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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]On a holiday weekend with a three year old none of you will have fun. Save your money and go next year on a weekday.

- skiing family [/quote]

TOTALLY agree with this!   I have 8 & 10 year-old girls.  They learned to ski at Snowshoe in WV as part of the Kids World Ski School when they were 5 & 7.   They had very positive experiences and we had a blast skiing as a family for a partial day after they learned and on subsequent trips.

Fast forward two years and my older kid broke her arm on our last family ski run of the day.  Ski Patrol at Snowshoe took excellent care of her and, since it wasn't a bad break (not compound!) and we've previously dealt with a broken leg bone with this kid, we decided to see our amazing orthopedic surgeon in DC.   She's fully recovered; however, now at age 10, she's very timid.  We took her skiing out west recently and she was in the Adv Beginner group (rather than intermediate like most kids her age) since she didn't dare go fast.  She's awesome at technique now and we're not concerned about speed, just her confidence.  [Her little sister is more of a natural athlete, has the technique and I chased her down an icy double blue out west - the big sister finished strong with my husband, but 10 minutes later.]

So long story short, I'd wait to take your young kid until the crowding is better.  Midweek would be awesome.[/quote]

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