It not only creates confidence in ability, but a nobility of feeling. The more you ski it, the more you crave it. Corn's the premium snow to teach on. I teach an open, functional stance where you're on both skis at the same time. The outside ski dominates, but only as needed to pull off the turn.
Corn snow produces the ability to use a soft edge.
Because of its nature and texture, the student quickly develops the sensation of rounding the turn. Hooked on the arcs of our turns that day on Mount Tallac, we didn't stop until we were well into the meadow below the cross. Looking back up, we savored the moment and relived our descent, our faces wide and grinning. It was only 7 a.m. and the sun was far clear of the horizon. The snow would be baked to slop in the two hours it would take us to hike back up Tallac's 10,000-foot peak.