Me(55) and my oldest son (34) (I have written about him and his exploits here and on TOS) will be heading up to Tahoe Jan 5 -12 and staying with a friend of mine who has a place in Carnelian Bay a stones throw from Garwoods which is about equidistant from North Star and Palisades, so we will be hitting up those two places.
We have 2 day Epic Passes and 2 Day Palisades passes. My son hasn't skied in 20 years, but was pretty good back in the day with very minimal experience. He was bombing the blues all day long after a brief lesson from my twin brother. Wondering if we should take a look at Heavenly? My friend thinks it's more of a place for locals and he is doing the driving, so I wonder how much I should insists if Surly says go v. other two places.
The last time I went skiing was back in march at the above two places after a 20 year break. The mornings were OK, but my knees got sore in the afternoon slush. I was onto the blues by day two, but they stopped being fun as the knees got worse. I'm doing lots of twist lunges, squats, one leg balance exercises, and core work as well as hitting the bike to the tune of about 50 miles/week to try and avoid the knee pain, but am also wondering if a group lesson would also be a good idea? full day v. half day fro me and the boy/man.
My friend would gladly teach us but he is snowboard only. He did a great job with my two teenagers(because they are too cool for skis) back in March on the snowboard teaching.
We plan on hitting Garwoods on the 7th (my birthday 56) for dinner and a couple of Wet Woody's.
Any recommendations for a middle aged skier with knee issues would be appreciated.