Skiing steeps

Reviewer Explains the why behind every cue, not just the what - this is real expert-level coaching.

Moderator All six tips are jump-turn mechanics for steep terrain - upper body projection, rotational separation, ankle flex, weighting the downhill ski, minimizing air time, pole-plant timing. Thoroughly on topic.

Reviewer Best-built lesson in the batch — drills stack logically, no filler.

Moderator Edge control, flatten-and-rotate coordination, upper/lower body separation, pole plant timing — a complete, coherent skill set for steep terrain.

Reviewer Real coach, real student, real fix you can see happen.

Moderator A real coaching session explicitly about getting better at steeps and challenging terrain, broken down turn-phase by turn-phase.

Reviewer Explains the why as well as the how -- good technical depth.

Moderator Entirely about short swing/jump turn technique specifically for steep terrain -- pole plant rhythm, edge-to-edge hopping, narrow corridors. Precisely this sub-skill.

Reviewer Practical, well-structured, feels like a real instructor on real terrain.

Moderator This is exactly the sub-skill -- side slip, step turn, pivot turn, jump turn, all specifically framed as options for steep terrain depending on your confidence level. Dead on topic.

Reviewer Clear prerequisites plus the non-negotiable safety basics -- this is coaching, not just footage.

Moderator This is precisely on target -- a coach explicitly building the prerequisite skills for steeps (consistent short-radius turns on a steep groomer, side-slip corridor control, upper/lower body separation) before ever getting into technical terrain, then a rapid-fire Q&A of steep-specific fundamentals (feet below you if you fall, pole plants are mandatory, never straight-line). Every piece is in service of steep skiing specifically.

Reviewer A concrete drill with a clear reason it works.

Moderator Explicit steeps-racer drill correcting the common mistake of leaning into the hill, using a poles-upside-down exercise to fix center of mass on steep pitches.

Reviewer Specific, mechanism-based advice you could apply on your next icy run.

Moderator Specifically about controlling turns on icy, bumpy steep terrain — a steeps-specific scenario, well on-topic.

Reviewer Explains the failure mode behind each tip — that's what makes it land.

Moderator Forward pressure, off-season strength work, separation, outside-ski weighting — all specifically framed around what changes on steep terrain.

Reviewer Clean, step-by-step teaching of a real steeps drill.

Moderator A named drill (Bracage) taught specifically as a way to handle steep slopes when normal turning isn't an option — squarely on-topic.

Reviewer Two simple cues that actually fix the classic steep-slope creep-back.

Moderator Squarely about controlling steep-pitch skiing — eye line level with the horizon and uphill hand on top of the uphill ski, both framed explicitly as fixes for skiing something steep. Core topic, not incidental.

Reviewer The side-slip drill alone is worth it — teaches you to feel grip, not just find it by luck.

Moderator Three back-to-back clips, all specifically about controlling steep terrain: tipping the ski tops in the travel direction with eyes/shoulders downhill, a traverse side-slip drill to build grip, and body separation on narrow steep pitches. Squarely steep-slope content, title says so too.

Reviewer Solid drills with real reasoning behind them, not just cues.

Moderator Squarely about controlling skiing on steep terrain - leaning back, losing grip/edge, and turn linking are the three classic steep-run failure points, and the whole video is built around fixing them specifically for steeps. Nothing generic here.

Reviewer Small detail, explained precisely enough to actually use.

Moderator Specifically about a steep-slope technique (double pole plant) and a concrete failure mode (blocking the tails) on steep pitches — on-topic.

Reviewer Correct, sharp cue - just wish it lingered long enough to actually drill it in.

Moderator This is precisely and only about controlling skid on steep terrain - fore-aft pressure management through the turn. Nothing generic about it.

Reviewer Explains the physics of why the common mistake fails, not just that it does.

Moderator Wrapped in a documentary/challenge format, but the coaching content is real — edge angle physics on steep terrain, stance/alignment check, pivot slip drill, all specifically for steeps.

Reviewer Real coaching on real steeps: the bear-hug separation drill, pole-plant timing and releasing early are fixes you can take straight onto a black.

Moderator Live coaching session on a 38-39 degree icy black. Warm-up with side-slipping and finding edges, then filmed runs and fixes: upper-body separation (the bear-hug drill), pole-plant timing and rhythm, releasing the edge earlier, and accepting a bit more speed instead of braking every turn. Squarely about skiing steep terrain.

Reviewer Solid tips, though it tips into a sensor-gadget pitch by the end.

Moderator Same content as the TikTok version of this — three tips explicitly for steeper runs, all on-topic.

Reviewer One good cue, clearly explained, but that's all you get.

Moderator Specifically about technique for very steep (~40°) slopes — jump turns and keeping skis close to the snow. Squarely on-topic.

Reviewer Solid tips, though it tips into a sensor-gadget pitch by the end.

Moderator All three tips are framed explicitly as skills for steeper runs (short turns to control speed) — on-topic throughout.

Reviewer Small but genuinely useful mental cue - just don't expect more than the one tip.

Moderator Squarely about steep terrain - targets the exact perceptual trap that makes steeps feel harder than they are (looking down into the abyss triggers a fear-driven backseat, defensive stance) and gives one clean fix.

Reviewer The dead-bug demo actually makes the concept click -- simple and effective.

