On Tue, 05 Apr 2016 14:23:05 -0400, Keine Keyserscheiße
wrote:


I actually got pretty decent while in Europe. There were a few runs I wouldn't try,
but not many. The greatest ski day I ever had was skiing the 'Sella Ronda' in
northern Italy. The trip starts when the first lift takes off in the morning, and
then it's up and down and back up and down all the way around the Sella group of
mountains. An Italian Ski Guide/Instructor is a requirement so the group (about ten
of us) could get to the front of each lift as we went around the mountains. There was
no stopping. The route covers 26km of skiing. That doesn't include distance covered
by lifts. The picture below gives an idea of the trip. We used our poles a lot!

http://www.dolomitisuperski.com/webs...e-di-siusi.png

That was part of my problem in Michigan. We were there in the middle
of the week and we had the whole place to ourselves. Between the fast
lifts and no lift line, I was pretty much skiing all the time. It
snuck up on me. I got on a blue trail that was a little more than a
tired old 69 year old was ready for and I went down hard. That was
when I decided I was just too tired to ski.