I'm just getting back into skiing after a 15 year absence from it. (Car accident knee injuries) So far it's just been a short 2.5k circuit on a golf course, when the wind chill isn't into the -30ºC and lower range. The brilliant sunshine makes up for the sketchy conditions that have resulted from wind drift and a brief thaw a few weeks back. Got a blister and a bruised toenail yesterday - my old boots didn't fit and the new ones don't fit as well as they seemed to when I was just walking around the house in them.
Hard to believe I used to go out to the mountains west of Calgary and do 20 to 30k skis, then go back the next day and do 10 to 15k the next day. My whole body is tired from 5k right now. At least I can ski in the city here. Calgary rarely had enough snow for that. Now that the sun sets later than 5:30, I'll be able to go right after work in the evenings.