Moderator Directly on point -- explicitly framed for steeps/moguls/steep groomers, teaching the specific separation skill (legs turn, upper body stays anchored facing downhill) that's foundational to short-radius turns on steep terrain. No padding, single clear concept.

Reviewer Simple, sticky cues, and you can see them actually working in real time.

Moderator Squarely about a core steep-skiing skill: staying balanced and recovering without stopping dead, and what to do when you do go down -- feet below you immediately, never slide head-first, don't just flop the moment you're off balance. This is exactly the kind of judgment/recovery skill steep terrain demands that groomer skiing doesn't.

Reviewer Excellent coaching duo - explains the why, not just the what, with clear visual reference points.

Moderator Moguls are inherently steep-terrain skiing, and this video explicitly ties tactics to steepness - the backside of a bump is called out as literally the steepest part of the mountain, with a specific tactic (use the neighboring bump) for staying off that steep face and keeping a flat, steerable ski. It's framed as mogul skiing rather than 'steeps' broadly, but the steep-terrain tactics are front and center.

Reviewer Honest, practical, and the turn-shape 'clock' analogy actually helps.

Moderator Trust-your-edges (hockey stop), the clock visualization for turn shape, and a breathing technique for fear — all specifically aimed at the psychological and technical barrier of steep terrain.

Reviewer Clear, specific fix for a real fault - good coaching, light sponsor mention only.

Moderator Explicitly framed around steep terrain and addresses a real steep-specific problem: standing tall and opening up at the end of a turn puts you in the back seat, which is much more costly on steeps than on groomers. On-topic and specific to the context.

Reviewer Three real tools for slowing down, not just 'make a hockey stop.'

Moderator Speed control is one of the central problems on steep terrain and this is framed explicitly around steep slopes - islands of safety, traversing back uphill, reading a slope that 'looks straight down.' All three tips are steep-specific speed management.

Reviewer Teaches the actual skill that unlocks steeper terrain — worth using even though it's filed as a general lesson.

Moderator Edge control via rolling the knees/ankles is genuinely one of the foundational skills steep terrain demands — grip and speed control both come from this — and the video explicitly ties it to feeling 'a lot more comfortable on steeper terrain.' Taught as a general skill first, but the steeps application is called out directly.

Reviewer Right idea, but it's a quick teaser more than a lesson.

Moderator Framed explicitly as a tip for skiing steeper terrain — managing the extra pressure that builds through a turn on steeps.

Reviewer Clear, correct, and directly useful for steep runs even though it's marketed as general improvement.

Moderator Not branded as a steeps video, but two of the three tips are squarely steep-terrain problems in practice - she explicitly calls out picking up speed 'especially on a steeper slope' and losing grip mid-turn, both classic steeps failure points. The third (thigh burn from a static low stance) is exactly what kills people on long steep pitches too.

Reviewer Real technique, but it's an app ad first and a lesson second.

Moderator Tightening turns, steering with legs/separation, early edging for grip — all genuinely steeps technique.

Moderator Five safety tips for steep couloir skiing, filmed on a tour up to Mickey's Ears at Tignes: check snow and weather, right kit and partner, read the top and watch for cornices, test the snowpack with jump turns, ski one at a time and keep looking up behind you. It's steep skiing from the safety side, not technique.

Reviewer Reasonable checklist before dropping into a couloir, but each tip is a sentence and it's no substitute for avalanche training.

Reviewer Useful mindset tip, but it's really a trailer for booking a lesson.

Moderator Framed as steep-slope tips but mostly mental/psychological advice with only a passing technical note (weight on outside ski, rotational separation); still squarely about coping with steeps.

Moderator Confidence lesson from a five-time Olympian covering steeps alongside ice, slush and poor visibility. Steeps lead the talk as the thing that scares people most, and he gives a real technique cue for them, but it's a slice of a wider fear-management talk, not a dedicated steeps lesson.

Reviewer Good advice for nervous skiers: shoulders parallel to the pitch, pressure on the outside ski. Short on steeps-specific drills, strong on mindset.

Reviewer Clear cause-and-effect coaching with a believable payoff for the student - good teaching.

Moderator Hip-hike technique for initiating turns and finding balance is broadly applicable, not steep-specific, but the instructor does explicitly call out that the movement gets more pronounced as the slope steepens - so there's a real, if secondary, connection to steep-terrain skiing.

Reviewer Sharp technical content -- the bump-specific framing costs it some points for this topic.

Moderator This is mogul technique specifically -- retraction, foot-to-foot pressure, square hips/shoulders, comparison to slalom skiers on steep icy pitches -- rather than steep skiing broadly. Moguls are commonly found on steep pitches and the retraction/short-radius-turn skill set transfers directly to controlling speed on any steep line, so it's relevant but through a bump-specific lens rather than steeps in general.

Reviewer One good cue, but that's the whole video — very thin.

Moderator One specific, real psychological/technique tip (look ahead on a level plane instead of down the fall line) that directly addresses steep-terrain intimidation. On topic, just very narrow.

Moderator Three drills for off-piste gullies: side-slip then edge to learn the flat ski, skidded parallel turns (smearing the butter), and a rotary side-slip drill (brackage), then a narrow stance in the gully with feet together. Gullies are steep-ish confined terrain and these skills carry straight over, but it never gets onto genuinely steep pitches or slope angle.

Reviewer Three good drills, side-slipping, skidded turns and brackage, that all pay off on steeper terrain. Keep the feet together and the skis flat.