Après ski, definition: literally French for "after ski," and it's a general phrase to describe the social activities that take place after a day spent hitting the slopes. (1.) Confession: I live in the Adirondacks and I don’t ski. I don’t snowboard, snowshoe, or go tubing. Rope tow? Oh, the horror! My ski story came to an abrupt halt as a child when the meaning of the ski term “snowplow” became me plowing into a group of students at the bottom of a practice hill when I couldn