Skiing

That's probably because we spend most of the time sitting around drinking whereas skiers actually go and do some sort of sport for the most part.

Fuck skimo.

Whatever. Fuck downhill skiing. It's boring AF. Yeah, I said it. 🌞

Wait, you enjoy Skimo for the uphill bit?

Ha - it;'s the idea of having each leg strapped to a different long plank that can twist independently that gives me the jibblies!

Wait, you enjoy Skimo for the uphill bit?

Have never taken part in a skimo event.

I do however adore going uphill above going downhill.

Touring is not skimo.

That's why ski bindings release!

Until they don't!

Touring is not skimo.

No shit. But both go uphill.

Anyway, I'm only trolling.

Reminds me of the old line: I don't do golf as I can still play sport

replace golf with pass-time to mock

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I snapped my ACL over in Canada and was given a brace very similar to the one that @Stonehedge linked to - effectively hinged metal rods on either side of the knee joined by a neoprene sleeve. Was told by the consultant that her partner always wore his whilst ice skating etc.
Wore the brace for the first few trips for added stability / safety but I don't know how much good it would do in a proper smash - it did seem to help support the knee, so helped conserved knee stability/strength a bit longer, which i guess is the point, I don't think a simple neoprene sleeve would have had the same effect but YMMV. Even with the robocop brace, it certainly did not stop me still being very conservative about what the knee could do - it won't replace proper strength / stabilisation prep (which i'm sure you've been doing).

Just to echo what you just said, I felt it was useful for my first few tentative trips after recovering but now I am fully recovered and leg strength is good after a fair few years of working on knee/leg strength in the gym, I don't feel a need to wear one any more.

Thirded, I found a light hinged brace really useful to start with (a decade or so ago), but on my last skiing trip I lent it to someone who tweaked their knee on day 2 and didn't notice its absence particularly.

A brace can also function as a constant reminder that your knee is weak, and that you should not be hucking cliffs.

Hi, looking to book a ski trip accessible via train in Feb with my mum and options are limited.. It seems to be accom that is most expensive, so I was thinking of finding somewhere we can stay in a non-resort town and get a bus/train to the lifts (she might not want to ski every day either). Somewhere like Bourg-saint-maurice and the funicular up to Les Arc.. Any other recommendations for somewhere we can stay affordably, but then travel to the resort on days we want to ski? Thanks

If you got a train to an airport you might be able to get booked onto a transfer? Which would open up smaller resorts with perhaps cheaper accomodation. Also make sure you're not looking during half term weeks!!

Briancon for Serre Chevalier.
Ax les Thermes for Ax 3 Domaines.

Both are great for the sleeper night train from Paris and there are day trains too.

Otherwise look at Brides les Bains for the 3 Valleys and St Gervais les Bains for Evaison Mont Banc

They all have a lift from the town.

Brides Les Bain has a cable car up to Meribel.

Oh, yeah, what they said ^^

Innsbruck has a sleeper train from Brussels, loads of different ski areas apparently easy to get to from the city for a day

Looks great - I've only ever been in the summer

@speculoos Another option which I have done is get the train to Thonon-les-Bains and get the bus (or a taxi) to Morzine - fairly big for a resort town so maybe more accommodation options?

Plenty of places with that option in Switzerland. Not generally a particularly affordable place to stay, although there are sometimes bargains out there. If you stayed in Aigle, for example, you'd have plenty of resorts accessible by train, such as Les Diablerets and Leysin. A day trip to Verbier would be eminently doable from Aigle, although the lift pass prices in Verbier are cripplingly expensive.

Trains to and from Switzerland are straightforward enough, although I've only done the full journey by train once. Route goes London>Lille>Lausanne>Final destination, if I remember correctly.