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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I’m a husband and father that skis a lot with my kids. I generally disagree with the DCUM brigade about most things. I think OP’s reaction is perfectly valid.

Yes, there are times when I want to open it up and charge hard, but a father’s first and most basic responsibility is the safety of the family.  He should have the second strongest skier lead and (presuming he’s the strongest skier in the family) he should be bringing up the rear to help with any trouble.   If the skills gap is too great within the groups, break up into smaller groups. At the very least he should have turned back and not gotten out of eye sight.

If your husband was a father with my ski group I’d light his ass up when we got to the bottom.

If he wants to charge hard beyond the skills of the rest of the group, leave the kid at home.

Taking an experienced child skier on an icy blue run is perfectly reasonable. [/quote]

Same here.  I always stay uphill of the least experienced skier in my group.  I’m usually the most experienced and the best at maneuvering on steep slopes helping get skis on/off.  We ski with different families and usually someone hasn’t skied all that much.  If it’s just my wife and me, I still go second because then I’ll know if something happens.

In all cases, sometimes I wait and let a lot of space grow between us and ski as I want until I catch up but I still stay uphill (sometimes it gets a little flat so I’ll go ahead at those points because I’m not going to wait for people who were bad at planning and I hate pushing/walking - but I wouldn’t leave my kid behind in that situation).

All things considered, OP, your husband sounds like a skier that doesn’t have as much skill as he thinks he has.  He sounds like one of the people we all encounter who flies down the mountain but has little strength or technical ability.

It is a LOT of work to stop, wait, help people up, etc.  maybe your DH is missing too many leg days and simply can’t contemplate how he’d hold an edge for 30 minutes and while getting the kids skis on and off.

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