Opening Day at Ski Liberty
After an active spring, summer and fall, we decided to try skiing to keep us off the couch in the winter. Which is to say, I decided we should try skiing and Mrs. Link was a good sport about it. As she always is.
Tiffany went skiing once before, earlier this year. She had fun, but she also had a very scary experience where she was out of control and didn’t know how to stop or turn. So she was apprehensive. Even so, we shot the moon and bought Season Passes to Ski Liberty, Ski Roundtop and Ski Whitetail (one pass gets you into all 3).
We bought some discount gear at Ski Baltimore, and a ski rack for the ol’ Thule at REI, and then we waited for it to snow.
Opening Day finally came on December 12, about a week after the first snow of the year, and a week’s worth of snowmaking on the mountain.
Off we go!
Mrs. Link got a private lesson, and it helped a lot. The Ski Liberty ski school has a very good reputation for their technique, which includes not starting skiers with the snowplow or “wedge”. Given shaped skis that edge differently, and the fact that learning to snowplow requires you to relearn how to ski normally bodes well. Mrs. Link advanced dramatically, and quickly mastered the bunny slope, so we moved on to more difficult slopes.
Some pics:
Tiffany, she had fun.
Good work Tiff! You are so brave … I don’t know how Mr. Montana convinced the California beach babe to get a season pass!
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