Skiing - camera - protection?

[dojo]

I'm skiing in Feb and would like to take my camera but been a rusty snowboarder who in their prime used to fall a fair bit I want to protect my equipment... I was thinking about one of those motorbike hard shell backpacks. Does anyone have any better ideas and would one of those packs allow for enough maneuvering??

[dojo]

Ok, are the hard backpacks not soft on the human side??
I have a fuji XE1 and will prob bring a 18-55mm with me and maybe a 10-24mm for landscao if can afford before I leave. Also have a 50-230 which may think about but it only starts at about F5...

[dojo]

SWD thanks for your reply. I am going to be snowboarding, I haven't really boarded for 10 years, I used to be pretty reasonable but foolhardy hence the falling, now in my mid 30s I imagine I'd be somewhat more conservative but who knows!
You're absolutely right to highlight the problems and if I ever clipped an edge it did tend to be the heel side... Hmmm

I love my photography and the mountains, but maybe travelling by board isn't the way to it?!