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Old 10.01.2010, 09:52
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Re: Snow sports 2009-10

I came back late last night from Obertoggenburg, but precisely Alt Sankt Johann because the fog was so dense like from classical John Carpenter's movie and you could hardly differantiate few skiers on piste in form of ghosts It looks like very decent resort with lots of nippy, icy and narrow red runs to make you react fast. Unfortunately the weather conditions were too bad to explore it all, as you could hardly find the landmarks to follow. We had a good laugh with group of Austrian skiers as we were helping each other to identify direction from Chäserrugg. I could not connect to Wildhaus from the top as the red run no.15 seemed to be closed, so only managed to ski in parts of Unterwasser and St.Johann. It was snowing and almost no visibility at all, I couldn't use my yellow gogles and after hour or so I could hardly close my eye lashes because of the ice forming, it was so bloody chilly and the gloves where frozen to your hands not talking about skiboots which were making my legs numb. What to do in such conditions.... I just found me one place from Ruestel which was quite challenging and nice for practicing slalom skiing on one side and carving on the other. I did this run maybe 20 times until I got tired. There were maybe 5 skiers altogether using same lift within 2 hours and the run was whole mine I eventually memorized the terrain and learnt how to ski in the fog

As to those who have problem with turning, I would go for lessons asap as it is a crucial element of skiing and without it there is no way to go anywhere...
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