Are you a WIDE or NARROW sloper?

[SWriverstone]

Aside from steepness, moguls, etc. there are basically two kinds of slopes out there: wide ones, and narrow ones. In my limited carving experience, I've found that I'm definitely a wide sloper---meaning I love really wide slopes because I love the style of carving that involves much longer, sustained, high-speed turns (which require more slope width)...as opposed to narrow slopes, which require more rapid-fire, slalom-style back-n-forth turns.

I also find that traffic issues are much less on wide slopes, since the straightliners have more room to avoid you.

Though I've never been, I see pics of Aspen and other big resorts where one slope appears to be about a quarter-mile wide---I'd be in paradise in a place like that!

I don't think it follows, either, that wider slopes are easier---seems to me that it's actually more brutal on your quads to stay down low in a l--o--n--g turn than to be bouncing back and forth a lot (where the muscle groups get more brief rests during transitions).

Scott

[ARCrider]

Love all slopes but am especially fond of narrow runs that demand hard carve after hard carve with absolutely no rest between carves.

[jdgang]

I like them both to test my skills. long groomers on those relaxing days and tight ones on the days I want to fly

[Jon Dahl]

I love those long drawn out turns that you can transition on going back up the hill, so I'd have to vote for those. That said, I like narrow slopes on a short (160) board for the quick carves to hone skills. Have gotten my best comment on the short board last year, a friend of mine saw me riding the chair with his boy and told him," Now THAT'S carving!" However, my first day on Buttermilk I thought I had died and gone to heaven.

[ar(angel]

but hope to better my skills on our more narrow slopes this season. Unfortunately on my home mountain all the slopes are fairly narrow. We do have a few runs that really open up in some spots, but nothing that's just wide all the way down. Other than our runs being to short I really can't complain though, but I'd like to get to Tahoe this season to experience some other terrain. I haven't been anywhere but Bachelor since I learned how to hardboot 4 seasons ago.

Have fun,

Paul