How to Ski Moguls
With a little practice (well, maybe a lot of practice), you can lose your fear of moguls - those challenging slopes full of hard bumps and mounds of snow.
- Difficulty:
- Moderately challenging
Instructions
Things You'll Need
- Ski Lift Tickets
- Downhill Ski Boots
- Downhill Ski Poles
- Downhill Skis
- Men's Ski Gloves
- Ski Clothing
- Ski Goggles
- Women's Ski Gloves
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Skiing Moguls
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Stop at the top of the mogul field. Pick your line down the slope. Start skiing.
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Don't look down at your skis or at the bumps once you've started skiing. Focus on your line - several moguls ahead.
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Make quick, short-radius turns, adjusting them to fit the terrain. If you find your skis bridging bumps, your turns are not small enough.
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Link together as many turns as you can before resting. Never obstruct the trail while resting.
Practicing
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Practice short-radius turns on a low-angle, groomed slope before heading to the mogul field. Get the feeling for quick, consecutive turns.
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Start at the top of a low-angle mogul field, in which the bumps are not too close together.
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Practice skiing bumps of different sizes and shapes until you have a feel for them.
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Maintain contact with the snow at all times; use your knees like springs to absorb the terrain differences. Don't "hop" from bump to bump.
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Practice planting your pole at the top of the bump and turning around your pole.
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Keep your skis pointed downhill as much as possible. If you find yourself going too slowly to maneuver, you're not letting gravity work for you.
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Tips & Warnings
Over time, you will perfect ways of dealing with all kinds of bumps. You'll ski at a steady pace that is rhythmic and not dictated by the size or shape of the bumps.
Ski safely and in control. Don't stop in the middle of a trail or where others can't see you from above.
Always yield the right-of-way to people ahead of you.
Be careful of trees and man-made obstacles.
Skiing is an inherently dangerous activity that can result in serious injury or death. We recommend that you seek proper training and equipment before attempting this activity.
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Comments
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skiingb
Apr 07, 2010
Some good comments but the form in the pictures has mistakes. You must extend almost fully between flexations. You cannot bend your knees to absorb if they are already fully bent. Good mogul skiers have a rather high stance. A too low position is ugly and dysfunctional. The skier in the picture is NOT keeping his shoulders pointed down the fall line. His hands are too busy and out of position. Shoulders should be square down the hill, hands in front and just over shoulder width apart and pole plants are made by flicking the wrists to keep hands quiet and in position. The body follows the hands. Upper body should be quiet, from the waist up it should not look like you are skiing bumps. Keep your shins pressed against the boot fronts. Keep your feet together. Brush the backs of the moguls with your edges. Put most of your weight on the downhill ski. Control your speed with absorbing by...
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jibbons
Aug 18, 2009
A good drill for squaring your shoulders is to go to any groomer (no moguls) run you can find and hold both ends of your polls (handles and tips). This should put your poles in a horizontal line across the bottom of your field of vision. Now look down the run and determine the quickest way straight down the hill, this is the fall line. Hold your polls and square your shoulders so that you are facing straight down the fall line. Begin skiing down the hill as you normally would, but keep your horizontal poles facing straight down the fall line. The goal is to maintain a solid square frame (hips and shoulders), while using your legs to do the turning below you. The opposite would be to always keep your shoulders facing the same direction as your knees, which would have you facing the side of the run all the way down. This is difficult, and will most likely take many runs to achie...
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Aug 08, 2006
To stay forward in the moguls, make sure to absorb the mogul in front of you when the tip of your ski hits it. Also, try to keep your knees over your feet and your hips over your bindings for better balance and control.
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Aug 08, 2006
Picking up from the instruction to plant your pole at the top of the mogul: Extend your legs to aggressively put pressure on the inner edge of the outside ski of the new turn as you pass on the uphill side of the mogul. This will make the ski carve a turn around the top of the mogul - you can adjust the turn to put you in a good position to make a similar turn on the next mogul. Your upper body will pass over the top of the mogul without being bounced, because extending your legs to the side of the mogul has the same absorbing effect as pulling up the knees. This technique keeps pressure on your skis to maximize your control and thereby control your speed.
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Aug 08, 2006
To stay forward in the moguls, make sure to absorb the mogul in front of you when the tip of your ski hits it. Also, try to keep your knees over your feet and your hips over your bindings for better balance and control.
