wedeln

There was less shoulder-work and the art of Wedeln, a gentle waggling of the hips, was a revelation.

Perhaps the best ski instruction available at Vail is embodied in Pepi's Wedel Weeks (named for wedeln, a short parallel turn) returning for its eighth year.

I am skiing as I never ski in life: effortlessly shifting my weight, paralleling around bumps and boulders, WEDELN, and actually circumnavigating fir trees.