saturday or Sunday because it was raining, went Monday for some real Mashed Potato snow, tuesday got cold and it firmed up, wednesday was Dust on crust, which turned into a surprise 7" overnight into excellent conditions for Thursday, because with the humidity, Wednesday night was finally cold enough for making snow. But like always, a bunch of days in a row skiing is always a big level up.

I’ve now hit all intermediate terrain at Perfect North, and I hit Canyon at Caberfea. I’m hoping to do a trip to West Virginia in February and do my first real Mountains. I’m still working on my angulation, and getting my body downhill. Pole plants really help with it, but the steeper the terrain the harder it is to make myself do it lol.

I think I’ll spend the rest of this season building my confidence, and maybe tackle some Black Diamonds when I get more comfortable with the steeper terrain.

My Vantage 75c’s are starting to chatter on me, at higher speeds. Will likely take it in for a tune soon and see if that solves the issue or if I need new skis. Im looking at the Maverick 86c or 88Ti. I’m hoping to cut weight this off season, but right now I’m 5’ 11" and 260 pounds. Waiting until the ski swap next fall may be the correct option.

Anyways, thanks for reading my rant about this season. What have been up to this season?