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How do you mean exactly?

Fair enough. I was there yesterday and worked on some turns. Check this out. ruclips.net/video/BSPau4rwm-A/видео.html Is it better?

I checked your channel - no skiing content. Do you have well developed legs and great skiing skills? Or are you only a viewer?

It was a nice powder day.

yea thats what im saying. i know camera angles are false, but you need to be experienced enough to make turns on steep slopes to go onto double blacks like these, and especially with moguls which u have to be experienced with using them to your advantage while turning. It would be acceptable to keep your skis 90 degrees on a sharp and flat surface with no traction and is steep.

I'd love to learn to handle these better. I'm just back from the hill again, was trying to work on my turns and on facing forward. I hope to hear some constructive criticism to get to improve. One thing they say - to learn you need to do and practice.

Here, yesterday I worked specifically on turns, not to cheat just sliding all the way down on one side: ruclips.net/video/BSPau4rwm-A/видео.html

@ yea, the video looks much much better than you were doing in this video. i dont mean to critcise you, but i am just saying that you need to first learn on single blacks before you do double blacks. I can see that you can clearly do double blacks, but they are dangerous to go on without knowing great turning techniques.

The lift is nice. This summer they're going to replace it with a new triple chair just like the new Internationale lift.

The powder was awesome!

Thank you! I need to do that run again this year!

Now Snake Dance is more accessible from the new lift. Start with Felsen, which is right next to Snake Dance, with some fresh snow.

That's the best I can do in terms of carving. LOL Where can I see your carving?

Yes, International is such a steep and narrow run, but also so beautiful.

Yes, this is definitely harder. The rock ledge on the Upper International is very scary. There are plenty other double black runs on from the Chair 2, which I recommend to try!

@@SeattleDiverSkier doesnt look bad, on another video of this, one guy just pizza'ed his way down

@@axin9995 In real life it looks like a 90 degree wall. It's very scary. I'd first go on the new International lift and check out the middle part of Upper International. It's all very steep. Once I fell there and was sliding probably for 100 yards with no prospects of simply stopping, until I started digging in with my hands and toes, effectively standing in a plank position. Check it out: ruclips.net/video/EC_PFowGSqY/видео.html Note that it's in the middle part of Upper International.

@@SeattleDiverSkier at 0:30 in your suggested video, I guess you can go in the pathway into the run instead of skiing the drop

@@axin9995 Do you mean that there was an easier path? I went the easiest way there was. Now I actually do what the guy did at 0:25 - just send it a bit more straight over the cliff. Also, now there is no cat track like there was last year, only the steep icy and rocky wall.

I'm glad my videos bring back some nice memories! This new lift opens such areas that were not easily accessible before. And almost all is double black diamond terrain!

Wow, that's cool! I'm glad to capture the spirit of skiing loving kids! My son watched this video, got embarrassed, especially at his phrase "luckily nobody from the lift saw me fall", and now "the entire RUclips sees this". I told him I also publish my own falls, and those are some of the most viewed videos because they show real life.

@@SeattleDiverSkier Hahaha, yea, my son was the one who had trouble to put the ski back on after falling, but he's still so happy to see himself in your video. He was with his ski team that day so we didn't get a chance to take a video for him. It was his first day with the team, first time skiing at Alpental, and first ever double black diamond, we truly appreciate you actually helped us capture this.

Oh, great to hear this! How old is your son?

@@SeattleDiverSkier He's 8

Wow, this is amazing. Upper International's rocky and icy ledge is very scary. I have chills every time I recollect that drop. Send my congratulations to your son for being so brave and skillful to ski there!

Thank you, I am glad you appreciate me publishing this. I love Alpental's back bowls, they are so scary yet so attractive!

Yesterday? No wonder, I've heard there was supposed to be rain and then freezing. I'm glad we could catch some nice snow despite the fact it was a bit icy at times.

You definitely should! All this terrain with double black diamonds accessible so easily now. My perception of Alpental changed with this lift!

Thank you! Cheers!

Wow, thank you! This lift changes everything! Alpental feels so different now.

Wasn't easy to navigate indeed.

Admittedly, Schluct is not the hardest double black run on Alpental. It's quite steep and narrow in one place, that's the hardest part for people. If you fall there, you'll be sliding for quite a bit. Other than that, it's fine.

Thank you. It is chilling to rewatch this moment!

Yes, I am in love with these mountains and slopes!

Aren't those sounds other-worldly? It was so mind-blowing to hear them and then I was so happy to find out that the camera's microphone also caught them under water!

Right. Next times I tried to follow some people

@@SeattleDiverSkier good for you! Also, where is this ski resort?

@@Quicksy_ Western Washington. East of Seattle.

@@SeattleDiverSkier thanks!

Wow, I'm glad you're okay. After this fall I realized just how dangerous my previous fall was in the back bowls. I fell and stopped but then rushed to try to get my skis under me, and I started sliding, and quite close there was a huge cliff. That was very scary. After this fall in this video I realized I was very close to a serious trouble. That fall in the back bowls is also on this channel, you can check it out: ruclips.net/video/cXUVcfw-EPs/видео.htmlsi=Jem_VglKmwxdv_D6

@@SeattleDiverSkier I watched that one a few days ago too. I bet a lot of people have close calls back there. I know my way around the terrain pretty well too but it never fills in the same, never looks the same, and one wrong turn can be disastrous.

