Bulgaria Ski discussion board

Lurked for ages, 1st time posting...*braces for flames*...

Went to Boro 1 week last year with 11yo daughter, both loved it.

This year it's gotten more tricky as party has swollen to not only include my wife but also my daughter's friend and parents...

I'm looking for suggestions as to how to get the kids to ski together as fast as possible. (Fast as in soonest, not as in straight down a black run tied together...) The adults too, I guess, but less important.

Group - 1 x 13yo, no experience
1 x 12yo, 1 week's skiing and no apparent fear
2 x mums, no experience
1 x bloke (me) 1 week's skiing and mild fear...
1 x bloke (him) lots of skiing about 20 years ago.
He claims...

Easiest would be one lot in a "learn to ski" class and the rest in an intermediate class, I guess, but not much fun for the kids. I wonderered about doing this and topping up the beginners with private lessons, maybe, but I don 't really know what would be best or how to organise it.

Just to add to matters we are inevitably going at half term (16th to 23rd Feb) so private lessons might be thin on the ground 'cos of the crush.

Would be grateful for any suggestions.

Cheers!

I think you will make your own minds up after the first day, our group on the first day year was mixed some very advanced some quite nervous, on the second day the nervous ones even though with their family decided to go off in an easier group so they learnt better and did not feel awkward about holding the group back, as you are not really bothered about being held back it may not be an issue, but the families I skied with thought it better to be in a group of their own ability and it meant you had a lot of stories around dinner to tell each other plus more friends to meet up with at night from the diff. groups I think mixing the groups of various diff. experiences could cause problems and maybe accidents if the beginners try too hard because they feel conscious of the fact they are holding up the advanced skiers. at end of day the instructor will take you all in the same group but he may also get frustrated having to accomodate everyone, the beginners do not forget are going to be learning snow ploughs for first few days and they may only ever do blue and green runs in the first week, the advanced skiers are really going to be chomping at the bit...