After the kids loved skiing at Chickadee (Snowbird) after they had a taste of it on a warm spring skiing day in Utah when we were visiting grandma Toni and grandpa Scott in April, we decided to do something we have wanted to do in a while, but, living in Australia for the past 4 years, have been really unable to do...teach the kids to ski. We bought ski packages (gear) for the whole family in Salt Lake City in July when everything was more than 50% off and packed it all up for Chile.
We headed up to the mountains near our house in Lo Barnechea, Santiago, Chile to teach the kids to ski at Valle Nevado. The bigger kids (Ryder, Sawyer, and Nash) were hooked...they loved it and got better and better with each run. Zander's little legs were very tired and he pooped out after about an hour. It was a successful day and the beginning of a new hobby for the Whipperman clan.
Everybody exhausted, but happy with their progress after their first real full day of skiing.
Valle Nevado is above the smog (and clouds) of Santiago, and a great breath of fresh air. It's only about an hour and a half from the house (if the traffic cooperates).
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