They are working very hard. They will never forget this day, as their emotional engagement is high.
Can't remember my exact age, but I think I was 13 or 14 when I 1st went. I know it had to be a funny sight watching me.
I remember thinking how the bunny slope was so shallow, that I could, in summer, ride my bike up the hill. Then I put my rentals on and skated to the lift without a hitch. Made it to the top and got off the lift.. no problem.. Then the problem started. I realized I didn't know how to stop.
My 1st stop was by running into the trail map. I fell over got up then move to the hill. And they I saw it from the top. It looks crazy steep and way longer than how it looked from the bottom. My friends took off, so I did too. Next thing I remember is thinking I'm going too fast, how do I slow down or stop. I was probably barely moving.. And I screamed "How do you stop these things" and the reply came back "Snow Plow, Snow Plow! This care the crap out of me.. because I'm thinking it was one of those groomers heading towards me.. I took what felt like a fall from the intro to the old Wide World of Sports TV show.
After the fall and me jumping up asking where's the snow plow? Everyone got a good laugh then told me what snow plowing was. The rest of the evening, I spent a lot of time on my butt trying to figure it this ski thing and was hooked.. Even tried the intermediate trail a couple times that night. Sure, it took me forever to get down and fell a gazillion times, but I loved every min of it.
BTW, that bunny trail... After a few trips skiing, it looked just as flat from the top as it did from the bottom. LOL