Training For Powder Hounds

December, 1994

After watching an expert skier carve turns in virgin powder, it would be easy to conclude that skiing doesn't require much strength. Ripping graceful arcs down the mountainside, spraying up a rooster tail of frozen smoke, the skier seems to be engaged in a languid dance. It looks effortless.The person who's shredding that slope knows better. After a dozen turns his thighs are burning, his lungs are heaving, his heart is pounding. During the off-season we tend to forget that skiing is strenuous w...