{"id":300961,"date":"2016-12-23T05:34:45","date_gmt":"2016-12-23T13:34:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/?p=300961"},"modified":"2022-08-05T10:26:37","modified_gmt":"2022-08-05T17:26:37","slug":"lessons-at-mt-seymour","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.familyfuncanada.com\/vancouver\/lessons-at-mt-seymour\/","title":{"rendered":"Lessons & Family Fun at Mt Seymour"},"content":{"rendered":"

I wish I skied. I don’t and as the years keep passing my willingness to hurtle down a mountain wane ever more. But I don’t want my scaredy-cat attitude to influence my kids. While competitive skiing isn’t an aspiration (at least not yet), I’d like my kids to feel comfortable gliding down the gorgeous mountains that provide the backdrop to Metro Vancouver.<\/p>\n

On the first day of Winter, we hopped the shuttle from Parkgate Mall and traveled to the top of Mt Seymour<\/a>. My husband grew up skiing, and since meeting me 2 decades ago, the poor guy’s skiing habit has been severely impacted. But since this mom doesn’t ski, it is up to dad to get the kids down the hill. We decided to get up the mountain well before the boys’ individual private ski lessons. Our thinking was if the boys had a few runs under their belts they may feel a bit more confident in their lessons. Our theory worked for one kid, not so much for the other (isn’t that how things always go with parenting?).<\/p>\n

The morning hours were spent repeatedly going down green runs (Goldie Meadows and Flower Basin) & back up the magic carpet. Tip: the earlier you arrive the shorter the wait for the magic carpet.<\/strong> The afternoon was spent in lessons. Our boys are 6 & 8 years old and the recommendation was for them to have individual private lessons. While I thought their were very similar in ability, the ski-teaching experts were absolutely correct. My 8 year old was\u00a0able to progress faster than the 6 year old. Nonetheless within 2 hours both kids had graduated from the bunny hill to confidently getting down blue runs.<\/p>\n

\"SkiThe\u00a0boys loved their instructors, our youngest worked with Michaela and our eldest was partnered with Mike. Highlights from their private ski lessons include:<\/p>\n