In addition, upper body and head injuries, caused by collisions with other piste users or trees, are increasing as pistes get busier and better equipment makes people ski more confidently - and faster.
Driving along small tracks known as pistes (just routes for getting across the desert), we passed through a tree-spattered landscape, smothered in rocks with just a scruff of driest grass.
The skiing in the Espace Killy is excellent, with most lifts running and pockets of powder off piste, as is the skiing in the Three Valleys resorts.
A phrase such as "off piste" tells us how Harry spends his hols [see footnote], but is coarsely unHoratian.
By the time we near the bottom, we pass the chairlift as the piste joins our usual green run, the Boulevard.
Furthermore, the statement "A phrase such as 'off piste' tells us how Harry spends his hols" is not accurate, the author says he does not ski on a regular basis.
Once your children are up and skiing, there are themed areas on the mountain that add a touch of magic and story telling, such as the Piste of the Wicked Fairy Godmother in Courchevel Moriond, and the Indians Piste, where children go in search of the Grey Wolf and the Chief of the Indian tribe.
Chandler had his mask on again and was back in the ring -- more properly known as the piste, or strip.
Krvavec, meanwhile, has a good selection of long, wide pistes, as well as some jumps and a half-pipe for snowboarders who are keen to try some new tricks.
Both are classically trained and revere the martini and manhattan, but will also take you as far off-piste as you dare go (one rum drink landed in front of me nestled between a pirate's pistol and a sword; another was aged in leather).
