Tips for skiing powder?

[StormDay]

(many good things said above.)

When my wife and I starting skiing together, I got her into powder skiing. She was immediate skier at the time and talked about really having problems in powder.

Things I told her:
1. Be balanced and relaxed – center of ski, do not lean back or fwd.
2. Let the skis run, do not work too hard.
3. Hand forward and out (part of the balance thing)

I thought anything more than that would be too complicated for someone to remember or work on.

We stuck to easy single diamond terrain. The pitch seems right for allowing her to build some speed without have to worry about going too fast. A couple days of that and she got it. She still fell frequently, but she was hooked and I saw some serious potential in our relationship.

[jfost]

...this is usually the one that throws the switch...

jeez, get her comfortable skiing forward first, then work on throwing it switch!

[booner]

Step 1:Crank your binders down cause puting a ski back on in deep pow on a steep slope is a fucking nightmare Step 2:Get extra blazed in the sparking lot
Step 3:Find the steepest, most remote shit you can. Something that would scare you if it wasn't covered in pow is best
Step 4:Go straight down that shit while taking as many stylie drops as possible
Step 5:Reblaze
Step 6:Reblaze just to be sure
Step 7:Repeat until your legs fall off