How difficult is it to learn to snow ski?

It’s going to hurt

It does look fun, but also looks tiring as hell...

Don't think my legs could handle many runs, but I'm bad out of shape.

It’s easy. You’ll pick it up fast

Day 2 will feel like your tail bone is shattered.

I learned with a half day lesson. You won’t be any good, but you’ll be able to handle green runs and easy blues.

And you are missing out On a Lot of fun. Do it.

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just feels like I've been missing out on some fun.

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You absolutely are.

depends on the individual, take a lesson or two, most people pick it up pretty quickly

Highly dependent on the person, and really the younger you start the easier it is

It took me about 45 minutes to feel comfortable going off on my own, was able to do some blue slopes day 1. Others it can take several days (a whole trip), some can go for years and never get truly comfortable (I call them women)

Also I would suggest shorter skis, easier to control, slower speed, you will be fighting against them less than the longer ones

Skiing is easy to learn but hard to master. Boarding is harder to learn but easier to master. Or so I’ve been told. I’ve done both and it’s pretty accurate. Like others have said, take lessons or it will absolutely suck.

I found it easy, but if you are old, idk. Old people have harder time getting up after a fall. That’s not something I’d want to learn when things hurt more.

And there is the other skiers. I’ve been completely taken out by out of control skiers.