Ski Advice (Honeymoon Advice)

pinkshorts27 · October 2014

So I'm planning my honeymoon with FI. We are starting to make reservations for things. We are renting a cabin near/on a mountain and looking forward to many winter activities and then soaking in the hot tub when we are done (margarita in hand of course).

Now we both want to take ski lessons, together. So we are going to take ski lessons on our honeymoon. No other way to do it, but private lessons. So I'm looking online and there are 2 hour, 3 hour, and 6 hour lessons.

Neither of us have skied, but we are typically pretty athletic. We play soccer and I do boxing, but I am randomly uncoordinated. I'm thinking that 6 hour lessons might be super long and exhausting. What do you skiers think? Maybe the 3 hour lesson?

We have no clue. Please help us skiers!

We are also going sled dog riding and snowshoeing. I'm super excited!

beethery · October 2014

6 hour lessons can get kind of stagnant. If you lean more athletically, you could very easily pick up skiing within 2 hours (or less) to the point of confidence where green trails take nothing.

I worked at a ski place for a long time, and one of my favorite stories is when some girl came in with her bf and a group of his scrote-y friends, and they brought her to the top of the mountain on a shitty rental snowboard and expected her to pick it up. She walked down the hill, I swapped her board out for skis, and then I brought her over to the bunny hill and taught her skiing over my lunch break.

If you call the resort, see if the 6 hour lesson would eventually leave the bunny hill to check out green trails and more. Then it'll be more fun and you'll feel less like you wasted the day on the bunny hill after you'd already gotten the concept just so you got your money's worth.

slothiegal · October 2014

So much fun!!!

Oh geez, six hours sounds EXHAUSTING to me. Even when I was in good shape/called myself a "skier", six hours on the slopes would be enough to make me call it a day. I would suggest either two or three hours. Keep in mind that skiing isn't just going downhill--it's waiting in line, riding the chair lift, etc. (All in the cold, in a LOT of layers.)

I definitely vote for two, maybe three. And then treat yourself to a fabulous margarita (or two).

Unrelated, your honeymoon sounds like a BLAST! Eeeee!

lyndausvi · October 2014

I would do 2 or 3 hours. I only had a 45 minute one and it was fine for the amount of skiing I was doing at the time.

That was many years ago. I'm going to take a few more lessons this season since I have a season pass. Each one will be 2 hours I think.

At least for me, unless you are really into squats your legs will hurt the first day or so from skiing. If I did a 6 hour lesson I would not be able to walk the next day.

amelisha · October 2014

I'm a very avid skier and in pretty good shape, but six straight hours is a lot. We like to get on the mountain by nine, stop for lunch and a beer, and have a break in the afternoon too before we're done at five because it is tough on the leg muscles, especially if you're like me and ski in a very controlled way (fiance can do eight hours straight because he just barrels down.) I'd recommend taking lessons in the morning and then skiing together all afternoon on your own. More fun, and you can take it a little easier in the afternoon when you're probably getting sore anyway.

It doesn't take most people more than a couple days to get pretty comfortable, at least on greens/blues, and you shouldn't need to be with an instructor the whole time by any means.

bethsmiles · October 2014

6 hours would be WAY too long in my opinion. I've been skiing since I was 4 or 5 and was able to pick up enough to be on the chairlifts in an couple hours. An adult who is athletic should be good with a 2 or 3 hour lesson IMO.

ETA: 6 hours of skiing will be exhausting. It's a lot more tiring than it looks, especially when you are learning!

pinkshorts27 · October 2014

Thanks ladies. I will discuss it with FI about whether we want 2 or 3 hours.

BTW, I'm super excited about our honeymoon and our hot tub.

I'm excited about margarita mix and tequila. I'm excited for bonfire snowshoeing and hot chocolate (or Irish coffee).

And I'm excited for a two bedroom cabin all to ourselves.

pinkcow13 · October 2014

I would definitely not do 6 hours. I skied for the first time a few years ago, and felt that I was exhausted and frustrated after an hour.And I like to do adventerous and athletic things. I just think that for a first timer, anything beyond 2 hours would have drained me.

And may I suggest, instead of Margarita mix, you guys get tequila, Cointreau, and lime and/or lemon juice? As someone who loves margaritas, I think a homemade one is way better than the mixed stuff

bethsmiles · October 2014

There is almost nothing better in the world than sitting in the hot tub after a day of skiing! It's seriously amazing! Your honeymoon is going to be so much fun!

Also, what is bonfire snowshoeing because it sounds like a very fun adventure!

pinkshorts27 · October 2014

bethsmiles said:

There is almost nothing better in the world than sitting in the hot tub after a day of skiing! It's seriously amazing! Your honeymoon is going to be so much fun!

Also, what is bonfire snowshoeing because it sounds like a very fun adventure!

@bethsmiles There is group that will take you out at night snowshoeing. You walk out as far as you would normally go, but there they have a bonfire, hot chocolate, and of course marshmallows. Then you snowshoe back. It is very gorgeous and fun, according to my friend, who went last year with her fiance.

bethsmiles · October 2014

pinkshorts27 said:

bethsmiles said:

There is almost nothing better in the world than sitting in the hot tub after a day of skiing! It's seriously amazing! Your honeymoon is going to be so much fun!

Also, what is bonfire snowshoeing because it sounds like a very fun adventure!

@bethsmiles There is group that will take you out at night snowshoeing. You walk out as far as you would normally go, but there they have a bonfire, hot chocolate, and of course marshmallows. Then you snowshoe back. It is very gorgeous and fun, according to my friend, who went last year with her fiance.

Oh my goodness! I'm so jealous that sounds like a blast!

jenna8984 · October 2014

What state are you going to? I have never tried skiing but this all sound super awesome!

DH bought me a snowboard a few years ago for Christmas because he wanted me to learn....it was such a disaster. We hired a guy from my high school who's an instructor and he spent about 3 hours with me on the bunny "hill". I was barely a hill lol. But I sucked so bad, I spent the whole time bitching and crying like the 5 year olds around me, actually they all did way better than me. They were whipping by me on skis and I was like why the F am I not on skis right now because that looks way easier?! I was actually so frustrated with it that I never tried it ever again and my snowboard is just a pile of dust in the basement. I was like why would get someone a gift that's so fucking hard to do?

climbingsingle · October 2014

That sounds like such a fun HM!

I'm a brand new skier - I just started last year. I'd go with the 3 hour lesson. I consider myself pretty athletic too, and after 3 hours, I was definitely ready to stop for the day.

Wegl13 · October 2014

My fiancé and I did a little mini vaca last winter where we got two days on the slopes included with our cabin rental, including a two hour lesson each morning. Snowboards seemed like the cool kid thing to do so we both did that. We were able to BASICALLY pick it up in just one lesson (enough to not tempt us to go back and learn skis the next day). When I say basically pick it up, i do mean that we continued to fall multiple times every time we went down the short little green course, and it was the end of the second day before we attempted anything further (the longer green course). I think you are good with the 2-3 hour lesson, but yeah... Just remember you are still going to have a sore bottom for much of the day.

kvruns · October 2014

just make sure they include "how to get up after falling" in the lesson! I did a mini lesson one time and they never taught that. I'm like a turtle when I fall, I can't get back up on my own and can't always get out of the skis

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