On the subject of helmets......

You can avoid what you can see, it's the things you can't which tend to catch you out. Over the last decade or so I've hit a few unseen rocks and roots. One friend hit an abandoned ski. Another managed to hook his ski under the top wire of a fence! (We probably shouldn't have been there!)
Once you're falling there is little you can do about what or how you hit. I've seen enough smashed up helmets.

I should think that the latest news on poor Michael Schumachers accident would persuade a lot of people to consider wearing a helmet - he is a very experienced skier and it was suggested by the doctors attending him that without a helmet he would not have had any chance of surviving the accident at all. Food for thought folks!

Thanks for the wry comments Tony, Brucie and Swingbeep but my age has nothing to do with my enthusiasm for skiing and skydiving and my ability little to do with wearing a helmet (compulsory for skydiving but which, IMO, is less dangerous than skiing. In fact the only dangerous part of skydiving, IMO, is driving to the airfield!) Anyway, as I have noted on a later post, Michael Schumacher is a very experienced skier but would definitely not have survived his latest skiing accident without a helmet, so I'm pleased to see Tony wearing one now - and he'll find it better than a bobble hat too. Recover quickly Michael, our thoughts are with you. I'm off to Andorra on the 8th for a week, then a week in Spain before returning to Andorra for another weeks skiing - that's where my age has caught up with me, can't do 2 weeks consecutively any more!

Glad you took the comments in the manner intended Robin! I am in Soldeu for the season if you make it here I would be glad to ski with you(helmet or no helmet!!)

Doubt my skiing ability is anywhere near as good as yours Brucie - however, we could always meet up for a drink somewhere. My wife has stopped skiing now so I go alone and would welcome the chance to chat to someone over a beer one evening. Where are you staying?

Robin in Spain wrote: In fact the only dangerous part of skydiving, IMO, is driving to the airfield!)

Until you whack your head on exit, collide during RW or wrap yourself around a tree following a really bad spot - A helmet would be really useful there.

I agree that skydiving carries 'less' risk than Skiing but having had friends 'go in' i can tell you that the risk is very real and one that put an end to my jumping.

Statistically more people 'go in' as you call it Snapzzz, when skiing than skydiving - which was the main point of my comment - so why hasn't that stopped you skiing? I have banged my head twice in over 30 years of skiing but never once in over 30 years of skydiving - that tells me something and if it tells you something different then so be it. I won't give up either until I have some physical (or mental) inability to do either. Enjoy your skiing whilst you can and I'll continue enjoying mine along with my skydiving. Oh, BTW, I have a reserve parachute fitted with an AAD (automatic activation device) in the event of being rendered incapable of activating the reserve myself. As for wrapping oneself around a tree in the extremely unlikely event of a bad spot (aircraft are fitted with GPS to avoid that nowadays), then I assume you ski where there are no trees and that you assume that I skydive into forests? I don't think so matey. On current highly maneuverable elliptical parachutes avoiding trees is easier than missing the first ski lift of the day!
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Respect Tony, It had to take something as mega as this to get me posting again. It looks cool as well matey 8)