How dangerous is skiing?

Legs are often broken

i like winter sports!

Alpine skiing uses release bindings so there are very few leg fractures when reasonable caution is used. More common injury is twisted joints from reckless endeavors or head injuries from lack of helmets. The ski industry does everything they can to make skiing and snowboarding as safe as possible. Take a series of lessons and use due caution and it is safer than water skiing.

Very. Look at Michael Schumacher.

If you stay on the bunny slopes and punch the little kids out of your way then not too dangerous.

Ask jfk brother!

Depends on numerous factors: level of experience, the terrain of the hill/mountain, and the conditions of the snow you're skiing on. You could experience an avalanche even on a hill if the snow is loosely packed enough and experiences a disturbance.

There are many different kinds of skiing and different skill levels and importantly different personalities, so there is a very large variance in the risk factor. If you are always pushing yourself towards faster and faster and more and more difficult terrain then it can indeed be quite dangerous. If you just like cross country skiing on flat terrain for exercise, there is almost no risk at all. There are a lot of shades of grey in between.

If done cautiously and if you do the right kind of pre-training it can be quite a safe way to get fun and exercise at the same time. If one is reckless and just wants the thrill of the speed without paying attention to training or technique, it can be fairly risky. Gravity sucks.

P.S. - My favourite form of skiing these days is skijoring (cross country skiing while being towed by my dog). I do it in a slightly hilly area so there are some ups and downs but nothing too dangerous. I get decent speed because my dog is really strong and I like to pole along as well. I'm just getting ready to go now (I do that 3 or 4 times a week). It's my favourite thing in the world.