Greetings! My daughter is 7y old, she is level 7, and between type 2&3, had 3y experience on the slope, wants to improve carving and short turn skills, also better controls on the more challenging trails). Do you recommend any private instructor in the mid Atlantic area? ( fun mountain is a plus)
Thank you. :)
Goodol wrote:
Greetings! My daughter is 7y old, she is level 7, and between type 2&3, had 3y experience on the slope, wants to improve carving and short turn skills, also better controls on the more challenging trails). Do you recommend any private instructor in the mid Atlantic area? ( fun mountain is a plus)
Thank you. :)
For weekends? Have you ever skied at Mnut?
If Massanutten is an option, I have more than one Level 3 instructor I could recommend. I or my daughter have worked with most of them in the past 15 years. My daughter started at Mnut at age 4 when full-day ski school was an option. Was skiing black terrain at Alta by age 10 after a few spring break trips.
Where do you live? Can you get to a ski area on a regular basis?
She'll need more than one lesson. Lessons and mileage.
Goodol wrote:
Greetings! My daughter is 7y old, she is level 7, and between type 2&3, had 3y experience on the slope, wants to improve carving and short turn skills, also better controls on the more challenging trails). Do you recommend any private instructor in the mid Atlantic area? ( fun mountain is a plus)
Thank you. :)
When you say "level 7," what is that based on? If her only experience is at Bryce, she may not be as advanced as you might think. At age 7, my daughter started at Level 5 (of 9) at Alta Ski School (in Utah) and she had been skiing blacks in the southeast at speed for two seasons. She moved to Level 6 after a full-day of ski school. She didn't reach Level 7, which meant skiing blacks at Alta until a few years later.
By the way, Types 1, 2, 3 really does not necessarily reflect skiing ability. It's used to decide how to set bindings. A senior (over 50) advanced skier might want to choose Type 2 instead of Type 3. An intermediate skiing out west in fresh snow might choose Type 3 to avoid "pre-release."
A growing child should have the DIN set based on Type 2. Better for a binding to release than to have a higher risk of injury if a binding doesn't release during a fall.
