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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Don’t do it if you haven’t started yet, waste of money and time sink [/quote]

They could end up seriously injured.  Or worse.[/quote]

Skiing is not without risks.  My nephew broke his leg last winter at 5 because my sister took him on the blues when he was not ready and also tired at the end of the day.  We know another family who all wanted to learn to ski and their 5 year old son broke his leg skiing.  They never skied again after that.

So best is lessons to learn and then practicing with parents and skiing with parents who are good skiers.  I don’t see how safe it is to put a kid in lessons and then just let them go at it on their own.  That is a recipe for disaster IMO.

If you don’t ski, you could put your kid in a multi-week developmental program and they might be competent but that is a lot of time, money, and commitment.  They will never be great because you really need to ski more challenging terrain and that entails going out west where the real challenge happens, not these small local mountains.  [/quote]

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