Wendy Fisher and Ann Schorling – Go Deep. How to Ski Powder

Wendy Fisher and Ann Schorling – Go Deep: How to Ski Powder

Check it out: Wendy Fisher and Ann Schorling – Go Deep. How to Ski Powder    

If you get nervous about powder days—or avoid them altogether—because you haven’t quite mastered skiing pow, this online course is for you. Pro skier Wendy Fisher and PSIA Alpine Team member Ann Schorling will show you how to get more comfortable in all types of soft snow. In this five-part eLearning class, we’ll take you through the tactics and techniques you’ll need to master soft snow including drills you can do on groomers to improve your turning, balance, speed management, and overall confidence. Don’t be left behind on your next powder day.

Skiing powder may look easy when you see pros in the “bottomless” pow of the movies, but it’s not that simple. Throughout the course, Fisher and Schorling will teach you how to improve your turns, practice your balance, and better understand the risks, so you’re not hitting the slopes unprepared. Powder days can be some of the best, but you need to know what you’re doing to get the most out of them.

How This Course Works

We know you have a busy schedule, so we’ve designed this course to be taken at your own pace. You’ll learn through a variety of interactive formats, including video instruction, photo descriptions, and more. Each lesson builds on the last, and, while we’ve designed the course to be 5 weeks long, you can take it as quickly or slowly as you want. Plus, once you purchase the course, the lessons are yours forever.

Syllabus:

Choosing the Right Gear

• Skis
• Poles
• Clothing layers

Risk Management

• Snow hazards, lost equipment, and moving snow
• Proper gear
• Snow variation

Powder Strategies

• Maximizing float
• Turn shape
• Bounce
• Putting your skis back on in powder

Powder Techniques

• Adapting your stance
• Aligning to your outside ski
• Rotating to turn
• Skiing crud

Advanced Powder Knowledge

• How to find powder
• Sluff management
• Backcountry basics