So is anyone doing one in Jan 20-25?
I am. Plus my ski friend, Eunice, 2 of us.
@alison wong found an AirBnB deal but that usually requires being willing to book during the summer because the less expensive properties go fast.
I am in grad school (part time) too! My school posts semester schedules far in advance so I am able to plan my ski trip in advance.
Went to Taos last season during MLK week, stayed in Arroyo Hondo, about 15-20 mins. drive to Taos ski valley. I booked the place in summer from VRBO, paid <$600 for the week stay, splitting the cost with Eunice. It was very affordable.
This year, I decided to stay a bit closer, found an AirBnB right across from Columbine Inn (< 2miles from TSV). Weekly cost < ~$800. The place is big enough to fit for 4 people. Again, I will be sharing w/ Eunice.
One thing I realized was, many AirBnB owners don't update their calendar. For this place, I went ahead and contacted the owner, he updated his property calendar but did not update the cost. I lucked out.
For AirBnB booking, just make sure you check cancellation policy, different owners have different cancellation polices, some are stricter than others... (I don't know much about VRBO cancellation policy)
Are you in DC? The multi-week program at Liberty is quite good from what I hear. Meet on weekends for a month I think
@LKillick:
Agreed with
@marzNC
https://www.libertymountainresort.c...multi-day-programs/adult-development-programs
Liberty's snowsports program is posted for next season.
I will be doing the Women's multi week program again this season. Many adult students doing the multi week program because their kids are doing the multi wk. Instead of sitting / waiting around at the lodge, they are doing the adult programs. So it is more like a family affair during weekends at Ski Liberty.
For cost, my understanding is, if your kids are in the program, it might be more cost effective to get the family season pass (instead of Advantage card). But don't quote me on it, you might want to cost it out. Also multi week lesson package has the option of including lift tickets vs exclude.
One lesson I learned from last season was, small hill does build skills and fundamentals, provided one has a good instructor to work with over the course of multiple weeks.
Before last year, I was quite "snobbish" and "ignorant" to think that small hills offer no values in improving my skiing. I can get better only if I ski at bigger mountains. My opinions have changed since last season. 2 of my classmates from Ski Liberty adult multi week dev program, they went out west (to Alta) for the first time after they started skiing few years ago. From what they told me, they visited Devil's Castle, Catherines at Alta. This really puts me into shame coz I started skiing around the same time as they have, and I've skied more places out west. But I don't have the skills to ski Devil's Castle or Catherines, yet they have.... Coz they stick w/ the program year after year and was able to build solid skills.
Another reason I decided to do the women's multi week program at Liberty is, I like my L3 instructor a lot. She is not any worse than ski instructors at Taos. In many ways, she is better than Taos ski instructors, given the limited amount of terrains and often dismal snow conditions, she was still able to make the 6-hour class challenging and fun. This really speaks volume about the quality of her teaching. 6 hours flew by fast. Plus she video taped us "constantly", once for morning session, once for afternoon session. She even brought her own monitor so we could watch the videos and learned to critique on movement analysis.
Was another case of booking a group and ending up with a private, as nobody else was well matched skill-wise for group formation.
