Teens want to go skiing

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We are looking ahead to December 2023. Our teenagers (who will be nearly 17 & 19 then) would love to go skiing. Although DH and I have been skiing / snowboarding several times in the States and Canada when we were younger, we have both had chronic fatigue for years now and can't tolerate a lot of exertion. That plus the pandemic means we have never taken them skiing and they have never been skiing with school. We'd love to give them this experience, we just need to make it work.

DS is sporty and picks things up quickly, but not socially confident. DD is very anxious and not even slightly sporty, but wants to try. One of us would probably attend at least one or two lessons with them til they get the hang of it but DH and I can't be out all day or anything.

I'm looking for recommendations for friendly resorts (in Europe) that might be suitable for us, and what to look out for, including likelihood of snow. We don't want to embarrass the kids since lots of people their age have been skiing all their lives. Thank you in advance, you knowledgeable people.

Check out Madonna di Campiglio in Italy. It’s pretty high so there’s plenty of snow, including Christmas. Nice town and plenty of cable cars where you can go up for lunch with your teens after their ski school finishes. Plenty of flight options with Ryanair, EasyJet etc and then hire a car. Bologna is a nice option to add a night’s stay, and we came home via Lake Garda this time.

Do not attend ski school with them; let them go on their own and make friends. Kids should be in ski school every year they go skiing, tbh, until they’ve pretty much reached advanced level. There’s always something new to learn.

Thanks so much for the great advice, everyone.

We have booked them a day of UK indoor ski lessons over Easter, and we'll take it from there.

If/wehn we actually go, we won't attend ski school with them - if we need refreshers we'll take a refresher course of our own.