Helping a beginner stucked before a steep one...

Trencher wrote:
A nice thing that most large resorts do, is to station a resort guide (a real person)at the top of most lifts by the large trail map. They advise on where to go for the type of skiing you want to do, and the real degree of difficulty.

Trencher

That is a really good idea :thumbup:.
I wish they'd been doing that in the places I've been ski-ing in!

I expect they get pretty cold though, hanging about to advise people on the piste map.

Ally

Very easy in the US where 99.9% of the skiers speak English.

The skis didn't come off because she fell face first - the skis rapidly went up in the air and no significant (rotational)force was applied to them. Essentially a harmless fall - low speed soft snow. Falling on bumps is part of the learning curve.

There's a place for lessons and there's a place for self directed learning - just avoid doing the latter where it's dangerous to you or others.