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Paging people like @alison wong who have skied at Banff many times:
I may have told this forum before about my strange predicament: my 83yo father has been stuck as an upper level beginner skier for a decade and he is determined to learn to ski "properly" before he is too infirm to ski. (He's healthy - runs & hikes regularly.) Whistler is my home mountain BUT it's a terrifying place for a beginner because it's such a busy resort, even in the middle of the week, off-season.
Thinking of splurging and going out to Banff (despite the season pass) in the 2nd half of April. What I'm looking for is dead-quiet beginner slopes with a good range of green runs that offer a steady progression & with some of the greens starting from higher up on the mountain so we can ride up together and split up (with one sib chaperoning my dad if he's not in a ski class; the other reason for going is that the privates are 1/2 the cost of WB's privates.) As my family is high maintenance, we'll be sticking to either Lake Louise OR Banff/Norquay and not really planning on trekking over to the other(s) during a 5-day visit. Any suggestions of which to pick?
I may have told this forum before about my strange predicament: my 83yo father has been stuck as an upper level beginner skier for a decade and he is determined to learn to ski "properly" before he is too infirm to ski. (He's healthy - runs & hikes regularly.) Whistler is my home mountain BUT it's a terrifying place for a beginner because it's such a busy resort, even in the middle of the week, off-season.
Thinking of splurging and going out to Banff (despite the season pass) in the 2nd half of April. What I'm looking for is dead-quiet beginner slopes with a good range of green runs that offer a steady progression & with some of the greens starting from higher up on the mountain so we can ride up together and split up (with one sib chaperoning my dad if he's not in a ski class; the other reason for going is that the privates are 1/2 the cost of WB's privates.) As my family is high maintenance, we'll be sticking to either Lake Louise OR Banff/Norquay and not really planning on trekking over to the other(s) during a 5-day visit. Any suggestions of which to pick?