soooo excited

yh someone said there lessons started at 9 in the morning. i think if thats the case ill go bed at 10 every night lol

Lessons vary from resort to resort. First lift is often 9am, sometimes earlier in some places. I am usually up and having breakfast around 7.45am every day when skiing.

Some resorts do lessons in the mornings and afternoons and you can choose which - dragging yourself out of bed to be bang on time for 9 (they WILL go without you if you don't show) can be a de-motivating experience for some so try to get afternoon classes if you can (and are not one of life's early risers)

Thing that I always forget, until I go again with absolute beginners and try to snow plough everywhere with them, is just how physically demanding on your legs those first few days are - sure you still need to be able to SP into lifts etc from time to time but you'll be glad to see the back of it and move onto parallell turns that are so much less effort!

Drinking in resort is very quiet for me these days - I like a wine or 3 with dinner but am usually tucked up in bed by 11ish (give or take) as I'm knackered from all the exercise, mountain air and good food. Oh and I dont like to be up late and miss any of my precious skiing time.

Which reminds me - only 4 more sleeps til VDI!!!

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andyoneil wrote:Some resorts do lessons in the mornings and afternoons and you can choose which - dragging yourself out of bed to be bang on time for 9 (they WILL go without you if you don't show) can be a de-motivating experience for some so try to get afternoon classes if you can (and are not one of life's early risers)

Thing that I always forget, until I go again with absolute beginners and try to snow plough everywhere with them, is just how physically demanding on your legs those first few days are - sure you still need to be able to SP into lifts etc from time to time but you'll be glad to see the back of it and move onto parallell turns that are so much less effort!

Drinking in resort is very quiet for me these days - I like a wine or 3 with dinner but am usually tucked up in bed by 11ish (give or take) as I'm knackered from all the exercise, mountain air and good food. Oh and I dont like to be up late and miss any of my precious skiing time.

Which reminds me - only 4 more sleeps til VDI!!!

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Totally agree about how demanding learning was first week. I hated it, until we started paralleling and i havent snowploughed since, except the odd lift entrance as you say.

Have to agree, in bed no later than 12, never that much to drink anymore. You are there to ski, dont ruin it.

Funnily enough, I am rubbish in the mornings..........








........except the weeks I am skiing and I am up at 6am like Basil Brush.

Tony_H wrote:

........except the weeks I am skiing and I am up at 6am like Basil Brush.

Mrs H must be quite overcome....

Tony_H wrote:Funnily enough, I am rubbish in the mornings..........

At what Tony? :lol: :lol: :lol:

lol yeh i guess the early lessons are better then could try skiing out on our own or do what ever. what is snow ploughing??

A snow plough is the upside down V shape you make with your skis (in the shape of a plough - if you know what that looks like). It is pretty much universally used to teach people to ski - to learn how to stop and turn, before you move on to more complicated ways of stopping and turning.

Ally