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[quote=Anonymous]My biggest advice for everyone it to take as many lessons as you can. If you can afford private go for it or try to go mid week and take a lesson because it will likely end up becoming a private.

Kids will learn quickly and I agree that multi week lesson programs are the way to go. They will be divided up by level and have the same instructor every week. 
 
I learned to ski at 42. Started at whitetail. First season I skied 5 days and spent a lot of time on the bunny slope. First day day was just there, second day I attempted sidewinder. At liberty I spent a lot of time on the front greens (never did their bunny slope as I find it too flat, even for beginners.  I only took one beginner lesson my first year and looking back I should have taken a lot more. I also watched a lot of youtube videos which I do think helped. My second year I took a lesson early in the season and go lucky with it being just me. That private helped me a ton and I progress a lot my second year. I also skied around 18 days my second year including one trip out west. I am a solid blue-groomed black skier now and have improved a ton since I started in Jan 2020. I still take lessons every season including the adult development program at Liberty (4 lessons/days over the course of 2 weekends). I credit my improvement to skiing as much as I can which is 18-20 days/season which I think is decent in this area, and lessons.

Whatever you do both for the kids and the adults, do not just go to blues too quickly. i did not go down the blues at Whitetail until probably my 13th time skiing, but I am also more cautious and wanted to be be able to actually ski it vs staying in a pizza and surviving it. It is one thing to get down a blue alive, it's another thing to actually ski it in control. FYI blues are Whitetail are a lot more challenging/steeper than Liberty. At WT if you can't ski down sidewinder completely clean then don't attempt snowpark. Do snow park before even thinking about a blue. 
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