The Old Way of Learning to Ski

In the Old Days, you literally walked up the mountain with your skis over your shoulder - the lifts and cable cars that we are so familiar with had not yet sprouted up.

This is why the ski boots were more like walking shoes! Once you had climbed up to a suitable spot you launched yourself downwards through the snow, there were of course no pistes either!

In this way you would Learn to Ski, it was certainly not a process for the feint of mind as you had to walk all the way back each time, thus two or three ski runs down would be all you could do in a day!