Training Your Intuition

The old "Poor judgement leads to experiences that lead to good judgement..."

Well, a few observations from another 10+ years. We all want to ski good lines and experience those epic days. Even an old hacker like me gets some if I put in enough days. The first trick to putting in enough days is you have to come home so you can ski the next day. Amongst my regular partners there was discussion about training your intuition, or discussion of is it a six sense or just accumulated knowledge. The answer that works for us is we don't care what triggers it. If one of the partners is uncomfortable with a line, we don't ski it, we do not need a reason. There are plenty of other lines that do not tickle someone's intuition. Sometimes we do not have access to a Mentor, but having good partners can be a constant training environment. Poor judgement, close calls, and near misses are great motivators to learn, but it is the constant discussion with motivated partners that is needed the other 99% of the time. We are all learning each trip out, but without discussing what we are seeing and thinking there is not as much retention. Every pole plant, hand pit, and ski turn is telling a story if you listen. Every unexpected result should be discussed, and in high consequence situations discussing even expected results keeps the discussion open. Does skiing many hundreds of days with the same partners diminish the "Expert Halo"? Den

I didn't buy the intuition when it comes to avalanche.

Know the snowpack before you leave, then confirm with snow tests.

And don't go in avalanche terrain if there's a week buried layer.

There's no amount of intuition that will help you discern if a buried week layer will be triggered or not.

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I have done a lot of skiing with a guy who was buried for 20 minutes and talk about being buried to sharpen the intutition





buddy was always the first person to say you know we don't need to ski this you guys !

If there is truth to intuition, it is part of our brain has made a connection but we cant yet voice it.

People’s intuitions are wrong every day but just nothing bad happens too.

I really believe if you want to develop your "intuition" you should concentrate on your "situational awareness" (SA). "SA is a technical term for being consciously aware of your surroundings." wrote Emma Sutti.