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Ski Lessons in Val Cenis, morning or afternoon best?
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Hi there,

we are off to Val Cenis for the first week of April and we are a family of 6. I've not skied in 13 years, hubby has never skied, 12 year old beginner, 10 year old will have done 1 weeks skiing, 7 and 3 years old have never skied either. The Val Cenis (Lanslebourg) ski school offers morning lessons from 9.30 to 12.00 and 14.30 to 17.00. The afternoon lessons are slightly cheaper.

Can anyone tell me the advantages / disadvantages of the morning and afternoon ski school lessons? Any advice would be much appreciated, as we'd to decide morning or afternoon before we arrive.

Many thanks
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Morning lessons are more traditional as in the afternoon you practice what you learnt in the morning. Both times I've had lessons I had afternoon lessons and had nothing to complain about them. Afternoon lessons allow you to sleep in whereas morning lessons force you to get up and enjoy the mountain. You may find you first morning a bit of a waste if you can't ski and don't have any lessons but you can always try to teach yourself. The only drawback of a lesson starting at 9:30 is that for the ultra keen people in your group it means the first half hour of the lifts being open is effictively wasted which would have annoyed me.
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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?

The afternoon lessons very often don't run, but they happily take your money and then when you get there they try to persuade you to accept a couple of private lessons in lieu (you can get a refund). The morning lessons are also problematic for the higher ability levels ie. they often don't have the numbers for classes 3 or 4 to run. The difficulty is that it is a small resort to start with and they then compound the problem by splitting the classes according to which village you are in, reducing further the chances that your course will take place. If you book morning lessons and are in class 0, 1 or 2 you should have a decent chance of success.
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