Caius, dropping your H's again.
I too, love the winter months, Can't beat it. Christmas didn't feel the same this year cos of the warm days leading up to it.
... are people who take to the slopes without any instruction whatsoever - then kamikaze straight down taking out anybody in their path! We had so many near misses last year, then on our last afternoon one guy cannoned into me on a green run, leaving me with a massive fat lip and black eye! You can imagine the stick I got when I went back to work! On a more serious note, it's made me a bit apprehensive - but not put me off though!