Why do you love to ski?

I'd imagine its pretty much the same for us all, with a few slight bespoke differences.

Its the scenery, the fresh air, the stillness, the brightness of the snow, just the fact that its real and proper snow unlike the rubbish we get here, its the steeps, its the buzz of the lifts as you ride up, the smiling operators and bar tenders, apple strudel and custard, sitting outside in a deckchair with the warm sun on your face whilst its still well below freezing, having a beer looking down on the world, rising through the misery and the mist down below, leaving home and work behind, being somewhere really special, feeling priveleged just to be there, having the ability to ski about up there, the feeling in your stomach when you fly down a piste and hit a compression, speed, wind chill, rich hot chocolate, the chatter in the gondola........and knowing you're going back up the very next day to do it all again.

I can't really describe it other than that.

This is great, makes a welcome change from the no snow Doom & Gloom!

For me: Work bl**dy hard all year and holidays are hard to come by. Going skiing with that great crispy snow, fresh air and the sheer joy of it all is great. Also, the fear of doing something, pushing myself and getting to the bottom and thinking, that is great - lets do it again!!

Sitting outside a restaurant in the sun at the top of a mountain with a huge bowl of french onion soup and fries with an ice cold coke.

Talking at night about how I came down that vertical black run, full of ice, on one leg, without stopping - then downing a grappa/genope and starting all over again

Then putting the chains on with frozen fingers....they always seem so easy in the warm garage!

I love it, however my wife does not. She is not interested in the stories, the "look at this picture from.....this slope was nails....."

LOVE IT!!!

Just wish I could do it and get paid for it!!! :D :D :thumbup:

...and the sheer excitement when you decide you can go AGAIN before the end of the season :mrgreen:

I posted a similar question 2years ago:
http://www.j2ski.com/ski-chat-forum/posts/list/6647.page

and me last year :D
But I think it's a question that can well be repeated.
:thumbup:

All of the above, plus the people I share the experience with. I've made so many great friends over the years on our holidays.

Agree with pretty much what everyone else has said !

But for me its the feeling of freedom, when im skiing i have no worries, my mind is clear and im in the element ! Not a better feeling !

I WANNA GO NOW!