Going skiing for the first time?

Just come back from the Portes de Soleil on the French/Swiss border and it was great.

I'd say...

-Book a kit package, pass and lessons in advance - they're all cheaper that way.

-When booking lessons, consider booking two consecutive mornings so that you get time to practice what you've been taught in the afternoons.

-Take two lots of gloves so you can let one dry each day while you're wearing the other.

-Try to relax when actually skiing, a relaxed crumple onto snow doesn't hurt, a rigid topple will be less comfortable (though not that bad!)

-Take lots of layers to be able to adapt to many different sorts of weather (snow, rain and sun) - first time I went I was surprised how hot I got.

There's a start!

Take a lesson first!

Have fun!

Wish I was going to the Alps!!

Relax and have fun, skiing is a blast. Takes years to get good at it.

Well, considering it is your first time ski-ing you are attmepting something rather large, Make sure you have lots of lessons before because ski-ing can be very dangerous.

Don't go the french alps, go italy or switzerland.

Go to Whistler, Canadá!