In Praise of Skiing: Less Trouble with Bindings

Let’s give skiing its due. You seldom have to think about bindings.

Even the easiest-to-use snowboard bindings (whichever they are is occasionally a matter of contentious debate) require some attention. Most obviously, you have to secure one foot into a binding once you unload from the chair lift.

You never have to deal with that on skis. Stand up, off the chair and ski away. OK, so you do to secure your poles, but that’s a lot less work than working on a binding. And even the poles don’t need much attention if you have a Leki trigger system for your poles, as I do.

On the other hand, it IS pleasant to walk back to your car in soft boots, carrying only a board and not two skis and two poles.