I am contemplating learnign to ski - I did when I was able bodied. Anyway, silly as it may sound, how do you get back up the slopes when you are in a specially adapted ski? Obviously a ski lift is out of the question. Thought you would be best to answer this Russ.

Nope - you use the regular ski lift - the mono ski's lift up and the chair comes round and sort of scoops you up. At the top you just slide off. It takes a lot of getting used to and you need a fair bit of help to start with.

A quick google brings this up Using a ski lift in a sit ski

If you're thinking of skiing you could do a lot worse than applying to Back-Up for next year.

Thanks fopr that Russ. Very helpful. In view of my present circumstances, I am not going to venture abroad I am afraid. My family are thinking of going to The Lecht in Scotland, or Glenshee. To be honest, I dont feel confident enough to go abroad on my own now. So I am going for the comfort element.

hi Gary,

Im just back from a Backup Skicourse in Denver. It was brilliant although the first time you go up on the ski lift as described by Russ its pretty scary! Winterpark have a fantastic adapted ski program and make sure your in the right mono or bi ski. The most important thing is to relax and have fun

Wriggley

PS anything that isnt nailed down is being sold because i want to go back next year!

Hi wriggley. It's very addictive isn't it? Isn't Winter Park superb?

How did the back-up trip there go this year? What were conditions like? They were superb when we left 10 days before you arrived. Any broken bones? Last year there was one on each of the two trips they ran but the year before we didn't have a single trip to the med centre. The only trouble with the Back Up trips is that usually they'll only take you once - after that you have to organise yourself as we did this year - did everything the same even stayed at the same place. How did you get on.

I'm hoping to go out with Bak Up again next year as Group Leader but there's fierce competition for that spot!

I'll have to go somehow though - I've just bought myself my own sit ski!

Russ

uh oh Dave wont be happy! ;) There was no broken bones this year though i did make a conciderable effort to change that i even chucked myself and another poor victim of a snowmobile! there now 8 other fresh sit ski addicts! theres quite a few of us who really want to go back and 2 who have already gone back! Cant wait to be honest might even drag the other half with me. One thing i defo discovered is snow and small casters dont mix though the user and the snow do as a result.

That's good going - going straight back out there - how on earth did they manage that?