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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]If you really want to learn to ski, OP, [b]I would not do it on local hills[/b].  Or even New England.  I know it's expensive, but I would do a trip to a Utah or Colorado resort.  Better snow, and the impact of skiing straight for 5 days can't be overestimated.

I learned at 40 - had never been on skis before.  I took one group lesson at Wintergreen, and it was a disaster.  I then went out west on a group family trip, and took lessons for 5 days in Utah.  Mostly group, one or two private, and then skied on my own.  At the end of it, I made my way (slowly) down the easiest blue hill at the ski resort.  I now am comfortable on basically any blue hill in Utah, and a handful of blacks.  We do at least one long trip a year.  I am never going to be a great skier, but I have a lot of fun, and can hold my own as long as I stay on the right slopes.

If you can afford it, it's definitely the best way to learn.  I would choose either a smaller less crowded resort (such as Solitude, where I learned) or a higher end resort like Deer Valley.  I'm sure there are similar places in Colorado that others can recommend.  Wait a year or two to ski at Park City, Alta, etc.  [/quote]

I disagree. I learned to ski here as an adult and always say if you can ski here you can ski anywhere. Learning in tough local conditions makes you a pro out west. I was glad I had learned a lot of basics here before our trip out west because it meant I could do a lot more on the mountain. [/quote]

This might be true if if we were in New England.  But mid Atlantic skiing is crowded, with uncertain, crappy conditions, and people who don't know what they are doing.  It it definitely not a place where "if you can do it here you can do it anywhere."  It also is a miserable experience.

Are you the Whitetail poster?  If so, you have greatly inflated sense of your ability.  [/quote]

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