 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello,
So... third week skiing at La plagne.
Basic parallel turns on blues and reds.
Looking to improve my technique at a group lesson.
Options are:
2 hours (14:00-16:00)
3 hours (09:00-12:00)
Full 5 hours day (09:00-12:00, 14:00-16:00)
All for 6 days. What do you think is a better option?
I'm afraid full day is a bit too much and i will miss some fun time on the slopes plus there are 2 hours between the lessons and both start and end at plagne center so you're missing a bit of the fun eating uphill.
On the other side, I'm pretty much a beginner and some say it's good to have full day with an instructor at the beginning...
Thanks!
Last edited by Poster: A snowHead on Fri 10-11-17 20:21; edited 1 time in total
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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3 two hour private sessions
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Depends who else you have to ski with outside lessons.
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| pam w wrote: |
| Depends who else you have to ski with outside lessons. |
My girlfriend... It's her second week and she wants a full day lesson
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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3 hours (09:00-12:00) is the best bet.
Part of the joy of skiing is freedom and adventure - you will have a fantastic time exploring the area alone after lunch with your GF and then you can share your stories together in the evening.
Perfect.
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I usually teach from 9am to about 1pm, and think that’s about right for group lessons, unless you are on a technical camp when a full day gives lots of time and lots of options. Of your options I think the 9-12 is probably the best. The two hour session is too short, and the long lunch break in the middle of the all-day session is a PITA.
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+1 for 9-12
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3 hrs a day. Long enough that you don't spend half the lessson getting back to base. Enough free time that you can consolidate what you've learnt.
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I've found the morning 3 hour lessons best. If you take a 2pm lesson you can be a bit knackered if you spent the morning skiing and in early season daylight is fading by the end of it and you have to wait until the next morning to practice some of the things you learn't.
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| Sort26 wrote: |
| pam w wrote: |
| Depends who else you have to ski with outside lessons. |
My girlfriend... It's her second week and she wants a full day lesson |
I'd persuade her otherwise. It's a holiday not a boot camp. Morning lessons and then hit the slopes together in the afternoon - cuddles on the lifts, laugh, tricks and slips on the piste. Vin chaud and hot chocolate if the weather is pants.
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I'd avoid full day too, I think that it would take away the feeling of being on holiday and the enjoyment of pootling around at your own pace. However I'm generally the type of person that doesn't want to commit to that sort of thing and would far rather find my way around the mountain myself, I'm not the best yardstick of the 'sensible' option though. In fact, other than an initial 45 minute introduction into skiing, I didn't have lessons until my 6th week of skiing (on the EoSB)
Edit: BTW, I'd take the 3 hour option and advise your other half to do the same. 2 hours is a bit short but 5 hours of instruction will probably be fairly knackering. Do 3 hours, then try to work on what the instructor has said during the rest of the day, with a few relaxed stops too.
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| Sort26 wrote: |
| pam w wrote: |
| Depends who else you have to ski with outside lessons. |
My girlfriend... It's her second week and she wants a full day lesson |
If it's just you and your girlfriend and she is in lessons all day then (without wishing to contradict any of the advice above) a key question is how willing / keen are you to potentially ski alone in the afternoons? I've certainly been on group lessons where there were people in the group who had just booked lessons to have people to ski with. You mentioned not being able to eat uphill if you book the full day - but if your girlfriend is on all day lessons would you not be meeting up for lunch where she is anyway?
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You know it makes sense.
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I’d generally agree with the 3 hour option, assuming you are either happy on your own or have someone to ski with when not in lessons. If in a group, you might meet someone to ski with.
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Otherwise you'll just go on seeing the one name:
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| Tubaski wrote: |
| Sort26 wrote: |
| pam w wrote: |
| Depends who else you have to ski with outside lessons. |
My girlfriend... It's her second week and she wants a full day lesson |
If it's just you and your girlfriend and she is in lessons all day then (without wishing to contradict any of the advice above) a key question is how willing / keen are you to potentially ski alone in the afternoons? I've certainly been on group lessons where there were people in the group who had just booked lessons to have people to ski with. You mentioned not being able to eat uphill if you book the full day - but if your girlfriend is on all day lessons would you not be meeting up for lunch where she is anyway? |
Skiing alone is not a problem. The full day my GF wanted to take is a bit problematic since the lessons start and end at plagne center meaning we won't have enough time to explore the mountain. I'll try to persuade her to take the 3 hours same as me. This way we'll have a nice combination of training and feeedom together!
Thank you all your opinions, they were valuables!
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Poster: A snowHead
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I'd go for the 3 hours of lessons as well. It's good to have your lessons in the morning when you're at your best (can be debatable) and you can then practice a bit or explore by yourself or with others in the afternoon.
If your girlfriend wants to do the all day lessons then that's fine. You get two hours for lunch and a bit of skiing together and she can always skip an afternoon or two of lessons if want to do some some sightseeing or something similar.
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@olderscot, true true
Personally I would be worried about her getting better than me with all those extra lessons 
I should probably add that my experience was with an english ski school catering for leisure skiers and not the ESF which seems more serious and sporty. I think that might be more of a boot camp type thing than I had.
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@SnoodlesMcFlude, beat me to it 
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Private lesson every time
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I'd go with what most have said: the three hour option, and try to convince you GF to do the same so you can ski together in the afternoon. Even as a Frenchman, a two hour break for lunch is really too long, and as you say will take away the possibility of exploring the domain a bit more. Depending on group size, lessons can also be quite hard work, so full-day lessons for the whole week seems a bit much.
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