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As a beginner, you should have reasonable expectations about your first day out. Many of the tips listed here will give you a better idea of what to expect. There are some important basics to be prepared for:

You will fall down a lot!

It is hard to get up and this can be embarrassing.

There will be six-year-olds skiing circles around you, and this is infuriating.

How fast you improve will depend on your fitness and natural ability (Franz Klammer eat your heart out).

For most people, the first two days (three to five hours per day) will be tough, but after that you'll really start to feel you're getting the hang of it.

One important factor is that your skiing will be worse when you're tired. So if you start out on the second day feeling that you've improved, but by the end of the day you're falling over more than ever, it is because you are tired (or hammered), not because you're not learning.

The good news is that after the first day or two, most of these problems go away.