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4 hours will be pretty full on for them, 2 is usually plenty because there's an hour or so of faffing either side of the lesson assuming you need to get there and back. They want to do something else for half the day.
If you have time to get down to your nearest dry ski slope before you go, it's worth doing just for the dress up stage. Half the battle is getting them used to wobbling around in ski boots, in all the clobber getting hot and bothered. If they've done that a couple of times before it'll make your life easier when you get there.
Also worth putting a snack in their pocket before you send them off. And don't forget the 'just in case' trip to the loo beforehand.
I always write my number on top of my daughter's helmet.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Well, thanks all for the tips. Used a few of them. Ski school in morning and afternoon worked fine except for the day we left them stay with the class for lunch also. Not a good result.
Seriously lucky with the timing of the trip, weather-wise. Huge snow before we arrived in Zell (avalanche warnings and off-piste ban in place for first two days). First two days were a mixture of good bright mild (-5C in the town and low slopes) weather with some flurries on top. Only needed goggles for a couple of runs those days, after that it was sunnies all the way. Wall to wall sunshine and superb conditions as the pistes bedded in with all that snow. The blacks were really reds for those days, then as the temperatures moved down to -16C or so midweek they started to get nice and scrapey to soften a few coughs!
All in all, between the sun, the visibility, and the snow cover it was beautiful stuff for our little beginners. At the end of the trip the 4yo was coming with us down the blues and I took the 6yo down a red with zero issues. Two absolute little stars.
So thanks again. Our little Dragons had a ball, and between the grown-ups we covered serious ground between Zell and Kaprun. Didn't get to Saalbach (although piste 21 is one of the nicest things I've done in an age), but sure that's an excuse to come back.
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Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
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Fantastic update to read. It sounds like the perfect first ski holiday for them.
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Love it.
Now talk to them enthusiastically about the good memories and fun times, for a couple of weeks.
Then they will be fully brainwashed for agreeing to go next year 
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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@dingbat, surely time to book a cheeky Easter trip... 
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@shap My wonderful lady wife is going skiing again in three weeks. With the girls.
Funnily enough the brownie point exchange rate doesn't cover a trip with the lads 
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I would take them around a bit yourself just gliding around if they have never been before. Get them used to it before their lesson etc.
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| we're in Zell am See. I'm not actually sure of the school itself (booked ultimately via travel agent). There are only a couple of options though and I was talking with both. |
Our kids took lessons at Zell am see with “ski school Zell am see” and had a great experience. Both were above the very beginner stages but drop off and pickup were right outside a good restaurant so we would grab a table and then one would pop out to get the kids. To my memory the very beginning slopes were in The Valley.
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Really useful tips on this thread. Currently in Morzine with our 7yr old first timer. Took to it like a duck to water thankfully and is loving it. However, for me, the half term crowds were a new experience!
One thing to consider is the timing of the lesson. Purely due to my late booking, we need up with the 1pm-3pm slot. (Supreme ski, seem v good so far).
This actually worked out really well to avoid the worst of the lift queues. Rather than the stress of early start and 20 min queue for the first gondola up, we are having a lazy start, hearty hotel breakfast then up for an hour skiing all together before the lesson and another hour or more after.
We have time in the morning to grab a light lunch from the bakery to take up with us, avoiding the queues at those two restaurants in the beginner area.
The other bonus is that while she is in the lesson our precious 2 hours of proper ski time is over lunch so the pistes and lifts are quieter.
Normally we love a long lunch and wine at a mountain restaurant, but happy to make this compromise this week.
So, no need to stress if all the 9am lessons are booked up. Worked well for us in the end.
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That sounds ideal, @frosty75. Over lunchtime is the best time to ski in France on busy holiday times.
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