Snowboarding Beginner: Can I snowboard in the evening?

evening snowboarding

Many beginners have an intuitive reaction when they hear that some slides are open at night: "Oh, I can't see anything clearly at night. Snowboarding must be very dangerous! It's better for beginners to avoid it."  In fact, the snowboarding slopes that are open at night at the ski academy are very well lit and visibility is definitely not an issue. Learning to snowboard at night is even safer and more appropriate than going to school early. What's the good of learning to snowboard at night? The secret is that the crowd in the evening is much less than in the morning! The crowd in the evening may be one-fifth or even less in the morning. Because there are few people, there are many advantages:

1) Won’t hit someone else

In recent years, skiing is becoming more and more popular in northeast America. Now every weekend, crowds crowd in all ski learning grounds, causing a huge psychological burden for beginners. Imagine that when you go skiing for the first time, crowds are crowded, can you still slide down? In fact, many newcomers fall often because they are out of control, but because they do not know how to dodge others and hit others, causing them to wrestle with others at the same time. Many beginners are not afraid of falling down, but afraid of hitting others. In the evening, things are different. There are few people at night, and the chances of hitting others are naturally small.

2) Great learning space

Because of the small number of people, the relative learning space becomes large, which is very helpful for beginners to learn basic skills. For example, you can practice long distances after learning the brakes; you don't need to "hard turn" because you don't have space or to hide people when you turn the corner, you can slowly try to figure out. This kind of progress will be faster than learning in the morning. After a small achievement, you will naturally have fun and work harder.

3) No waiting for the cable care

Are you really willing to wait? The most annoying thing when skiing is to wait for the cable car! Because it's really a waste of time! When you have a lot of people, you can wait for an hour and a half or even longer! It’s really very uncomfortable! But skiing at night is completely unnecessary! After sliding down the snowy road, you can take the cable car up immediately, and usually a whole row of chairs to sit with your friends, easy. For novices, there is no pressure to hit the stranger next to the cable car chair.

4) Needn’t be afraid of traffic jams, no parking Spaces, or the car is parked far away

Driving up the mountain on weekend nights is against the tide of the car, so there is no need to be afraid of encountering a traffic jam. When you arrive at the snow field, you can usually drive directly to the entrance of the snow field to park directly. You don't need to take a long distance with the snowboard gear, or you may need to wait for the shuttle bus to pick up the trouble.

5) Half price of tickets

In the snow season of 2018, the all-day ticket of northwest America snowboard resort is about US$90. If you go there in the evening, the ticket price will become US$45 or so, which is very cost-effective. But if you're a newbie, that's not bad for you, because you have cheaper tickets for beginners.

There are so many advantages to learning to snowboard at night. Are there any disadvantages? There are:

6) Colder

Although it won't be much colder, it is still a bit colder than in the morning. If you are afraid of the cold, it may be more suitable for you in the morning, or you can wear a little warmer!

7) No class

The previously recommended snowboarding lessons are usually only available in the morning, so if you want to learn to snowboard at night, you can only find friends to teach!

8) The photos aren't that beautiful

If you are the person who falls in love with the photograph extremely, the scenery of that sunny day is more beautiful of course, but the night scene also does have a flavor! 

Is there a way to have classes, not too cold, not too crowded, not too scenic and not too expensive? Some! That's Monday to Friday morning! If you can take the day off to go skiing, that is really the most enjoyable!

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