GS, I agree with what you say about cycling, when the activity you are doing represents no more challenge you'd like to go the the next level.

However, skiing on piste can present much more challenge than what you are currently doing.

In the same analogy. A bike ride on a flat road with no traffic at 20Kmh is pleasant but not challenging, but riding the same flat road with no traffic on a TT bike at 50+kmh represents a completely different challenge, and also you'd be grateful that there is no car traffic involved, so the risk is then minimized.

The same could be said about skiing on piste.

if you come down a blue slope, slowly doing long arcs it would be pleasant but not that challenging, now try to come down the same slope on slalom skis fast and without missing any gate. You'be be grateful then that the slopes are grommed and other risks are outside of the equation.

I can understand the backcountry and exploring skiing though.