With the right brace combination you might still be able to ski. I pretty much had a complete knee reconstruction(acl,mcl,have a combined total of 3/4 of a miniscus,knee cap,patella tendon and cartlidge) and with 2 braces on each, i can ski. Look into it, you'd be suprised the technology thats out. Ask your doc man, I dont know how your knees are but there might be a solution, even if you can only get in 20 days a season, still worth it.