‘Little Timmy’s off snowboarding this year – I’ll throw one of those handy lift pass holders in his stocking, that’ll be nice!’

In the majority of cases, this seemingly innocuous statement is unfortunately misinformed.

Many resorts now use fancy hands-free micro-chip technology in place of the old-school barcode scanner technique when it comes to lift passes – and in any case, lift pass holders are a serious concern for sufferers of the spring-loaded backlash they deal out all too regularly.

Think of the children – leave them at home where they belong…