How do you handle skiing on ICE?

Good advice I reckon. Don't bottle it and be a woofter, give it some welly.

There was plenty of ice in Soldeu/El Tarter last week. I can handle it fine if I can see it beforehand and can get my edges in on the turn (or perhaps skid to be more accurate) or just ski straight over it. It's the ice which is under 1mm of 'man-made' snow which catches me out...twice I was on my ass (twice, I tell thee) whilst my 7 year old daughter 'floated' over it..

Its that pesky icing sugar called man made snow on top of ice that I hate.

If you're having problems on ice then your weight is not on the correct ski, treat it as your friend and a technique aid.

Hi all,

This January has been the worst I've experinced in terms of snow so had plenty time to master skiing on ice. For those of you wishing you were here - don't. The last decenet snowfall was on Christmas day, December 28 - a dusting of new snow and a really warm day on the 29th followed by a big freeze. That's about it. One really warm week, and snow showers every week which probably brough about 1 cm of snow in total:( and this is expected to continue into the nearest future. So good opportunity to refine ice skiing skills:)
I keep edges sharp - service is becoming expensive. But the key is the proper balance, weight on front of the skis, no leaning uphill, hands forward particularly the uphill. Trying to be light on my feet with even pressure on edges, no increased edging when hitting the ice, but rather going with the slide and into the turn, because the skis will turn if the balance is right whereas putting more pressure on edges when on ice may result in skidding and skis shooting from under you. A bit counter-intuitive but it works. I read someone comparing skiing ice with dancing waltz and think it's a fairly good comparison.
I don't like skiing on ice but there's simply no other choice unless you hike. and by hike I mean fairly far, everything nearby is really chopped, with very little powder to be found but lot of frozen crud. So between the two I choose ice, although it's getting boring. Where's all the snow?

oh dear, thats not good for somewhere as good as Verbier. It was good snow in April 2009 when I went.

very, very sharp edges!!

or skid over it

The ONLY way to deal with ice is to add it to whisky :lol: :lol: