Which photo-gear to bring along on the skiing slopes

During Xmas break I had the chance to stay in Italy, more precisely in Val d'Aosta, for a week of ski.
Contrary to the bad snow situation that is characterizing this winter around Europe, I found very good snow conditions and - lucky me! - even a full day of pure powder on the slopes!
Even though the initial idea was to ski in a different resort for each day of the week, we finally decided to split our skiing time only among two locations: Cervinia and Pila. I think that both the two resorts are widely and well known by everybody, so there's no need to say anything about these two wonderful skiing resorts and why I decided to spend my time in there!

Anyway, might you desire to stop for a very nice and extremely affordable lunch while skiing in Pila, do not miss the restaurant Societé anonyme: I really suggest the "polenta concia con fontina" or the "tagliere di salumi e formaggi misti" together with a Montepulciano or any other of the extremely good red wine they have.

Apart of all of this there was a big problem: my Nikon D3200 is definitely a small DSLR that you can carry around everyday without suffering from its weight or cumbersomeness but I gave up since the beginning the idea of taking the camera on the slopes. The motivations are several and very simple:

• It's very cold on the snow --> the camera and the battery won't really appreciate to be refrigerated;
• Wherever you keep it while skiing/snowboarding (pocket, backpack...) probably it won't brake when you fall, but your bones will!
• The chances to let it drop in the snow while wearing gloves are pretty high;

but mainly, not being a professional photographer:

• You're there for skiing, not shooting! 

On the other hand I decided to carry along my old Point-and-shoot Olympus: we all know it's not a DSLR and not even a "good" point-and-shoot. If I'm not mistaken exactly my model was used in an episode of "Pro with cheap cameras" on DigitalRev TV, and that says quite a lot about its mediocricity!

Still it gave me the possibility to take some shots with a better optic than with a smartphone and I had really no problem having it in one of my jacket's inner pockets. On top of that, if it broke or if i lost it I defiantly wouldn't have cried a single tear!

Here some shots I managed to take with it:

Maybe not the sharpest and most detailed shots in the photography history, and for sure not the best compositions ever, but I can't complain too much neither.

And you, what do you bring along when skiing? Do you turn towards a point-and-shoot or you never private yourself from your DSLR?