A term to never use,,,,on slope and off slope!!

Thanks Admin! This is exactly my point with stems. I can't jump sometimes because I am too slow so I just make a step turn which is a piece of cake if you can stem;)

Just another 2 cents worth. Huge difference between a stem turn and a snowplough used as brake for speed control. One wedge shape facilitates a turn, the other blocks a turn.

Tony, Andy and others have raised an interesting point about beginners on home runs.

Of course, a lot of the problem is that resorts will always want to have a blue, or a couple of blue, runs back to resort so that they can claim that all skiers can ski home. The problem is that some of these "blue" runs are really quite demanding, especially last thing in the day when they are mogully, icy and/or slushy. I can think of several that should be rated Red but are not.

Another point: Tony has suggested that beginners should take the gondola down rather than clogging up home runs if they are going to struggle on them and block other skiers. There is, of course, an argument that experienced skiers shouldn't bother putting themselves in that position and should get their skiing done up the mountain on nice quiet blacks and reds and then it should be them that take the lift down :wink:

The Home run in Soll is a good example. It can be extremely tricky in the evenings and is often a place of devastation as weak skiers struggle with it.

I am happy to ski it if it is quiet so fine if I am going down early or very late. Otherwise, I just take the gondola down and save myself a lot of grief :mrgreen: