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Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

DP but I think you read the post wrong. They clearly said “for first day out” not their current ability. And you are clearly trying to “throw shade” in your own words. And not very well.

What the PP said was:

For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail.

We used to call the the bunny hill.

After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty.

These are very easy beginner slopes.

After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Sidewinder is a slightly longer, but not at all difficult, green slope.

The way it's written, the PP spends the entire first day on the learning area, and after that moves onto other green hills, ending up on Sidewinder. There's no suggestion that she skis anything more difficult than Sidewinder. Maybe it's just poorly written, and she meant to describe just the first couple hours of her first day?

Regardless, anyone who skis almost exclusively at Liberty and Whitetail, as she does, is not an intermediate skier. Sorry.

Why are you so offended that I am an intermediate skier?

Maybe I didn't write it clearly but other posters are correct in what I liked when I was a BEGINNER/just learning. I was not saying this is all I am skiing now, 4 years later. I would be bored to tears if all I skied was sidewinder 20 days a year. LOL.

we head out west to CO once a year and I have skied all the peaks at Breck. I am still working on moguls, but can handle just about anything else.

I am sure you will still tell me I am a crappy beginner....

Sounds like you are a good skier - an unclear writer, but a good skier. Congrats! (Also, "Breck?" You're one of those people, I see.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

DP but I think you read the post wrong. They clearly said “for first day out” not their current ability. And you are clearly trying to “throw shade” in your own words. And not very well.

What the PP said was:

For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail.

We used to call the the bunny hill.

After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty.

These are very easy beginner slopes.

After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Sidewinder is a slightly longer, but not at all difficult, green slope.

The way it's written, the PP spends the entire first day on the learning area, and after that moves onto other green hills, ending up on Sidewinder. There's no suggestion that she skis anything more difficult than Sidewinder. Maybe it's just poorly written, and she meant to describe just the first couple hours of her first day?

Regardless, anyone who skis almost exclusively at Liberty and Whitetail, as she does, is not an intermediate skier. Sorry.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

DP but I think you read the post wrong. They clearly said “for first day out” not their current ability. And you are clearly trying to “throw shade” in your own words. And not very well.

What the PP said was:

For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail.

We used to call the the bunny hill.

After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty.

These are very easy beginner slopes.

After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Sidewinder is a slightly longer, but not at all difficult, green slope.

The way it's written, the PP spends the entire first day on the learning area, and after that moves onto other green hills, ending up on Sidewinder. There's no suggestion that she skis anything more difficult than Sidewinder. Maybe it's just poorly written, and she meant to describe just the first couple hours of her first day?

Regardless, anyone who skis almost exclusively at Liberty and Whitetail, as she does, is not an intermediate skier. Sorry.

Why are you so offended that I am an intermediate skier?

Maybe I didn't write it clearly but other posters are correct in what I liked when I was a BEGINNER/just learning. I was not saying this is all I am skiing now, 4 years later. I would be bored to tears if all I skied was sidewinder 20 days a year. LOL.

we head out west to CO once a year and I have skied all the peaks at Breck. I am still working on moguls, but can handle just about anything else.

I am sure you will still tell me I am a crappy beginner....

Sounds like you are a good skier - an unclear writer, but a good skier. Congrats! (Also, "Breck?" You're one of those people, I see.)

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

DP but I think you read the post wrong. They clearly said “for first day out” not their current ability. And you are clearly trying to “throw shade” in your own words. And not very well.

What the PP said was:

For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail.

We used to call the the bunny hill.

After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty.

These are very easy beginner slopes.

After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Sidewinder is a slightly longer, but not at all difficult, green slope.

The way it's written, the PP spends the entire first day on the learning area, and after that moves onto other green hills, ending up on Sidewinder. There's no suggestion that she skis anything more difficult than Sidewinder. Maybe it's just poorly written, and she meant to describe just the first couple hours of her first day?

Regardless, anyone who skis almost exclusively at Liberty and Whitetail, as she does, is not an intermediate skier. Sorry.

Why are you so offended that I am an intermediate skier?

Maybe I didn't write it clearly but other posters are correct in what I liked when I was a BEGINNER/just learning. I was not saying this is all I am skiing now, 4 years later. I would be bored to tears if all I skied was sidewinder 20 days a year. LOL.

we head out west to CO once a year and I have skied all the peaks at Breck. I am still working on moguls, but can handle just about anything else.

I am sure you will still tell me I am a crappy beginner....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

DP but I think you read the post wrong. They clearly said “for first day out” not their current ability. And you are clearly trying to “throw shade” in your own words. And not very well.

What the PP said was:

For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail.

We used to call the the bunny hill.

After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty.

These are very easy beginner slopes.

After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Sidewinder is a slightly longer, but not at all difficult, green slope.

The way it's written, the PP spends the entire first day on the learning area, and after that moves onto other green hills, ending up on Sidewinder. There's no suggestion that she skis anything more difficult than Sidewinder. Maybe it's just poorly written, and she meant to describe just the first couple hours of her first day?

Regardless, anyone who skis almost exclusively at Liberty and Whitetail, as she does, is not an intermediate skier. Sorry.

Why are you so offended that I am an intermediate skier?

Maybe I didn't write it clearly but other posters are correct in what I liked when I was a BEGINNER/just learning. I was not saying this is all I am skiing now, 4 years later. I would be bored to tears if all I skied was sidewinder 20 days a year. LOL.

we head out west to CO once a year and I have skied all the peaks at Breck. I am still working on moguls, but can handle just about anything else.

I am sure you will still tell me I am a crappy beginner....

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

DP but I think you read the post wrong. They clearly said “for first day out” not their current ability. And you are clearly trying to “throw shade” in your own words. And not very well.

What the PP said was:

For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail.

We used to call the the bunny hill.

After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty.

These are very easy beginner slopes.

After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Sidewinder is a slightly longer, but not at all difficult, green slope.

The way it's written, the PP spends the entire first day on the learning area, and after that moves onto other green hills, ending up on Sidewinder. There's no suggestion that she skis anything more difficult than Sidewinder. Maybe it's just poorly written, and she meant to describe just the first couple hours of her first day?

Regardless, anyone who skis almost exclusively at Liberty and Whitetail, as she does, is not an intermediate skier. Sorry.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

DP but I think you read the post wrong. They clearly said “for first day out” not their current ability. And you are clearly trying to “throw shade” in your own words. And not very well.

What the PP said was:

For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail.

We used to call the the bunny hill.

After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty.

These are very easy beginner slopes.

After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Sidewinder is a slightly longer, but not at all difficult, green slope.

The way it's written, the PP spends the entire first day on the learning area, and after that moves onto other green hills, ending up on Sidewinder. There's no suggestion that she skis anything more difficult than Sidewinder. Maybe it's just poorly written, and she meant to describe just the first couple hours of her first day?

Regardless, anyone who skis almost exclusively at Liberty and Whitetail, as she does, is not an intermediate skier. Sorry.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

DP but I think you read the post wrong. They clearly said “for first day out” not their current ability. And you are clearly trying to “throw shade” in your own words. And not very well.

For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail.

After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty.

After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

This makes you a beginner in the rest of the world. I don't mean to throw shade, but you are sticking to green slopes at Whitetail.

Op, you should expect to progress far, far faster than this PP. If she's skied 20 days each season and is still on green slopes on small, easy mountains, she just doesn't have an aptitude for it.

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Anonymous wrote:If you really want to learn to ski, OP, I would not do it on local hills. 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.

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.

Anonymous wrote:Absolutely!

I learned to ski locally (Whitetail and Liberty) at 42. 4 years later I have progressed tremendously and would consider myself a solid intermediate to advanced intermediate skier. For first day out skiing I prefer the learning area at Whitetail. After that I like the green runs on the front of Liberty. After that I like Sidewinder at Whitetail.

Things that make a huge impact- lessons, lessons, lessons and practice, practice, practice. I started skiing in Jan 2020. Took a lesson then went on my own 4 more times that season. Then in the 2020-2021 season i took additional lessons, a trip out west that included a lesson and skied 19 days that season because there was nothing to do during covid. I have skied around 20 days/season since and did the adult development program at Liberty last winter which was incredibly helpful.

If you really want to learn and put the time in and can do it and progress a lot. Being somewhat athletic to begin with also helps.

If you can go on a weekday it's even better because group lessons will be smaller and you are even more likely to end up with a private lesson.

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Anonymous wrote:Yes.

Go to liberty or whitetail.

https://www.libertymountainresort.com/the-mountain/mountain-conditions/mountain-cams.aspx

No snow. This is the problem.

I've never understood the appeal of Liberty and Wisp. Timberline is an hour further and consistently has the best snow (aside from Snowshoe) in the entire Mid-Atlantic.

Timberline is just one more hour than is Liberty!?

From NoVa, it's almost 1.75 hours to Liberty or just under 3 hours to Timberline. Only one is worth the drive.

Anonymous wrote:If you really want to learn to ski, OP, I would not do it on local hills. 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.