Although not ideal from a lesson perspective my wife and my self will be do a road trip style holiday next month with some friends. We're flying into Salt Lake from Australia and are on the Mountain Collective so we'll be doing a couple of days each at Alta, Snowbird, Jackson and Big Sky before catching a plane to Aspen. We fly out of there. This trip is not just about skiing because our friends, while skiers, aren't as avid as we are and we'll be doing tourist stuff in between the skiing. I want to get some lessons for my wife who has never has a lesson in her life (nor have I) but she is quite capable as she can get around most of the mountain including off trail. Although we spend plenty of time on steeper parts of the mountain and in variable snow conditions I have no doubt that technically we are not good skiers at all. A couple of questions -
1. What should she ask for when in a lesson knowing the instructor will only have a couple of lessons with her? Her main objective is to gain confidence at higher speeds (so she can keep up with the kids when we're skiing together). She would also like some tips on how to turn correctly without relying on sliding the back part of the ski too much.
I don't want an instructor to pull her skiing technique apart so that she regresses.
2. Are we best to forget about lessons until we next ski for a longer period in one place?
We find that our skiing advances a bit if we spend time on the hill with accomplished skiers. Our days in Jackson just happen to correspond with The Gathering so we may even tag along to a group there.
1. What should she ask for when in a lesson knowing the instructor will only have a couple of lessons with her? Her main objective is to gain confidence at higher speeds (so she can keep up with the kids when we're skiing together). She would also like some tips on how to turn correctly without relying on sliding the back part of the ski too much.
I don't want an instructor to pull her skiing technique apart so that she regresses.
2. Are we best to forget about lessons until we next ski for a longer period in one place?
We find that our skiing advances a bit if we spend time on the hill with accomplished skiers. Our days in Jackson just happen to correspond with The Gathering so we may even tag along to a group there.