Hi I'm Heather with "Just A Colorado Gal" and I'm here today to talk to you about something
that happens to everyone during a ski day and that's how to put your skis back on when
you're on a steep slope.
It happens to everyone.
Maybe you're having a good day with friends, you have an accident, your skis pop off, but
you're on a really really steep hill and it's hard to get them back on.
So, the first thing you're going to want to do is put your two skis perpendicular to the
mountain so they don't run away from you.
A quick word of note, sometimes when you're skiing the snow can get really really sticky
and it can gather in your bindings or on the bottom of your ski boot and that makes it
really hard to step in to your bindings.
So before you try to put your skis back on, make sure you clean out your bindings with
your hand, and then maybe take your hand or your ski pole and dig those big chunks of
snow off the bottom of your ski boot.
And then you're going to want to build a platform underneath the downhill ski.
And, that'll involve digging the edge in, and then kind of building a flat area so it
stays put.
Once you have that downhill ski solidly into the mountain, you're going to want to step
over it, click your toe in, and then stomp into your binding.
Once you have your bottom ski on you can kind of dig into the side of the hill to make sure
you have a good solid platform still and that's when you can focus on putting on the uphill
ski.
Click into your binding.
You're still perpendicular to the mountain so you can grab your poles, get your skis
pointed downhill, and you're ready to go.
I hope you found these tips helpful, and if you did, give us a thumbs up.
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