Properly fitted boots and as short a ski as you can rent for her. On dead flat start skating around a figure 8. Use terrain to go to a stop across the fall line. Sign her up for a lesson.
The basics....Go that way real fast, if something gets in your way, turn.
That guy clearly didn't go fast enough. The horror!& wear this- View attachment 93737
To be fair, and nothing against you personally, but people who instruct anything probably hear "My kid's a hero.." fairly often and it's probably not that accurate..My daughter is very athletic and her first day on skis was when she was 12; I took her for a lesson at a local hill and they transferred her out of the never-ever group she was in nearly immediately. By the middle of the lesson they said she was ready for the lift and put her in yet another group. She took another group lesson at a mountain, but frankly they never focused on her and the only feedback she got was “you are a good skier!” She got such a negative taste for lessons and it was quite a waste of money - I even stressed with them when I signed her up that she was new to it, but quite good and I detailed her abilities. They didn’t listen. I then put her in a couple privates which were much more helpful; after that she skied by watching others and turned into a lovely skier. Growing up, I was taught by my dad and then by watching others, and survived just fine.
I have been wondering if you took her @crabjoe and how it went!
Of course they do and I get why the ski school didn’t listen. That puts some parents in a difficult position though - perhaps I should have brought letters of recommendation from previous instructors or video as evidence, lol. That said, I would have been fine with where they placed her if she received attention and feedback. Group lessons can be tough and a stronger skier can get lost in the shuffle. I certainly don’t want to hijack the thread - I was trying to convey to the OP that lessons aren’t the only answer to getting an athletic teen started.To be fair, and nothing against you personally, but people who instruct anything probably hear "My kid's a hero.." fairly often and it's probably not that accurate..
Prep her for her first lift ride before you even go. Let her know that everyone falls loading or unloading at least once when learning, you tube up some old warren miller footage and show her that it's beyond common and not to let it phase her. Some newbies get discouraged by the chair and and get embarrassed, head it off at the pass, make it a rite of passage and something to laugh at.
Ha! I'm not an instructor but have kids and hear that bit about how other people's kids can ski blues and blacks, but then on the greens they do the starfish (giant wedge sitting back hands in the air). Having been on blues and blacks is not the same as able to ski blues and blacks.To be fair, and nothing against you personally, but people who instruct anything probably hear "My kid's a hero.." fairly often and it's probably not that accurate..
We're 2-3 weeks away from the end of the season, have you been?
Ha! I'm not an instructor but have kids and hear that bit about how other people's kids can ski blues and blacks, but then on the greens they do the starfish (giant wedge sitting back hands in the air). Having been on blues and blacks is not the same as able to ski blues and blacks.
No no no!!! We've got all of March to go.