Ski team for 5 year old

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi guys, any ski team / program recommendation for five year old? She can do blue trail and very easy black trails. Love skiing.
We live in McLean. Ideally 2 hour drive or less.

Thank you very much.

Yes, wait for 2 years.

[Anonymous]

Op here. Thank you all for your sharing. It’s really helpful. I have no intention to make it a sport for her at this age, but rather have her on snow for longer time ( for 2020 winter, she was on snow for 10 days) . She likes skiing, so I initially thought joining a team would make it a regular activity, and make our life easier ( we are bad skiers) .

Thank you everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thank you all for your sharing. It’s really helpful. I have no intention to make it a sport for her at this age, but rather have her on snow for longer time ( for 2020 winter, she was on snow for 10 days) . She likes skiing, so I initially thought joining a team would make it a regular activity, and make our life easier ( we are bad skiers) .

Thank you everyone.

Thank you for resurrecting a dead thread

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thank you all for your sharing. It’s really helpful. I have no intention to make it a sport for her at this age, but rather have her on snow for longer time ( for 2020 winter, she was on snow for 10 days) . She likes skiing, so I initially thought joining a team would make it a regular activity, and make our life easier ( we are bad skiers) .

Thank you everyone.

Thank you for resurrecting a dead thread

It's only a month old FFS. People resurrect decades old threads sometimes.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If your child is interested in ski racing or you have a particular interest and think your child might be a good fit, ski a lot. Until they hit the age where race programs start (and even after) just take them skiing all over the mountain. Travel to other mountains, have lots of fun and spend good quality time outside. Skiing is such a technical sport where success comes in large part from time on snow, if you can get them more of that now and they still love to be out there, then they may like a race program. Once they start racing you will spend less time with them outside so soak it up now and keep finding opportunities to do it with them.

-signed a ski race parent of 10 years

+1

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thank you all for your sharing. It’s really helpful. I have no intention to make it a sport for her at this age, but rather have her on snow for longer time ( for 2020 winter, she was on snow for 10 days) . She likes skiing, so I initially thought joining a team would make it a regular activity, and make our life easier ( we are bad skiers) .

Thank you everyone.

Glad you came back to add more info. Take her skiing a lot, sign her up for kids lessons/groups sometimes so she can be around other little skiers. Take some lessons yourself. She will quickly outgrow your skiing ability but you can still ski together and have fun.

-Race parent

[Anonymous]

Out west we have Saturday or Sunday ski programs for kids starting at age 4, then over time the kids get into a more formal racing program. No parent riders required. I don't have any advice but I understand why OP asked the question, as it's really nice to have a weekend day to spend with your spouse while your child is out skiing with the same couple kids and instructor every week. Good luck.

[Anonymous]

-signed a ski parent too.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Out west we have Saturday or Sunday ski programs for kids starting at age 4, then over time the kids get into a more formal racing program. No parent riders required. I don't have any advice but I understand why OP asked the question, as it's really nice to have a weekend day to spend with your spouse while your child is out skiing with the same couple kids and instructor every week. Good luck.

Agree these programs are great. Whitetail in Pennsylvania does this. My kids did it for two years and can ski most trails comfortably now. It’s a great program but hard to get into - you have to call way in advance and there is usually a waitlist.

[Anonymous]

It’s been said, but a ski team for this area, is it really even with it? Can’t you just sign your kid up for weekend lessons?

[Anonymous]

Bryce Resort has a weekend program called “Future Stars.” It’s essentially a group of the same kids who ski together with an instructor for a few hours each weekend morning. If you’re a regular, it’s a nice family-friendly mountain and scene.

[Anonymous]

Seasonal programs are great. The kids really get to know each other.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Out west we have Saturday or Sunday ski programs for kids starting at age 4, then over time the kids get into a more formal racing program. No parent riders required. I don't have any advice but I understand why OP asked the question, as it's really nice to have a weekend day to spend with your spouse while your child is out skiing with the same couple kids and instructor every week. Good luck.

Agree these programs are great. Whitetail in Pennsylvania does this. My kids did it for two years and can ski most trails comfortably now. It’s a great program but hard to get into - you have to call way in advance and there is usually a waitlist.

Yep. My kids have been doing Whitetrailers for years.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Seasonal programs are great. The kids really get to know each other.

I’m a big fan of the seasonal programs too but they are not ski racing. Racing requires developing good technique and a desire to go fast, seasonal programs are more for exploring the mountain and just skiing a lot. OP should try the seasonal program and see how her kid likes it then if DC wants to go faster maybe look into the race team.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Op here. Thank you all for your sharing. It’s really helpful. I have no intention to make it a sport for her at this age, but rather have her on snow for longer time ( for 2020 winter, she was on snow for 10 days) . She likes skiing, so I initially thought joining a team would make it a regular activity, and make our life easier ( we are bad skiers) .

Thank you everyone.

Glad you came back to add more info. Take her skiing a lot, sign her up for kids lessons/groups sometimes so she can be around other little skiers. Take some lessons yourself. She will quickly outgrow your skiing ability but you can still ski together and have fun.

-Race parent

Thank you, that’s what I’m planning to do. I hope that I could turn this into a family activity in the future while I’m not knowing if she will be a racer or not.