My fellow skiers were no help; after each run they were all happy expletives and wide grins.

She then skied the rest of the course with the boy in her arms, to the enjoyment of the crowd and fellow skiers.

My fellow skiers swap their gutted look for grins.

Jönsson's girlfriend is fellow skier and olympic medalist Anna Haag.

"It's always nice to get advice from a fellow skier."

She suffered a dislocated fibula last summer while wrestling with a fellow skier and only recently returned to the World Cup circuit.

He is the brother of fellow Alpine skier, Alain Baxter.

Finally, remember that if after a day or two you can't bond with your guide or fellow skiers, you can politely ask to transfer to another group.

After a night blessedly unmarred by bedbugs, we cooked breakfast in a kitchen crowded with fellow skiers, flipping pancakes and swapping information.

"No safety bars and no Botox - unlike Colorado," as a fellow skier put it.