I have skied (did I spell skied right?) only once. It was on Mt. St. Charles just outside of Las Vegas. We had gone to Vegas the week between Christmas and New Years; we rented a car and drove to the top of St. Charles. There is a ski resort there and there was good snow. It is in the top five of the most fun things I have ever done in my life. This was at least twenty years ago, I have not tried it again since, to tell you the truth, the Mountain was quite intimidating. There was no beginners slope only the black flag slope was open that day. Even so, after 30 minutes on the bunny slope I thought I was Jean Claude Kilea and went to the top to try to ski down. It took me 3 hours to get down the side of that mountain. I plowed my way down as I never could get the hang of it. finally down to the bottom, I was exhausted and embarrased, but it was still a blast and very very fun. I gonna have try it again soon while I still have a little athletisism left in me.