Dave Mac wrote:
The other key factor is the snow condition. Ice-type conditions, (marble, glaze, frozen ruts, etc) will change the value of the run.
Equally, perfect piste can make a seemingly difficult run into a joy.
Good topic.
Totally agree. I am only a low internediate who prefers gentle blue runs, but I got down a black no problem last week, becaus it had great snow coverage. On the other hand, a blue we came down was very wearing because it had a long steep section which was just a sheet of ice and the rest of it was marbles. My dodgy knees were killing by I got down it, whereas they didn't bother me at all on the black one because the coverage was so good!