soooo excited

Dry slope can be tough going but will stand you in good stead for the real stuff which you'll find much easier. I think people on here will agree that if you can grasp the basics on a dry slope you'll find it much easier skiing on snow.

hmmm think ill look more into the snow dome. i like my skin :lol:

and thumbs :thumbup: :thumbdown: :thumbup: :thumbdown: :thumbup:

sm4sh wrote:hmmm think ill look more into the snow dome. i like my skin :lol:

If you are in Stoke then Tamworth would be your closest place.

I think thats the one i was looking at earlier. not 100% sure though

sm4sh wrote:I think thats the one i was looking at earlier. not 100% sure though

I think i will be going regularly now to keep myself up to standard until i go away again next year.

I may incur the wrath of other members but i really wouldn't bother going before your first trip. We intended to but i thought that it would be good to join a beginners class on the mountain and learn from square one with everyone else.
I was concerned that a basic lesson may give me a slight head start on the class that may frustrate me and i would feel held back.

I didn't know a boot from a binding last monday and now i am comfortable with parallel turns and skiing red runs. I still consider myself very much a beginner even tho my certificate says i am intermediate, i have so much to learn and hope to gain some more experience in the snow dome before next year.

I wouldn't pay out on a taster lesson now. Wait till you get there and enjoy the real thing.

yh suppose. i just dont wanna wait a year to start skiing :cry: do you get a certificate then after the week of lessons? dont have to pass a test do i! what are the lessons like. 4 hours a day seems a long lesson!!

sm4sh wrote:yh suppose. i just dont wanna wait a year to start skiing :cry: do you get a certificate then after the week of lessons? dont have to pass a test do i! what are the lessons like. 4 hours a day seems a long lesson!!

The certificate is simply something the ski school gives out and my guess is it means nothing really. Probably just to make you feel good after a week of lessons.....Mine says i have achieved 'intermediate' while my wife's says 'snow plough turns'.
I suppose it is some kind of proof you have had some training and that is all.

Our lessons were 3hrs a day. 9am till 12pm. With the exception being Monday when it was 10-12 then 2-3.
There is no test at all, its very informal. Our class started with around 20 students that after day two were split into two groups, those that were progressing fast and those that needed more help. My wife and i were spilt up which was fine by me!!!! lol.
The time goes quick as you often grab a chairlift and go miles out which takes an hour or so to ski back at a stop/start pace. We also stopped for coffe sometimes at a mountain shack.

Its all great, being outdoors in the mountains is wonderful and i was also worried that an indoor snowdome my not give me that sense of wonder that i now knew skiing the great outdoors would do.....i didn't want it to put me off either.