NASJA 8: Alcohol, Late Nights, and Skiing

At dinner the other night we got into a discussion of “ski hard, party hard.”

I don’t understand how people can ski or ride all day, especially at high elevations, stay up late at night drinking booze (which compounds the problems of dehydration), and then getting up early the next day for another trip to the mountain. But some people can do it.

One school of thought is that you can do the long-day, long-night routine if you start skiing or riding at an early age. Perhaps. But whatever the truth is, don’t ski or ride intoxicated. It’s dangerous enough to yourself, which would be fine if that’s as far as it went. But usually it will increase your likelihood of endangering others.