Hey all, I am trying to decide whether to bite the bullet and buy my wife some ski gear, or continue renting.
Our friends have a place in Park City, and we've started visiting them 2-4 days each year. This led her to want to take up skiing (she snowboarded as a teenager but took the last 10+ years off) so I got her a beginner lesson last season. She did well and enjoyed the lesson, and now she's expressed interest in getting better. We live in Minnesota, so at the end of last season we visited a local hill for a day and rented some gear.
This year, I bought her a 2-day Epic Pass, so she plans to ski two days in Park City and likely a day or two of practice day at Afton Alps. If the practice days go well, we may even plan a 1-2 day trip to our largest local hill, Lutsen Mountain.
So, if you were me and your never-ever wife now had 2 ski days under her belt and planned on skiing anywhere from 2-6 days per year in the future, would you buy some gear? Or am I jumping the gun, and at that frequency, just better off continuing to rent until she's really into skiing?
The only thing I know about ski gear is that my setup as an advanced skier ran me about $1.5K, so any beginner-oriented advice would be greatly appreciated!
Our friends have a place in Park City, and we've started visiting them 2-4 days each year. This led her to want to take up skiing (she snowboarded as a teenager but took the last 10+ years off) so I got her a beginner lesson last season. She did well and enjoyed the lesson, and now she's expressed interest in getting better. We live in Minnesota, so at the end of last season we visited a local hill for a day and rented some gear.
This year, I bought her a 2-day Epic Pass, so she plans to ski two days in Park City and likely a day or two of practice day at Afton Alps. If the practice days go well, we may even plan a 1-2 day trip to our largest local hill, Lutsen Mountain.
So, if you were me and your never-ever wife now had 2 ski days under her belt and planned on skiing anywhere from 2-6 days per year in the future, would you buy some gear? Or am I jumping the gun, and at that frequency, just better off continuing to rent until she's really into skiing?
The only thing I know about ski gear is that my setup as an advanced skier ran me about $1.5K, so any beginner-oriented advice would be greatly appreciated!