But she is loving every minute of it.

Jane took up skiing to help her cope with her disability after an accident left her paralysed from the waist down.

Now she is hoping 2010 will be her golden year on the slopes as she is within touching distance of a place at the winter Paralympics.

Jane was a 28-year-old music industry manager in 2003 when her world was turned upside down in a fall down a flight of stairs.

She was on the verge of despair as her life and career lay in tatters after doctors told her she would never walk again.

But a holiday to a US ski resort sent her life hurtling down a completely new path - and she now aims for world domination.

Despite never taking part in the sport before her injuries, she is on the verge of selection for the British Disabled Ski Team for next year's games in Vancouver.

In January the former Guiseley School pupil was named third overall in the European end-of-season ranking.

She has spent a gruelling winter of competition on both sides the Atlantic.

She said: "It's been a very busy season chasing points at races worldwide, with the aim of qualifying for Vancouver. After some intense pre-season team training in Austria, we headed across the pond to race against our North American competitors.

"I have already met most of the qualification criteria for the 2010 Paralympics in Vancouver, and am hoping to be picked to compete at the games. Funding will now dictate how many athletes the British
Paralympics Association can send, but it's all looking positive for me."

Jane, 34, added: "A simple trip, a fall and an unlucky landing left me with a broken back and I found myself paralysed from the waist down. I think I was in a state of shock over the next few weeks, worrying that at 28 my life as I knew it was over.

"I vaguely remember the doctor telling me I would never walk again, feeling like I was hovering above watching someone else receive the devastating news."

Jane eventually won a seven-figure compensation pay-out for her injuries which happened at a friend's rented flat in London.

She fell 13ft on to a concrete floor after tripping backwards on the landing which had no safety rails.