On Nov 28, 3:32*pm, paul leslie wrote:

I`ve been in a white out on several ski holidays ,one in the
cairngorms ,it is truly truly *frightening ,you cant even see your
feet,

I've experienced something very similar once in the Alps, when the
blowing snow started coming from behind me faster than I was skiing
forwards. Looking down at my feet with the blizzard rushing forwards
my brain suddenly told me I was going backwards and total
disorientation set in. Fortunately I was only a few yards from a
restaurant and a chocolat chaud!