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Col de Porte Stage Day #9
Today we were practising hockey stops, slalom and transitions. Loic had a good tip on V1 transitions from one side to the other which is to do a quick double tap to resynchronize skis and arms.
2021-03-13 09:41:10
Skate Desert d'Entremonts with Mike
The pistes over at the Cross Country lodge were too soft to ski as they are south facing.
2021-02-05 13:44:13
Col de Porte Stage Day 6
Day 6 of my observation with the Ecole de Porte. I was with Nathan. First off a group of 2 good skiers so it was a change to do a tour of techniques in particular cornering and descending.
2021-01-30 11:35:54
La Ruchère, Chartreuse, French Alps
La Ruchère, located in the western Chartreuse mountains, boasts 35km of pistes. However there is a lot of double counting going on as I skied almost all of them in 17km.
2021-01-19 13:09:58
Stage 5
3 shadowing hours with Jean-Luc.First was a group less of adult beginners. As usual Jean-Luc (Papi rock n roll) is very good at animating the group with lots of stories from his sporting career.
2021-01-16 11:14:59
Charmant Tour
I'd originally wanted to ski to the Charmant Som and return but the piste was not prepared 1km after the col so I skied over the link (in good condition) to the main pistes and took the big loop aroun
2020-03-06 12:36:12
Lunch ski at the Col de Porte
Skiing was heavy going, snow was pisted this morning but by lunchtime it was like skiing fresh powder with skis sinking in 5cm as well as poles. The south loop was open and in good condition.
2020-03-03 12:32:12
Spring skiing at the Col de Porte
I wanted to check out what the weekend's record temperatures had done to the slopes. Quite a lot of snow had gone from the upper red piste, it was skiable last Friday but now was just bare earth.
2020-02-24 12:32:16
Evals
I came up early to do some skate skiing then helped Leonie with the evaluations of the school groups. Was surprised somewhat by the closed sectors due to lack of snow.
2020-02-20 10:58:40
Skating session
Midday conditions were totally different from the morning. The foehn had started and the snow was soup like in the sun but not too sticky and waterlogged in places.
2020-02-15 12:49:32
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