First Run

We took Sawyer and Arden downhill skiing for the first time this weekend at SolVista, the little locals mountain located literally across the street from our house in Granby. We've been doing the Nordic lessons every Friday and the kids have really grown comfortable walking around with sticks on the ends of their legs. We had shied away from taking them downhill because it seemed like an overwhelming prospect with two young children. With the days warming as spring approaches, we bit the bullet this weekend and gave it a whirl. First of all, it's FREE for kids to ski under the age of 5 (didn't know that). The little learning hill has a magic carpet that Sawyer quickly learned to use himself and we could just stand at the bottom and watch him do laps (so much easier than I realized). It was easy enough for one person to watch two kids. (We rented skis for Sawyer but skipped renting them for Arden. Her little Nordic strap-on skis didn't have enough slide so she actually had to walk downhill. Being our adrenaline kid, she was not happy about that.) Sawyer's first run was PERFECT. He wasn't scared at all (clearly there's been a kid-swap here). By the third run he was insisting he was ready to go on the chairlift and after two runs on that he wanted to go on the BIG chairlift. All I can say is that apparently we have a Jonny Moseley on our hands.