Never ski Santa Fe during Spring Break, or at least don't plan on skiing Santa Fe for Spring Break unless you either own your own equipment or plan to get there at 7:30 AM (lifts open at 9:30).
After waiting in line for 3 hours to get equipment, we were told ski school was sold out. Of the 15 people surrounding me in line, only 3 were not from Texas. That is not technically true. There was a couple from Vermont. But the local guy had just moved from Ft. Worth a couple of months ago, so even he was from Texas.
But we were able to salvage a partial day. By the time we had our equipment sorted out, we only had to buy half-day lift tickets. But we still had to figure out how to teach the kids to ski. I was afraid I'd frustrate them completely out of wanting to ski. After ensuring they could move around on flat (icy) land and get up from a fall, we chanced the lift. But we only had two experienced skiers and three newbies. Lainey bowed out, rather than try to lift. Patrick and Paul made it up and down the beginner slope with the expected amount of falls. Paul went up one more time and improved a bunch. For a kid with no ski school, he practically looked like a natural.
And that was it. Game over. Lifts closed. No more runs. Lesson Learned: SHOW UP AT 7 AM.
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