I tend to put anything and everything I come across related to mid-Altantic skiing in this thread. Sometimes I look back at previous years to see what happened as the industry evolves.
There should be a few store staff around who are knowledgeable about skis for juniors.
I got my friend JC to join me at Mnut for a ski weekend when her kids were 4 and 6. She wanted to learn too. Took her three times doing the never-ever class to being able to turn and stop using a wedge well enough to qualify for the second hour class that includes riding up the beginner lift for the easiest green. What really helped her in the long run was doing a 90-min clinic as often as possible during later ski weekends at Mnut. At least once, and sometimes twice. She would also go out and continue skiing to practice even after I and her kids were done for the day. We'd have to wait for her in the lodge for another 30-45 minutes.
If you would like the girls to do ski school MLK weekend, be good to make a reservation now. I highly recommend the children's program. My daughter started at age 4 and was skiing off Lift 6 (two blacks) from the summit by age 6. We only went three times the first few seasons, a few days before Christmas week and the two holiday long weekends (4-day weekends for her school). She was skiing Alta blues after the first day of ski school at age 8 when we went for spring break. She was better than I was by age 10 or 11, mostly because of Alta ski school and because I wasn't taking lessons then. I would've invested in lessons with L3 instructors for myself sooner if I knew than what I've learned in recent years.
He might never love skiing as much as I do, and that's ok... but I'll be thrilled when we can all ski greens and blues together.
One thing my daughter learned early was that I was likely to buy a jacket and pants to suit her fashion sense, but not boots, skis, or poles. I got lucky for one pair of skis, with matching poles, that she liked for the graphics that we bought used from a local ski shop (in NC).
