Nobody talks about how much energy modern skiing demands before you even make a turn.
Not the skiing itself.
The managing.
The scanning for other people.
The speed differentials.
The unpredictability of what someone else might do next.
You can still ski the terrain.
But somewhere along the way, skiing stopped being something you settle into and became something you manage.
That is not a confidence problem.
It is a conditions problem.
And it is why what several European resort