wow, thanks everyone

thanks for the supportive post    I just got in from the doctor's office.  He thinks it will heal ok with a cast, no surgery.  Yippee!  24/7 in the cast then reevaluate in 6 weeks.  It is conceivable that I could ski again before the snow is gone this year 

No major story to tell about the fall.  It was early afternoon and I was on a trail called The Narrows.  It was a single track with lots of turns and a few bumps.  Coming up to what I thought was the end of it I saw some bumps and ditched to the right into some deep powder to keep from launching myself over the bumps.  I don't recall the ankle twisting at all, and was really kind of surprised to find that I could not stand on it.  But it's been damaged so many times before I should not have been surprised.

Anyhow, an instructor and her class came by and we asked her to call ski patrol.  We were in a bad spot near the top of the mountain, and actually had to go up more before we could go down.  It seemed to take forever to get down, that poor guy was working hard!  And it was waaaay too early in the day to call it quits.  Probably about 1:30 or so.  I couldn't go out into town for medical treatment because I came up with a group on a bus and there was no way that bus was leaving without me on it at 4:30. 

Time for another nap, between using crutches and darvacet, I am whipped.  Thanks again all