The next day we went up to the nearby ski-field of Coronet Peak, so that I could drop my illusions on the floor and watch them shatter. If Mount Dobson were the Dino of the ski-field world, Coronet Peak would be the Toyota SUV with bull-bars and floodlights.We decided to go for only half a day to practice what we'd learnt, because a full day including a lesson would have emptied my bank account