今日は栂池自然園まで足を延ばしてみました。GW以降初。除雪はされている・・という情報はあったのですが実際に行ってみてその雪壁の高さに驚いてしまった次第・・「なんだこりゃ！？」。この時期にこれだけあるのはちょっと記憶が無いですね。。上で除雪作業をしている知人と話したのですが、「これ4月の量だよ！」と。なるほど！4月に道開けたらこんな感じになりそうですね、たしかにたしかに。。さてその先の自然園もまたしかり。雪がたっぷり。すぐの小川に居付いている岩魚の写真撮ろう、とカメラに偏光フィルターをつけて臨んだのですがその小川自体がまったくまだ雪の下でありました。あらら・・。というわけで転進して今度は天狗原方面へ。うん、成城大学の小屋の下の沢もまだ全然出ていません。進んだ先の広場も縦溝が凄いわけでなし、ただただ静かにフラットなコンディション。。嗚呼・・もったいないねぇ〜。。ステップカットで天狗原の斜面を登り切る気にもなれず横のダケカンカンバ帯に平行移動。縦間の開けた斜面、なかなかコンディション良いではないですか。ここまで来ると展望もまた格別。良いね。いつものようにカメラアングルをセットしながらあちらにこちら。実は滑るのと同じくらいに撮るのが好き。そんなで小一時間ばかり。帰路は沢形状をビューっと片斜面トラバース。フニャ靴の割にはハイスピードで移動しながら・・「山足の外エッジでブレーキをコントロールする説、やっぱり間違ってなかったなー」と、そんなことをつぶやいておりました。。僕の中では理論と実践の合致あり。ゆえに「ダウンヒルスキーでまず大事なのはブレーキコントロールだよー（ターンじゃないんだよー）」と。「山側の足の外エッジを押すんだよー（谷側の足のインエッジじゃないんだよー）」。もうちょっと言うと「更には外エッジの後ろ半分を上手に使うんだよー（トップからテールまでの全部じゃないんだよー）と。まぁそんなわけでうちでスキーツアーに参加できるお客さんの移動は速い。そして当たり前に安全。大事なポイントですよ。ダウンヒルスキーはブレーキ操作と方向転換です。双方別個。別個で存在しえます。そこを一緒くたにして「ターン」と呼んでしまっているのを僕はAと分類し、分けて存在しえるのをBと呼んでる次第。正解云々ではないので好き好きで。　2025年5月18日 Today I went to Tsugaike Nature Park. It was my first time there since Golden Week. I had heard that the snow had been removed, but when I actually went there I was surprised at how high the snow walls were. "What is this!?" I don't remember there being this much at this time of year. I was talking to an acquaintance who was clearing snow up there, and he said, "This is the amount in April!" I see! It looks like this when the road opens up in April, that's for sure. Well, the nature park up ahead was the same. There was a lot of snow. I put a polarizing filter on my camera to take a picture of the trout that were staying in the nearby stream, but the stream itself was still completely under snow. Oh no... So I changed course and headed towards Tenguhara. Yes, the stream below the Seijo University hut hadn't come out at all yet. The open space ahead didn't have any impressive vertical grooves, just quiet, flat conditions. Ah... What a waste. I didn't feel like climbing the Tenguhara slope with step cuts, so I moved parallel to the forest on the side. The condition of the open slope was quite good. The view from here was also exceptional. It was nice. As usual, I set the camera angle and went downhill here and there. Actually, taking pictures was more fun than skiing. Anyway, I spent about an hour like that. On the way back, I went down the slope of the stream by traversing one side. While moving at high speed despite my soft shoes, I muttered to myself, "I guess the theory that you control the brakes with the outside edge of the mountain foot was not wrong after all." For me, theory and practice are completely in sync. That's why I said, "The most important thing in downhill skiing is brake control (not turns)." "Push the outside edge of the mountain foot (not the inside edge of the valley foot)." To add a bit more, "You also need to use the back half of the outside edge well (not the whole edge from the tip to the tail)." That's why the customers who join our ski tours are fast. And of course it's safe. That's an important point. Downhill skiing is about braking and changing direction. Both are separate. They can exist separately. I classify the two together as "turns" as A, and the ones that can exist separately as B. Do as you like. May 18, 2025

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