In multiple ways, mountain biking is very close to alpine skiing; at least during the downhill phase. The single trail meanders and is packed with changes, tricks and obstacles. It becomes therefore essential for the rider to look up and scan for what's waiting far ahead.
At the same time though, it remains crucial to watch what's coming up immediately. And here lays the essential difficulty of mountain biking: Continuously scanning far away while alternating with watching like an hawk what's coming under the wheels.
Often, the trail is smooth and it becomes easier to scan ahead while at other times it becomes imperative to pay much closer attention to the looming difficulty that is going to wrestle with the bike. This alternating scanning gets better as a rider accumulates more miles and eventually becomes second nature...
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