How to Win:

• Collect the highest number of points by banking ski runs.

Game Setup:

• Separate out the lift cards and shuffle the rest of the pack to create the draw pile.
• Each player is dealt 1 lift card and 4 cards from the draw pile face down.
• The remaining cards are placed in the centre of the table to create two separate piles, lifts cards in one and the draw pile face down in the other.
• During the game if the draw pile runs out, the game continues using only the cards remaining in players hands.

On Your Turn:

• Pick up 2 cards from either the draw pile or the lift card pile, or pick up 1 of each.
• Play up to 3 cards.
• If you run out of cards in your hand pick up 1 lift card and 4 cards from the draw pile on your next turn.

Playing Your Cards:

• On your turn cards are played face up in front of you going horizontally from left to right.
• You must always begin a ski run with a lift card. Run cards can thereafter be played to the right.
• You may start a ski run with any colour of run.
• You can only go on one ski run at a time.

Bonus Points:

• You gain an extra 4 bonus points when you link 5 or more run cards together in a ski run. This does not include lift cards.

Run Cards: Green/Blue/Red/Black:

• Run cards are linked together to score points.
• A run card may link to another run card of the same or neighbouring colour. For example: A blue run card can link to a green, blue or red run card but is unable to link to a black run card.

Banking Your Ski Runs:

• Banking will count as your whole turn.
• To bank a ski run safely stack all the cards in the ski run in the correct order and place to the side. Make sure not to mix your banked ski runs together.
• Once a ski run is banked it is safe, even from an avalanche.
• Only points from banked ski runs are totalled at the end.
• You may bank as many ski runs as you like.

The End of the Game:

• The game ends as soon as the 5th avalanche card hits the table.
• Therefore, the player who holds the final avalanche card has the strategic ability to end the game.
• Each player then totals all points from their banked ski runs, remembering to include bonus points.
• Going clockwise, each payer will announce their total score. The player who played the final avalanche card will announce first.
• The player with the highest score wins the game!