
December 14, 2019
Emilie Phillips
What’s surprising about this weekend, was that everyone showed up. 12 of us AMC-NH ski leaders came out to practice our Telemark turns in the rain. We did spend extra time on indoor discussions. This trip is part of regular training provided by the NH AMC. PSIA (Professional Ski Instructors of America) says instructors should […]
Read Full Post
Written December 19, 2019, updated August 5, 2020

December 17, 2016
Emilie Phillips
The next class in the AMC NH ski committee leader training series is the yearly telemark class with PSIA instructor Jim Tasse. This year 16 leaders attended on a cold powder day. Tasse gave everyone a few individual tips and reviewed general telemark form. Here is what I can remember of what he taught. We […]
Read Full Post
Written December 17, 2016, updated September 23, 2020

December 19, 2015
Emilie Phillips
There was no natural snow anywhere, and it rained the day before, but the NH AMC pulled off a good clinic at Loon for the ski leaders. A few folks bailed the night before, forecasting solid ice and a Webcam image showing more grass than snow. Most of us had skied only one other day […]
Read Full Post
Written December 19, 2015, updated December 19, 2019

December 20, 2014
Emilie Phillips
Today was the annual NH AMC telemark clinic for ski leaders. As usual we hired the PSIA instructor Jim Tasse for the course. For the second year, we held it at Loon Mountain. We skied terrain all across the mountain from greens to icy double black diamonds. It was my first day out on telemark […]
Read Full Post
Written December 20, 2014, updated December 19, 2019
Photo Album
December 21, 2013
Telemark clinic for the NH AMC instructed by Jim Tasse
Written December 21, 2013, updated December 19, 2018