I love your attitude! I had a buddy who was totally blind in his right eye and only had a little vision from the corner of his left eye. He did everything he wanted to do. Sadly he passed a few years back.

You just keep chugging along like a locomotive my friend!

A day on the slopes sounds like fun!

I'm not sure I'd want louder speakers than 6 watts. You've skied before so you know how quiet the world is at high elevations and how far a voice carries. Be considerate, you're not the only one on the slopes, and depending on where you go there's the danger of a sound triggered avalanche. We all wore Sony Walkmans on ski trips back when they were cutting edge technology because no one listening to Pat Benetar wanted to hear their neighbor's Charlie Daniels and because the silence of the mountain was almost sacred, not to be disturbed more than necessary. I think a cheap Bluetooth speaker would be more than enough to let me know where my friend is.

Also, why add a beep?

A month or two ago there was a blind Paralympic skier doing a Reddit AMA. It was cross posted to r/Blind. I can't remember her name but you might find something helpful in her AMA.

Dope! You are cool man!!

I’m super jealous and I’m gonna suggest something I saw on here a while back ago. Why not use a rope or a tether or a bungee like the one they use to tow cars with. This would be more of a back up but I just thought I would suggest it.

FRS radio headsets with vox (automatic) microphones are commonly used for skiing and even water skiing. Now days you might just use mobile phones.

There's some debate as to whether the guide should go ahead or behind of the blind skier. Having a guide both ahead and behind would be ideal. Ahead has the advantage that they can see upcoming obstacles and navigate the course better but can't keep track of the skier and can get too far ahead. Behind has the advantage of being able to better monitor the blind skier and catch-up as needed but requires slower skiing as the guide can't give as much detail about the upcoming course or obstacles.

Definitely one thing I have yet to try.

Hell nah, only skis you'll see me on his water skis

Totally blind here... I only cross country skied but the guy in front of me would just call back directions from time to time. Downhill skiing is a different story though I know! I'm thinking an in-ear bluetooth solution may be the way to go...

We don't get snow in our country, accept in extreme north. And, I have never skied yet. So yeah, Super jealous of people who get to ski regularly.

I went skiing once, crashed into a fence, and knocked myself unconscious (apparently, I also broke the fence). Honestly, my guide shouldn’t have taken me on that slope because I was a super beginner, and it was above my skill level, but I didn’t learn that until afterwards. I remember him skiing close by and giving me instructions, which worked well when I was on a reasonable hill. But I do have some usable vision, so that’s a factor. Also that was in high school, and I haven’t been downhill skiing since.

I have snowboarded in the past. The advantage is that you can have two people facing one another, and you can link both arms for both guidance and support when you're a beginner, so long as you have someone who doesn't mind riding that way around if that's their preference.

Bear in mind it is possible to get road rash from falling on certain kinds of snow that feels more like a bed of very fine icy gravel than fluffy white soft stuff.

I think Sam from blind life youtube channel, and Molly berk also did some videos on skiing.