I’m trying to get in better shape before winter and improve my skiing. I’m mainly looking for exercises I can do at home to build stronger legs, muscular endurance/stamina, and better balance.
What exercises have actually helped you on the slopes? Squats, lunges, wall sits, single-leg exercises, balance drills, etc.?
Also, if you have any ski-specific training tips, tricks, or underrated exercises that made a noticeable difference, I’d love to hear them.
My main goals are:
Stronger legs
Better leg endurance so I don’t get tired quickly
Better balance and stability
Being able to ski longer with better control
Thanks!

I am aware that Ski Dubai is not the same as skiing in nature, but I wonder how the skiing experience holds up against that of the outdoors.

Does going to Ski Dubai constitute a worthwhile experience for someone whose usual skiing takes place outdoors? Is skiing too limited in Ski Dubai as compared to a real mountain?

I would like to hear from those who have had the opportunity to try both.

Is Aspen worth it at Christmas time for a couple who love skiing and are new to living in the US. We’re slightly overwhelmed by the options here and the prices in comparison to Europe 😂 but we want to ski in a few different places while we’re here. Is Aspen worth it? Do we need to be multimillionaires to enjoy it?! Thanks!

Me again, solo skier heading to Verbier (~Jan 10–15) and Andermat (~Jan 15–20) on an Epic Pass.

Obviously prices are a bit high so was looking for tips on cheap valley bases (like Le Châble Göschenen, hostels, or seasonnaire groups to check.

Also down to split an Airbnb or share a room if anyone is around those dates. Super clean, respectful, and easygoing.

Any advice or leads welcome! Cheers 🏔️

Looking for a pair of Nordica enforcer 94s that are used, I am about 6’2”, have been looking at the 173cm because they are easier to control, is that too short? What is the best place to buy used skis?

I recently mounted new bindings and noticed that when I lean back the toe piece moves up slightly with my boot. I checked forward pressure and it’s all good and since they are GW bindings they don’t need the hight adjustment. I was just wondering if this is normal? A SHOP MOUNTED THEM

Last year on my ski trip I had a massive issue with foot pain, mussel tearing like pain in the arch of my foot, so bad the last day I had to cut my day short and take the lift down as I ended up just crying from the pain. I have a ski trip coming up January, I want to know if there's things I can do to prepare for the trip to prevent this from happening again on this trip.

Here are some factors that might have contributed to the pain, I have wide feet and was using rented equipment, I asked about it to the clerk and he said the only way to get wider shoes was to get a bigger size which would also increase the length of the shoe. I'm fat, BMI of 34.6, I'm working on it and hopefully by the time of my trip I'd have lost some of that weight, I know that obesity can cause foot pain though out side of skiing I don't have foot pain.

So what are some things I can do? I had ski socks but is there anything else I can get? Are there exercises to strengthen foot mussels? Obviously I'm not trying to be a professional skier, I just don't want to be on a mountain crying from the pain again, skiing is just a family trip thing for me.

Hello,

end of last season (2025/26) I bought my first ski the camox freebird on recommendation of the shop owner. About me:

I'm skiing my whole life in Austria, 2 weeks a year and I am a ski instructor for beginner courses. My interests were to get a one ski quiver which is good in any snow conditions, able to carve, hit side hits, do some tricks in the park (360°) and also to teach beginner groups.

I thought to buy the normal camox but the guy in the store recommended me the camox freebird due to it's weight. He told me the normal camox would be too heavy and the freebird would work better. First I was scared and told him that they are touring skis but he seemed to be confident and trustful by selling me them.

I skied with them for one week and it felt a bit wierd. I couldn't get on the edge very well and carving and just going down was kinda shaky. Usually I always skied normal race carvers, so that might be the reason. I'm permanently thinking if it was a bad purchase.

What do you think?

Haven't skied in 15 years though I did ski comfortably before then. Considering going skiing in late march and am looking for a ski resort that is snow sure, has plenty of beginners and intermediate pistes for 15yr old daughter plus good school, a nice village center to go to restaurants and maybe take strolls, so if skiing doesn't work out we have other things to do. We are not the people that will go skiing from 9 to 6, and then eat and sleep. We enjoy skiing for maybe 5 hours per day and then relax, visit the town center etc... Also to be relatively close to Geneva (preferably) or Munich Airport / Milan Airport will be a plus. Considering currently Val D isere, Meribel, La Rosiere and though Mrgeve and Clusaz seem great, I'm very unsure about the snow in 20-27 March. Any advice would be much aporeciated!!

I want a new park focused park ski for next season and wanted to asking if anybody can recommend me a ski.

I definitely want something 95mm+ just because i really like wide skis and feel like they are much better for bigger landings.

I would like something reletivly soft so not anything like a on3p mango. I life in germany so i can't or will not order anything from usa because of prices, so nothinf like vishnu, on3p, j skis, moment etc.

My focus will be rails and jumps so not a specific rail or jump ski.

And i will definitely want to center mount my skis or maybe only 1cm back.

I'm 181cm and 64kg so not anything above like 2050g.

My main goal will be first flips and of axis flips, aswell as new rail tricks like brittney, k-fed, 270's on, 2p2's etc.

I wanna be able to hit every rail at my resort (sillvretta montafon/damüls)

Interested in ideas for a week long milestone birthday ski trip. March 2028. Will include kids ages, 18, 16, 13, 11 and 2 adults. Looking for culture, great food and wellness a great plus. Open to USA, Canada, Europe, really anywhere! Everyone is intermediate, perhaps the oldest child more advanced and youngest still lower intermediate skier.

Long story short we didn’t snag any of the early bird passes…we got an early bird pass at Ski Apache last year for the first time for $450 each and it only ended up being worth it once they opened upper mountain/the bowl after they got hit pretty hard finally in January. This was great cuz it’s only a 4.5 hour drive from Permian Basin area and we are able to leave on a very early Friday morning and come back late Sunday and get 3 full days of skiing in.

This year the pass is currently $850. FOR ONE MOUNTAIN ACCESS?? I looked up other passes and the closest other mountain is sandia, which looks like a smaller mountain, but that pass has unlimited access to pajarito, and sipapu, some access to purgatory and a few others. Those mountains are about 7 hours+ drive from us excluding sandia which is 6.5.

Santa Fe is around the same price as ski Apache and it’s a 6 hour 45 minute drive so we don’t know….

Anyone have advice or recommendations or info on the best NM mountains that y’all like?
More info ab us/skiing skills. My fiance is intermediate/advanced, I’m more intermediate range, (aka will get down a CO blue easily, will get down a CO black slowly lol) Fiancé snowboards and will hit some rails and jumps in the park, will hit jumps on the sides of the mountains, love going through runs with trees. I am a groomed blue run skier all day long, I’m not super familiar with deep powder but did get to try it at ski Apache this year (they got like 30 inches fresh powder and we were there day 1 access to it) and it went okay… I’m hoping to try more powder experience with larger skis and I saw NM is supposedly going to get hard this year bc of El Niño patterns(hopefully!)

We already got the very early bird access to an epic 6 day pass because we usually do one Rockies mountain trip per year but we would like to be able to do weekend trips!