Ski Schools In Colorado

by Shawna - February 25, 2008

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I love to ski and my daughter is finally old enough where I can get her in ski schools. This will be her second year skiing. Last year we only went up a handful of times. The instructors told me that 3 year olds don't really have the muscle strength to ski. We shall see how she does now that she is 4. She loves it, loves it. She has been asking to ski all summer. I can't wait to take her again. I just learned she is ready for the chairlift on her next trip, now the fun begins.

Tips

Here are some tips for young kids and ski school.

* Label all of your kids clothes. We use stickers on her helmet and sharpies on everything else.

* This is not like day care. The kid has to want to stay. You can’t drop them off when they crying and running after you. You need to get them excited about it before you go.

* Show them where the bathroom is – they have lots of ski equipment on so they need all the extra time they can get.

* Talk to the instructors and find out when they will be outside skiing. This the best part, watching them ski!

* Be sure to let them know if you kid has any allergies

* Find out what is the best time to drop off your children, some times are busier than other.

* Keep track of your kids levels so you can easily tell the instructions where your kid’s level is at the beginning of the next class.

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Loveland Ski and Snowboard Resort

Exit 216 Interstate 70, Georgetown, CO 80444

4 is the magic age for Ski school – there are no restrictions. I used to go to go Loveland ski school when I was a kid and it is time to take my little one there.

For 2008/2009 the price is $90 for full day ski school including equipment vs. the $150 I paid last weekend. Ding ding we have a winner.
Loveland Ski School site

Note: For kids 4-5 you need to make a reservation and they take a $10 deposit at the time. The process was super easy though.

4 is the magic age for Ski school – there are no restrictions. I used to go to go Loveland ski school when I was a kid and it is time to take my little one there.

For 2008/2009 the price is $90 for full day ski school including equipment vs. the $150 I paid last weekend. Ding ding we have a winner.
Loveland Ski School site

Note: For kids 4-5 you need to make a reservation and they take a $10 deposit at the time. The process was super easy though.

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Mary Jane Ski Area-Winter Park RSRT

Winter Park, CO 80482

My daughter was went spent a day in ski school here. She loves to ski so she had a good time.

I didn’t enjoy it as much because of where the school was located. I had to take two lifts to get to an interesting ski spot.

My daughter was went spent a day in ski school here. She loves to ski so she had a good time.

I didn’t enjoy it as much because of where the school was located. I had to take two lifts to get to an interesting ski spot.

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Zephyr Mountain Lodge

201 Zephyr Way,Po Box 3610, Winter Park, CO 80482

We made a weekend out of our Winter Park skiing trip. We were planning on coming home but it started to snow. Instead of fighting traffic to get home we decided to stay. The snow was a great excuse.

We stayed at the Zephyr Lodge. I have stayed here a couple of times in the winter and summer. It is great to be right at the base.

We made a weekend out of our Winter Park skiing trip. We were planning on coming home but it started to snow. Instead of fighting traffic to get home we decided to stay. The snow was a great excuse.

We stayed at the Zephyr Lodge. I have stayed here a couple of times in the winter and summer. It is great to be right at the base.

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Copper Mountain Ski School

I liked Breck’s inside kid area more but a magic carpet is a magic carpet.

Loved the location of the school- pretty easy to get to the fun stuff from the school’s location.

New to Copper Ski School 2009 – GPS devices. They now have GPS devices that little skiers can put on their leg. If a kid gets lost they can use the tracker to find them. The other neat feature is that you can check out how fast you went that day. All the kids seemed to like the devices.

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Copper Mountain Resort

Copper Mountain, CO 80443

My daughter’s second ski school experience was at Copper Mountain. The check-in process was very long and annoying. We had to go from station to station with my ski stuff and her ski stuff. It is amazing I didn’t lose anything. It might be better to rent skis someplace else than through the ski school.

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Breckenridge Ski School

My daughter’s first day of skiing was at Breckenridge at their ski school. We went over Thanksgiving so not a lot of the mountain was open.

By far my favorite ski school last year. It was a great first experience for her. The check-in process is by far the best of any of the ski schools I took her to last year. One line and they took care of the rental equipment after she checked in.

The program was great for a 3 year old.

Play inside/check in
No skis – ride up the magic carpet and then walk down in your boots. This one surprised me but she got used to the magic carpet and had fun walking down the little hill.
Play inside, lunch
Ski
Play inside
Ski
Parent Pickup

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Eldora Mountain Resort

P.O. Box 1697, Nederland, CO 80466

We may try Eldora out this year. She is now old enough she can go to their ski school and I have never skied here.

We shall see.

We may try Eldora out this year. She is now old enough she can go to their ski school and I have never skied here.

We shall see.

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Vail Resorts

600 W Lionshead Cir, Vail, CO 81657

We didn’t get a chance to try out Vail’s ski school. I have heard good things about it. When I was a kid I took lots of lessons here.

I think this winter we will make a weekend of Vail.

We didn’t get a chance to try out Vail’s ski school. I have heard good things about it. When I was a kid I took lots of lessons here.

I think this winter we will make a weekend of Vail.

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Breckenridge Thanksgiving 2008 - Lots of Snow

My daughter had her first lesson of 2008. It was a good ski day for adults but not for little people. The snow was so thick she couldn’t slide down the hill. She had to scoot her skis to get down – so she didn’t have nearly as much fun as she usually does.

She is normally in red but she borrowed her cousins snow suit this day. With the helmet on I get her confused with her cousin.

Interesting note: adults powder good, little kids powder bad.

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Ski Gear for the Kids

Every ski school I went to had ski equipment available for renting. It was extra, on average around $15 extra. The renting equipment and getting the kids setup was probably the hardest part of the check in process so you might want to do it before.

Helmets are required in all ski schools. You can rent a helmet or buy. We bought one for my daughter. She adds stickers to her helmet, it is a nice way to mark it as hers. She loves stickers and skiing.

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: by brianpdoyle 11/13/2008 Reply

Thanks Shawna! Gonna take my oldest and maybe youngest skiing this year and this guide looks like it will be a lot of help.

: by bchusie 11/12/2008 Reply

Awesome looking skier! Skiing is so much fun and even more so with little ones. I am sure she is going to love it. Thanks for sharing the information on ski schools. I love the end of the day picture.

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Shawna

Denver, CO

A quote from my favorite movie: "My parents wanted to move me into high school out of the sixth grade, but we decided to chuck the idea because I'd have trouble making friends, blah, blah, blah. Now blah, blah, blah is all I ever do. I use my grand IQ to decide what color lip gloss to wear in ...