People ask me why I ski, why I would go out in the blistering cold, spend
serious dough to risk injury on snow?
Here are my top 10 reasons to ski:
1. Winter is the longest season – particularly in New England, Canada, and the Rocky Mountains. A sure cure for Cabin Fever is a day on the snowy slopes. Of course, then you risk getting powder flu which is highly contagious.
2. Most people look better in a ski suit than a swim suit. You can hide your sorry butt in a Bogner – same can’t be said for a bikini or boy trunks.
3. Skiing takes you to new heights – literally. Chairlifts deliver a bird’s
eye view of our beautiful mountains – and no hiking!
4. Unlike mountain biking, hiking and swimming, snow is very clean on contact – I am not a big fan of filthy sports that cake you in mud or mess up your hair.
5. Skiing is a tremendous calorie burner! Its great physical activity,
consuming up to 700 calories an hour – that beats a jog on hard asphalt in
my book.
7. Skiing is a lifetime sport. Klaus Obermeyer, Warren Miller, Penny Pitou,
Stein Erickson – all amazing ski athletes that have been doing what they
love best for over six decades!
8. Skiing is a great sport to meet people, particularly the opposite sex.
Name another activity that allows you to shout “Single” in the line and
potentially find a match.
9. Skiing has no speed limits, only endless possibilities for travel and
discovery from small volunteer run recreational hills to high Alps with
untouched powder fields and helicopter accessed first descents.
10. You can’t après ski until you have skied…
