We used to train at a local hill with a rope tow (30 seconds up and 30 seconds down!!), the trick was to go buy some welding gloves for the ride up and switch to regular gloves for the training run down. Ski gloves were lousy at wear resistance from a rope tow and welding gloves were lousy for skiing. Inconvenient, yes, but stuffing your feet into hard plastic shells then clamping flexible planks to your feet, all while dressed in layers of clothes to go outside in the cold is a bit odd too.