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The Lecht Ski School
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

We skied at The Lecht today for the first time and also for the first time, put our 2 kids, aged 4 & 6, on skis.

We thought, being good (me)/excellent (my wife) skiers ourselves, that we could just coax them down the nursery slope and impart a few gentle words of wisdom. Hahahahahaha!!!!!!!!! After an hour of mum and dad's 'teaching', things were not really progressing. In fact, it's not too far from the truth to say that much more of our 'teaching' and we could have put them off for life!

There is a reason there are ski instructors! Smile

So, as they sat having hot chocolate and biscuits, I fixed up a 1hr lesson for them (and afternoon passes for mrs G and me!).

Off they went with Lara from the ski school there and off we went for 50 minutes of skiing as much as we could in the time!

Wow! We couldn't believe the difference when we got back to watch the end of their lesson. Down they came, snowploughing nicely, right to our feet. Once again, 'there is a reason there are ski instructors' Wink

We then spent the next 90 minutes circling on the nursery drag lift as they gained more and more confidence. From never having put a ski on before, they were skiing down the entire nursery slope and then skittering across to the lift for the next go. Amusingly, and interestingly, the difference in watching little children learn to ski and adults is incredible. My children had indeed become those annoying little brats who come scooting past as the adult beginner's class try to make their own first snowplough turns.

It was such a fantastic thing to experience and we can only thank their instructor for her brilliant hour's tuition. Double thumbs up for The Lecht Ski School and Lara in particular!

The last thing my son said as he crawled into bed this evening was, "Can we go back there tomorrow?" Job done, he's hooked!
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

That is great to hear.

13 years ago my eldest, then 4 , did her first turns at the Lecht , in a blizzard. Since then she has never looked back and it made lessons in France much easier. We have a great pic of her beaming as she came off the slopes carrying her skis , with horizontally blown snow all around her.
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