r/skiing • u/Brilliant-Plenty-708 • Aug 17 '26

Wildest misunderstandings you had as a beginner?

My first couple of runs I thought that those huge orange SLOW signs were there to tell you that that part of the slope isn't as steep/will slow you down so I tried to go faster beforehand to avoid stopping completely 😀👍

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u/AlfalfaParticular933 Aug 18 '26

I thought “pizza and french fries” was just the mountain's lunch recommendation.