on the slopes

idiom

: engaged in the activity of skiing
I love being on the slopes.

Examples of on the slopes in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web The best winter coats can protect them while playing in the park, walking to school, or shredding powder on the slopes. Casey Clark, Parents, 5 Mar. 2024 Guests staying at the Fairmont Tremblant can take advantage of on-site rentals and ski valet — something that made getting out on the slopes (and coming back to the hotel to aprés-ski) much easier during my trip. Elizabeth Rhodes, Travel + Leisure, 4 Mar. 2024 The ski area’s 2023-2024 season still offers seven weeks for fun on the slopes, with Aspen closing for the spring on April 21. Elycia Rubin, The Hollywood Reporter, 2 Mar. 2024 In another, a nun, her white habit matching the clouds in the sky, marches up a path to a church on the slopes of Mt Kilanmanjaro. Tom Teicholz, Forbes, 27 Feb. 2024 Being situated on the slopes of the Santa Catalina Mountains and intersected by a big wash that often flows with water creates a cooler environment, so the park has a slightly later blooming season. Roger Naylor, The Arizona Republic, 24 Feb. 2024 One is a growing recklessness on the slopes that seems to have emerged post-pandemic, behavior often exacerbated by people ingesting pot gummies, magic mushrooms or copious amounts of alcohol before hitting the slopes. Jack Dolan, Los Angeles Times, 22 Mar. 2024 The food here is quite filling — think pasta, seafood, and steak — so carve out some time to recover before getting back on the slopes. Evie Carrick, Travel + Leisure, 11 Feb. 2024 As misfortune would have it, Shiffrin’s boyfriend Aleksander Aamodt Kilde also suffered a serious incident on the slopes just a few weeks before her own accident. Ben Church, CNN, 11 Mar. 2024

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“On the slopes.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/on%20the%20slopes. Accessed 18 Apr. 2024.

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