Me! I started skiing in my 30s and love, love, love it. My kids have grown up skiing and we all do it together as a family.

If you are athletic and coordinated, it's not hard to learn as an adult.

I had skied a few times in adolescence and was terrible and miserable. Then I moved to Europe in my 20s and skied every weekend, sometimes both days. I got much better and got to the point where I enjoyed it but never became a daredevil. I liked the glidey feeling going down the mountain. And the scenery. And my French boyfriend who convinced me to do it because he want to ski "main dans la main." Nobody here in the mid-Atlantic can really ski that much to develop that kind of habit.

I don’t ski anymore not worth risking injury

Anonymous wrote:I learned as a young teen. The older I get, the more I see it as an unnecessary risk to life and limb. But, I also am related to more than one paralyzed person.

I have a lot of friends and family who really enjoy it; but it does seem to follow personality lines.

DH and I skied in high school and college before moving onto traveling abroad to warmer destinations. At a certain point we realized we didn’t want to risk a skiing injury because too many of our friends had blown out a knee or hurt their back.

I doubt skiing is something anyone can truly pick up as an adult, and I can’t imagine it’s pleasant as you age. I remember how sore I was after skiing when I was 18, and I can’t imagine how sore I would be skiing in my 40s or 50s.

X country skiing all day every day but at 55, I’m sticking with the bunny slopes . I didn’t make it this far with functioning knees to blow it in an afternoon of bad skiing.

I grew up in Florida, but my family took us a few times as a kid so I tried snowboarding and loved it. But the last time I went (late 20s, I think) I decided that the most likely outcome was that I just ended up injured. Now I have pretty much zero interest in skiing or snowboarding. If my kids want to go you’ll find me at the lodge with a drink.

I did learn young but have lost my interest. Everytime I went to PT for an unrelated issue, someome was there with a ski injury. I also don't love being cold, feel more fearful the older I get, etc. I'm fine now going on the trip, saving the seats for lunch, reading a good book, shopping in the village, etc.

Appreciate all these replies! And I especially like the idea of trying cross country skiing - I think I would like to try that and I know my husband is also interested.

I only dislike it more now and I hate being cold. I don’t find anything enjoyable about it. I went a handful of times and just noy worth it.

Should I just give it up and save myself the money and stay in the lodge and read while my family skis?

Don't do an expensive activity you don't enjoy. Especially one in which being mediocre at it means you're somewhat likely to get very hurt.

Take a cross country lesson and/or get a snowshoe guide. There are multiple ways to enjoy pretty wintry places.

No.
I don't like being cold. I'm less tolerant of it now. And driving in snow stresses me out too.

I'd be ok with spring skiing.

And the injury risk is too high of a probability. And recovery time/hassle from said injury gives me anxiety (ie: busted knee, twisted ankle means inability to walk/drive/exercise/do my job well , you get the picture).

I learned as a young teen. The older I get, the more I see it as an unnecessary risk to life and limb. But, I also am related to more than one paralyzed person.

I have a lot of friends and family who really enjoy it; but it does seem to follow personality lines.

I stay in the lodge and LOVE that. I also like tubing.

I’m like you. Started late, didn’t have a natural affinity for it. I tried both skiing and snowboarding, truly terrible at both.

I’ve only skied a handful of times in my life - all in the past few years. I had wanted to learn when I was younger but didn’t pursue it and wanted to give my kids a chance to learn as kids. So we’ve gone for a few years now, and I took lessons the first two years, but I have never left the bunny slope. The thing is is that I thought I would love it and I really don’t. I am very sensitive to motion sickness, like I get vertigo on rides or fast moving things, and I don’t ski well so I don’t have great control. So it’s not enjoyable. I keep hoping I will get better and enjoy it more, but is that likely to happen? Should I just give it up and save myself the money and stay in the lodge and read while my family skis?