Skiing is over rated.

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I am here in France for a week skiing. Now in my mid 40s I have been nearly every year for 20 years, with the husband and laterly the two kids (now teens). I have decided it is stressful and quite frankly an exhausting holiday. Why have I suffered this long?! AIBU?

I’m mid 50s and will swap with you. I love skiing and am lucky enough to go several times a year. I usually do over 50km a day and really enjoy it. In Feb I did 8 days on the trot (knees admittedly not happy!)

but I am a bit obsessed!

I can see Mt Blanc from my bedroom window. Did the ski grind for years with my dc. Now they are young adults one hates skiing, the other quite likes it but no-one has thanked me for the relentless effort it all was.
I liked it though and would love to have been a better skier. I have to say now that I give a happy little sigh that it isn’t me when I see the families heading off in February with everything but the kitchen sink stuff d into the back of the car.

YANBU. I detest snow and hills and I can’t imagine a worse way to spend a holiday(besides camping.) It holds no appeal for me whatsoever.

YABU - it's great to have a holiday in the fresh air where there's no arguing about what you're going to do, and where the kids are exhausted by 8pm....

I only skied once on a compulsory school trip and I hated it so much I have never done it again. So I reckon you’re right, it’s extremely overrated!

I still love it- found myself thinking I probably only have another 10 years in me now ( at least at any pace) and that made me quite sad. one bad fall and that might be it. However, I agree the ski admin is a bit of a pain in the arse. Once I’m on the slopes I’m good but the 15 mins before leaving the chalet in the morning makes me want to murder everyone. Weirdly I find the post ski admin like drying things quite therapeutic- no idea why as I’m not like that with laundry at home.

Love skiing personally, but each to their own…
I loathe swimming and sun bathing, so most people’s idea of a great summer holiday doesn’t interest me.

I absolutely hated skiing. Went once to Zermatt,never again.
Husband took the kids skiing and I had a week of peace and quiet every year …win win!

I live in the Rockies. I like skiiing but I’m not prepared to shell out £900pp for a season pass. Not to mention the stress of trying to find a space in the parking lots. Or stand in line for ages just to get on a lift. (Google Whistler queue if you want a laugh).
Snow was late arriving here, so the rush to the hill when it did arrive was something to see.

Ski to and from door makes a big difference. I can't be doing with any kind of schlep or bus trip.

I snowshoe hike whilst the rest of the family ski, then meet them for a late lunch on the mountain. I could stay for weeks!

I'm too old for skiing now, but when I look back I found the whole two-week ski holiday rather stressful as DH would have me skiing slopes that were out of my comfort zone. After making the decision to not ski again, I'm much happier as a non-skier pottering about the resort, enjoying the swimming pool, walking around looking at the scenery, sitting in the sun (hopefully) with friends, the good food etc.

I go on our skiing holidays but I only usually do one day’s skiing. I go swimming and walking and read a lot. You don’t need to ski every day! I love being in Austria - but a week of skiing is too much for me.

How old is too old? Many friends still ski well into their 70s and even 80s.

I live in Geneva. We ski a few times a year and it is getting more tolerable as the kids get older. When they were tiny it was hell, pure hell. No amount of zipping down a mountain can make up for bringing a 3 or 4 year old skiing. It is simply awful.

Yep, this is me. My husband is a very good skier… I seem to have got worse (although I was never amazing). I have just developed a fear of dying on some frozen mountain with two broken legs.

YANBU. I hate it, husband loves it. I'll have to start going soon as he wants our kids to be able to ski but Ifs not my idea of a holiday in the slightest

It’s really not my thing. Cold and I find ski resorts boring.

Handily DH and DS love it, so they go for a week without me.

I think this is the trouble. We do it cheap to be able to afford to go. Drive 13 hours across France, stay in self catering accommodation, make packed lunches for on the hill, cook in the evening etc. So much faff and I am just so tired of it. The husband and kids are now awesome skiers but I am done.

We went every year. It was a bit like childbirth. At the time it was hard work but afterwards you felt a sense of achievement. Saying that, I always felt better mentally after the skiing trip. It signified the end of a long cold Winter and the sunshine felt good.

I've just came back from two week long sking holidays trying to figure out if I have money to go skiing on glacier in the summer lol.

I think it is linked to when you learn skiing. In country I am from the majority of skiers learn skiing when they are children and a lot of people spend 2 weeks of winter school holidays in the mountains, so they have time to get decent by the time they are adults. All my friends who skied as children still ski and we're approaching 40.

There is only one thing worse than skiing, and that is ski bores telling you about their ‘run’.
wake me up when it’s over :)

Bloody awful. I hated it. DD on the other hand is obsessed. DS could take or leave if

I agree OP... I used to love it when I was younger and went once or twice per year! Had a break then took the kids when there were very tiny to a catered chalet with childcare - but at this stage I still started to find it physically exhausting!!I was pretty fit but as my body aged it got a lot harder! Plus I always felt the least experienced so was always slower! The whole freezing your tits off then being boiling hot the next plus the ski book pain as my legs got fatter over the years - ugh!!!

Always love the mountains etc but once went in half term 🤯🤯🤯OMG!!!

SO busy!!!!

I went when pregnant one year and did very little skiing but still enjoyed it but I also went another time and ended up with a nasty injury culminating in French hospital stay which was highly unpleasant!!

My family really want to go again but I just feel exhausted at the thought these days but I could happily do spas and mountain restaurants and shopping and chocolate chaud all week 😜

Oh I get it. It is really hard work. Fortunately, we both love skiing, and kids did too. So that made all the difference. Colleagues used to say to me 'you work so hard, why don't you go to a Hotel and sunbathe by the pool and get fed and pampered? They just didn't get it. But for me- skiing was always the main holiday, and one we all loved. We used to ski from opening time to past closing time- then go shopping for dinner and make packed lunches for the next day, and just have a drink on the slopes at lunchtime. The only way we could afford it- but it was the best.

If your DH is a better skier, and the kids have caught up- and none of them have the patience and get fed up with you (I've seen it so many times with other couples)- then I can so understand how you have had enough. I was always the better and more confident skier, and taught the kids myself- as lessons were far too expensive.

Just be honest - and go to a resort with a spa and some shops, etc, learn to snow shoe, etc, and enjoy their company in the evenings. Some resorts are much better for shared skiers/non skiers than others.