Skiing trips for the over 50s Ski holidays are great fun. We love the mountain air the stunning scenery and the fact is you burn off so many calories you can eat what you like with impunity? Skiing always seems to be more enjoyable when you’re in a group however putting 10 or 12 friends together, all agreeing (or even enjoying skiing) to holiday at a pre determined destination is quite a task, well here’s the perfect solution a ski club for us over 50s. The ARP050 Ski Club is simply described as ‘A ski club for the over 50s’ founded in 1997 the club has a nationwide membership running five or six ski holidays every season. https://uk.pinterest.com/theboomersweb/the-boomerscom-vintage-ski-posters/ From the clubs website they explain: Our mission statement The ARP050 Ski Club exists as a non-profit organisation to promote and advance the sport of skiing among those of senior years by bringing together active like-minded people over 50 who enjoy this sport. Our raison d’être: There are many ‘over fifties’ who skied in their earlier years, often as couples or with groups of friends, who now find that due to the infirmity of one partner, the loss of ski friends, or other reasons, are now unable to do so. This club provides the opportunity to enjoy skiing again, in an atmosphere of friendship and companionship. Our beginnings: The club was started in 1997 as a special interest group of the Association of Retired Persons and over 50’s. The original ski holiday held in 1997 had to be expanded to two ski holidays in its first year. In the recent years, it has expanded to five/six holidays, and in 2011 we visited France, Italy, Switzerland and the USA with parties of various sizes, and provided 90 ski places in total. Reading the ‘raison d’être’ it reminds me of several friends I know where one of the couple thoroughly dislikes skiing while the other can’t wait to hit the slopes, the ARP050 Ski Club may be the perfect solution, one of you goes ski-ing while your partner may choose to have a break elsewhere? With this in mind solo skiers whether with a partner or not might well enjoy travelling with Piste Pals, a company specialising in solo trips. Chatting about this article in the office, we wondered who was the oldest skier in the world? We found a story about a gentleman who didn’t even start skiing ‘till he was nearly 50: George Jedenoff – 97 Year Old Utah Skier https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ueidYCQiSoE
