My sweetie and I went to the Hidden Valley Ski Resort in PA yesterday - he snowboards and was dying to "hit the slopes." I tried snowboarding last year and wasn't very successful, so I stick to skis. However, I repeatedly fell while getting off of the ski lift at this place! Last year, I did fine, this year, I was on my ass every time. I feel comfortable enough on my skis and remembered most of what I was taught during an alpine ski lesson I took last year, but I have decided that this girl does not have a "need for speed." I know the more experienced I become, the more stable I will feel on my skis and perhaps the better I will feel about flying down hill standing up - not anxiously awaiting my fall and thinking about a ski flying off and whizzing by my head or worse, gashing into my head. After a couple runs, I decided to hang out at the bunny hill and take it easy, but the ski patrol told me "you've skied before" and made me feel like I shouldn't be poking around with the beginners. So anyway, I did fine skiing all the green trails but fell off all of the lifts. My boy on the other hand, had what he called the best snowboarding day of his life and loved it. The park wasn't over crowded, there was a ton of fresh powder (not the pressed down hard icy stuff that makes you fall on your bumbum) and the facilities were really nice. So anyway, it was only 1 and a half hours from Wheeling and we had fun.