Skiing Learning Phases

Skiing Learning Phases

Skill

Description

Terrain
(Where you can practice this skill)

Brand New

No Skiing Experience

N/A

W1

Beginning Wedge (Can Make A Wedge With Skis And Stop, But May Not Always Link Turns)

 Flat land terrain, PIT (Powderpigs Instructional Terrain), Magic Carpet

W2

Linked Wedge Turns (Can Make A Wedge And Link Turns While Skiing, And Also Come To A Stop In A Wedge)

Pig Chair, Reggies, Holiday, Little Thunder. Green Runs and Learning Terrain

WXTY

Wedge Christie (Linked Wedge Turns With Parallel Traverse; Starting Turn In AS Wedge Stance And Finishing Turn In Parallel Stance)

Pig Chair, Reggies, Holiday, Little Thunder, Silverfir, Central Express, Pacific Crest. Green runs, and easily Blue Runs

BP

Beginning Parallel (Wide Stance, Parallel Turns, May Revert Back To WXTY Turns Occasionally; Parallel Only On Easy Terrain)

Silverfir, Central Express. Easy to Moderate Blue Runs (outback, golden nugget, alpine bowl)

IntP

Intermediate Parallel (Parallel Most Of The Time, On A Variety Of Runs And Terrain)

Silverfir, Central Express, Triple Sixty. Moderate Blue and easy black runs Runs (outback, golden nugget, alpine bowl, hog wild, Triple 60 face)

AdvP

Advanced Parallel (Confident Parallel Turns On All Runs And Terrain Types)

Intermediate to advanced Black runs.