This season, with the new lift open, there are even more people on those slopes! I just posted a couple of new videos!

Thank you for your feedback. I actually conquered that line a couple of weeks later. This time I was fatigued and I also agree that I need to improve my skills. Cheers!

"Okay, beware of my comments" LOL

It is indeed extremely steep. They rank Snake Dance as black, however it is not less challenging than International.

Yes, it was beautiful! Thanks!

Thank you for your comment. I have an app called FatMap that shows a lot of runs and shows you where you are if used right on the slope.

Hey, I checked your channel! Sick videos! From a skier like you the phrase "stick to the greens" sounds quite deserving concerning my clumsy skiing. LOL

Where exactly? Where I passed the skier in yellow?

@@SeattleDiverSkieryes exactly, in those rollers

Thanks for the tips! Even my thin gloves made me very hot. Even after all that pushing snow with my bare hands, my hands didn't feel cold. Yes, I was wearing a helmet, and, fortunately - ski goggles! I'm so happy I decided to ware the goggles against just waring my regular transition glasses (the ones that get dark). Those goggles saved my eyes and my face from a lot of snow. The first thing I did when I stopped, I removed my goggles because they were all covered with snow that was stuck on them. I forgot to remove the snow from the camera though.

@@SeattleDiverSkier Glad you had helmet and goggles on

@@akash-khudia Thank you!

Yes, it was very scary

I'm glad you guys find it useful and informative!

Yes, my skis are a little beat-up after this season, I'll need to bring them to service.

I had been expecting freezing temperatures, but it was sunny and I was very hot with all the physical exertion. My jacket was unzipped, so I collected a lot of snow while sliding down. Even after the fall my hands didn't feel cold when I was climbing back up. Thankfully the insignificant scratches on my hands are gone by now. I was lucky to avoid anything serious.

Yes, I like taking that narrow tree line! 🙂

Not exactly the kindest formulation yet, but correct. As I wrote in the description, I realize it all - it was a combination of fatigue and poor technique.

You could tell fatigue was a factor. We’ve all been there. Glad you weren’t hurt.

Thank you. At that moment I was in adrenaline shock and I could not recall how I fell and started tumbling. Only when I reviewed the video I recollected how it started. And now it's cringy and shocking to see some of my other videos where I do the same thing (without falling). I need to work on not crossing my skis and managing my weight transfer properly while turning.

Keep your body and tips pointed down the fall line and when you have the moment of unweighting, stay forward in an almost falling way while feeling your feet come around underneath your body. If your skis get perpendicular to the fall line it’s more difficult to make that transfer in steep terrain. Keep your upper body calmer and you will be fine.

Thank you. It was a very scary feeling to find myself accelerating downhill on my back head first. I started hearing my voice with heavy grunts when I was starting hitting moguls and it was knocking my breath out of me, and then I started actively fighting to brake and stop.

Thanks for the words of support! I almost thought I was already ripping it before this crash. It was a humbling experience.

@@SeattleDiverSkier well I mean you were! But we can always improve! I’m still trying to get better every time I go! Shred it up!

Completely agree, brother!

I was really hot. I still some scratches on my hands - surprisingly few though.

Right! When the man said you were on adrenaline, first I thought he meant my current condition (which was very much adrenaline). Then I realized he was asking my route up to that point. I have another video with a minor fall on the Adrenaline slope. And this time I was thinking "good I passed that point, I'm doing nice and smoothly". And pretty soon - that fall! I was able to arrest my descent and stop only when I flipped to my belly, started pushing down with my fists and toes. I stopped essentially in a plank - this allowed to apply enough force to a very small surface area, and let my hands and toes dig in deeply in the snow. I could later see those long tracks of my breaking with my bare fists in the snow in the video at 6:16 all the way to the standing man and maybe higher. I was also thinking that going head first like that is super dangerous because even if it's not a rock but a firm mogul - it can kill you anyway.

Thank you, I appreciate your comment man.

As a season pass holder at Alpental I enjoy your videos, so keep posting. Maybe I'll see you up there next season. No more skiing for me this year as I see a specialist tomorrow about my knee, all the best 👍

Thank you. Tomorrow they start selling passes for the next season for the existing passholders. Good luck with your doctor visit

@@SeattleDiverSkier Thank you.

Yeah, thanks. After reviewing the video I realized that even when I managed to flip to my belly and start breaking with my fists and my toes, it took me ten yards to stop. Overall, I probably traversed more than a hundred yards on the slope. My skis did not detach at once, and then they tumbled down a bit, and look how far up the skis are. Scary.

Thank you, I appreciate your comment. Very interesting to read! I hope to improve my technique and not trip like that anymore.

Alpental is much higher in elevation, especially chair 2. This is the way it looked on Friday. Under the sun the snow melts quite quickly though.

I just uploaded another one. This is the Edelweiss Bowl proper. I think if you feel comfortable at Triple Sixty black diamond run, you should make this one comfortably: ruclips.net/video/Y2G_INaTiLs/видео.html

You are right. It was a close call. This was recorded with a 360 camera, and I reviewed that footage. The skier quite abruptly turned right towards someone who was standing in the shadow (you can see him at 0:29 on the right). I saw that and corrected my trajectory as much as I could, and I also checked my marks left on the snow, and it was amazing I could correct in time.

That's one way to put it. My legs were sore and I didn't have good control during the entire run, you are right. I need to learn to ski these steep slopes and deep powder.