What is the right age for kids to begin ski school or start taking ski lessons?
We recommend having children ages 4 and up take with ski lessons, although they are available for children as young as 3. You know your child’s coordination and maturity level best, so do what you think is appropriate. It is a question of balance and leg strength more than anything else, and 4 and 5 year olds will typically have the strength to adapt to the basic motion of skiing with relative success, especially if they have participated in other sports requiring balance such as skating, gymnastics, or dance. The focus at younger ages will be on turning and stopping. While this is a good age to begin lessons, parents should keep their expectations realistic. 4 and 5 year-olds may not have the coordination to begin taking large, green slopes on their own. Those skills come around ages 6 to 8 (depending on the child), when coordination is improving and children have more control of their leg muscles. Snowboard lessons usually don’t begin until age 6 or 7 due to the different type of bal
