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Just got back from a 4 day stay up in Brian Head. Yeah, it's only 35 mins away, but we wanted to get away for a few days and with the Vegas economy so down, rentals are so cheap that our stay was essentially free, given that we got Freedom passes thrown in.
A couple of things:
1) The Kids' Camp is a fantastic deal--even worth coming down from SLC. $105 got our kids four hours of essentially private instruction (with one hour lunch break in the middle), rentals, and lunch. We've never taken our kids skiing and I honestly was kind of dreading teaching them. The instructors were outstanding--after two days, all three are pretty independent on skis.
2) Brian Head is just a great resort. It's no Alta, but there are never any lines and still plenty of fun stuff to ski.
3) To the skiers: How do you ski? My son's snowboard instructor said to him "your dad's a sweet old-school skier!" I skied a lot growing up but have only skied a handful of times in the last 5-10 years, so I wasn't aware there was a "new" school. When my son mentioned this, I asked my daughter's teacher and she said that with the newer style of skis, they teach shoulder width skiing now, kind of discouraging "ankles together". But how do you ski moguls like this? She said, "well, you mogul skiing is different."
4) I hate snowboarders. All of them.
5) Why do snowboarders spend so much time sitting and watching each other? Why the heck can't they figure out that the middle of a run is not the place to carve a long turn across the slope and/or stop? I almost had full speed collisions with two of these clowns, who likely couldn't hear me over their $150 headphones.
6) My wife's right: I'm getting old and grumpy.
A couple of things:
1) The Kids' Camp is a fantastic deal--even worth coming down from SLC. $105 got our kids four hours of essentially private instruction (with one hour lunch break in the middle), rentals, and lunch. We've never taken our kids skiing and I honestly was kind of dreading teaching them. The instructors were outstanding--after two days, all three are pretty independent on skis.
2) Brian Head is just a great resort. It's no Alta, but there are never any lines and still plenty of fun stuff to ski.
3) To the skiers: How do you ski? My son's snowboard instructor said to him "your dad's a sweet old-school skier!" I skied a lot growing up but have only skied a handful of times in the last 5-10 years, so I wasn't aware there was a "new" school. When my son mentioned this, I asked my daughter's teacher and she said that with the newer style of skis, they teach shoulder width skiing now, kind of discouraging "ankles together". But how do you ski moguls like this? She said, "well, you mogul skiing is different."
4) I hate snowboarders. All of them.
5) Why do snowboarders spend so much time sitting and watching each other? Why the heck can't they figure out that the middle of a run is not the place to carve a long turn across the slope and/or stop? I almost had full speed collisions with two of these clowns, who likely couldn't hear me over their $150 headphones.
6) My wife's right: I'm getting old and grumpy.
before boards were allowed at any resort. My family we woulds take two or three snowmobile trips a year and I'd take my board along. All day freshies were the norm when you have a snowmobile to haul you to the top. I was too dumb to know it back then but this is a good way to get killed in an avalanche.
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