{"id":514,"date":"2018-10-24T16:13:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-24T16:13:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ogmogulskier.com\/blog\/?p=514"},"modified":"2018-10-25T03:46:38","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T03:46:38","slug":"zermatt-recap","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.oliviagiaccio.com\/blog\/training\/zermatt-recap\/","title":{"rendered":"Zermatt Recap!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Hello Everyone!<\/h1>\n

I\u2019ve just returned from a 3 week camp in Zermatt, Switzerland, as you may already know. If you haven\u2019t read it just yet, CLICK HERE<\/a><\/strong> for a quick write-up on the camp from the US Team! Though our team\u2019s press officer already did a great job recapping the camp as a whole, I wanted to offer a bit of my own perspective!<\/p>\n

To start things off, I just want to say that Zermatt<\/a><\/strong> is my absolute favorite place I\u2019ve trained over the years \u2014 and one of my favorite places to travel to, as well. The little village tucked away in the Alps has a surreal magic to it; the alluring atmosphere encapsulates the character of not only Zermatt, but Switzerland as I\u2019ve experienced it.\u00a0At every turn, the views are absolutely breathtaking!<\/p>\n

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Training at the Matterhorn Glacier Paradise<\/h1>\n

As for my actual training up on the glacier, the camp as a whole was phenomenal!! This was the first full course I\u2019ve skied since US Nationals back in March (the 5.5 month gap has been the longest I\u2019ve gone without doing so in at least a few years), so I was ecstatic to get back into the bumps and to training my competition run on a consistent basis!!<\/p>\n

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The Mogul Course on the Glacier<\/p><\/div>\n

Over the course of the entire camp, my biggest goal was to consistently train several run packages (i.e. with various sets of tricks) to the best of my ability with the end goal of figuring out which was both the best and most consistent.<\/p>\n

Because this summer\u2019s training was largely focused on jumping, I was able to add in several new tricks to my repertoire, allowing me to pick and choose from several options to create my best competition run, which I\u2019m absolutely psyched about! The new tricks that I ended up integrating into my run were primarily my cork 7, as well as cork 10 and cork 7 tail, though I completed less repetitions that included the latter two tricks throughout the camp. Here are a few of my favorite runs from the past 3 weeks:<\/p>\n