We spent Christmas vacation week learning how to teach little C to ski with a local ski area, Cochrans. We were in a 4 day program, with a group of other children (ages 3-5) and their parents. We had 3 or so instructors and got 1 run with them a day. The first day we worked with an instructor towords the end of the day and they told us we could go ahead and ski backwards with little C skiing on her own with a tip lock, but that the next day we would work on taking the tip lock off. Little C totally got the wedge and putting her skis on edge.
The second day we took the tip lock off after 2-3 runs our run with the instructor had us working on just playing follow the leader with little C, no more skiing backwards in front of her.
Day 3 there was no run with an instructor - nothing else to teach her, just log ski time.
Day 4 - More ski time, we took 1 run through cones with the instructor - not really educational, just fun. Little C was skiing with an Olympic gold medalist!!!!
Little C's stamina has increased and she shows a lot of control when on the slope, she still needs to learn the fine points of skiing etiquette and responsibilities. But she is doing great. We plan on checking out Cochrans a few more times this season for their lollipop races - just so she can try them out.
And now for the photos & Video.
