A first time for everything, including skiing

Taking to the slopes for the first time? Caomhan Keane has the ultimate beginners’ guide to skiing

My only experience of skiing was, aged 15, when on a school holiday, my ski got caught on a lift, dragging me up a mountain, killing dead any youthful bravado I may have had. The rest of the trip was spent drinking apple schnapps and cough medicine in my bedroom, swearing solemnly I would never do it again.