It’s stressful to fall, especially on the slopes. I got you, my friend! Follow those 8 steps and you’re up on your feet in no time. First and foremost, after a fall, take a deep breath, do a body scan, take another deep breath and get up. I’ll walk you through how to put your skis back on safely.

Putting On Your Skis

1. Find a flat area. You may need to step up or down a bit to find that flat spot.
2. Place your skis parallel on the ground or across the slope. Don’t put your skis pointing down the hill or pointing uphill. If you do, you’ll start sliding as soon as you put your skis on. You don’t want to glide down right away. And more importantly, you don’t want to glide down backwards.
3. Position yourself with one leg below your downhill ski and the other leg between your skis. You’ll put your downhill ski on first. Hold your poles in each hand, pointing outside of the skis to help you balance.
4. Clear any snow from your boots and the bindings.
5. Align the toe of your boot with the toe piece of the binding.
6. Standing on your tiptoe, drop your heel into the binding until you hear a solid click.
7. Roll your downhill leg to dig into your uphill edges so that you can balance.
8. Put on the uphill ski.

You got it! Shake it off! Take a breath and take your time before you start skiing! Start strong!

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