In your opinion, how old is too old to do snow ski?

Question

Generally speaking...

Answer 1

I think your walking age limit should be your skiing age limit

Anyone can learn on gradual cross country slopes

Answer 2

When you are 6 feet under.

Answer 3

I met some people well into their 70s skiing.  With today's medical technology they can replace knees and hips so people who normally wouldn't be able to do so can ski until they drop.  

As long as you have your wits about you and can physically do so I guess.

Answer 4

I've taught never skied before adults in their 80's.  I skied last weekend with a man who is 84, and one today 87, who is returning after 2 years off for shoulder surgery. Your basic answer must be when you are "six feet under".  Conditioning is much more important than age, flexibility and endurance will determine when to quit.

Answer 5

When your body says that it's to  old to snow ski and that would depend on what kind of shape you're in.  There are people running marathons and playing baseball and hockey into their 80's.  Physical fitness is a very individual thing.  My father who is 84 years old can still do things that some people in their 60's and 70's can't do but he was a fire fighter for 30 years and is just now starting to lose his muscle mass.  Even after he retired he continued to stay in shape. So it's a very individual answer depending on the particular person.

Answer 6

Dead

Answer 7

Never! They are going to have to put runners on my wheelchair to keep me on the slopes till the die I die!

Answer 8

A few years ago I shared a lift ride with a gentleman who mentioned he skied Winter Park the first year it opened.  I said "That means you've been skiing for over 50 years!" He told he'd been skiing a lot longer than that.  Before Winter Park existed he and his friends skied Berthoud Pass, skiing down to a waiting car and rotating drivers each run.  At 90 years old he was now limiting himself to the green runs!

Answer 9

93,

a 90-year od bannana water skier can still go

so on snow whats the diff

Answer 10

If you're dead, or unable to hold yourself up. All depends on individual health. My Gram's 79 and still skis.

Answer 11

Everyone is an individual.

Some people could learn well into their eighties.