Can indoor skiing get you ready for the slopes?

February 11, 2020 - 15:58 GMT Emmy Griffiths There is plenty that can be daunting about going skiing for the very first time. Unlike the tiny tots who have been zooming around with sticks strapped to their feet from the time that they could walk, learning to ski as an adult is much harder. Adults will typically take much longer to learn something new than children, and of course there is 'the fear'.

Heading into the warehouse building, it feels like skiing is as casual a pastime as going bowling. However, instead of red-and-white-stitched shoes, you can hire coats, salopettes, boots and of course, a pair of skis. Once you are all snug as a bug and ready to go, you enter the subzero temperatures of the snow run. On my visit, the wide slope was scattered with a mixture of beginners and experts who just can't stay away from the slopes for too long.

For beginners, there are several different options for how to learn. You can join up with a class of beginners for a six-hour session, which promises that - even if you have never put skis on in your life - you will be zooming down the slopes with confidence by the end of the session. If six hours sounds a bit too much, you can also do the same session in three-hour segments over two days. The alternate option is to have a private instructor for a two-hour session.

Starting off at the bottom half of the slope, which was borderline flat, my instructor Mikey showed me how to build my confidence on the run, giving me visual tips, suggestions for improvement and big compliments , to make me feel like being a successful skier was actually within my reach. We eventually worked our way up to the top of the run, and as we skied down again and again, I felt each journey to the bottom become smoother and easier.

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