The idea of a skiing holiday appeals to almost everyone, even those who might never have touched a ski in their lives. Even if you’ve never found the time to learn to ski, that’s absolutely fine as inexperience or zero experience is not a barrier to enjoying a skiing holiday.
Before travelling out to your ski resort of choice, you can start to learn to ski at a local slope near you, even on an artificial one, or you can actually start to learn to ski after arriving at the resort. For example, Grandvalira has ski lessons in Andorra if you’re planning to visit the biggest ski resort in the principality, and most skiing centres in Europe run some sort of package for a learn to ski holiday.
Is it hard to learn to ski?
Admittedly, it can be confusing for a skiing novice to work out where to start. How do I learn? Where can I learn to ski near me? How much do ski lessons cost? How long to learn to ski? These are all completely normal questions to have at the start of your journey towards the top of the slopes. The most important thing to understand is that the process will be different for different people.
If you want to learn some of the skills before travelling out for your holiday, simply search for the nearest ski lessons to where you stay and book a skiing for beginners class. If you’d rather wait and convert your trip into a learn to ski holiday then that’s totally normal too. That’s how many get started.
Can I learn skiing myself?
There are various different ways to learn, but accomplished skiers will recommend starting out with a teacher. Although you can technically teach yourself, so long as you take it very very slow and start on flat land in a safe space, the best and quickest way to learn to ski is with a skiing instructor.
How long does it take to learn to ski?
In terms of how long does it take to learn to ski, this really will vary based on your natural skill level and based on the method with which you start to learn to ski. As mentioned above, first getting on the slopes with the help of an instructor will make the whole process quicker.
Can I learn to ski in a day?
It’s also hard to say if you can learn to ski in a day because there are different levels of being able to ski. If you consider being able to ski as balancing, going down a simple slope and being able to stop then yes, it is possible to learn to ski in a day. However, it’ll take more than a day to develop more technical skills.
Can I learn to ski at 40? At 50? At any age?
Although many older people are put off by the idea of learning to ski as an adult, there really is no age limit to skiing. There are ski lessons for children and there are ski classes for adults. The only difference with starting out at an older age is that you might not be as confident, but that comes with time. Even if you have a disability, you can also learn to ski with what is known as adapted skiing for people with functional diversity. So, skiing is an activity that all can get involved in, no matter your age or physical condition.