Nowadays it seems that there are a lot of families that enjoy taking adventure vacations and getaways or creating a tradition that involves some kind of nature and the family. In Summit County, Colorado that is just the case and the ski resorts are starting to make that easier for parents to do.
Arapahoe Basin boasts its Ace's Terrain Park for true beginners to have a chance to learn the sport in their own area where they are comfortable. There can be a feeling of intimidation when it comes to trying to learn to ski and snowboard especially in Summit County with some of the best around so this is a great opportunity and place for beginners to learn without having the more advanced flying around to distract
The demand over the past few years for beginner parks has increased and brought awareness to a new market. An example of where they are seeing this is over at Copper Mountain at their ski and snowboard school for kids, Woodward. Woodward is a developmental place for winter sports that has trampolines and other tools to help develop their skills when they go out onto the mountain.
A terrain park created for a young beginner usually is going to be modified with sizes of boxes and other obstacles to make them more approachable and not as risky and discouraging. This type of encouragement from a young age helps young skiers and riders to feel comfortable with the overall idea of the bigger version on the mountain with parks and jumps. An example of this was last weekend as Frisco was ending their holiday Wassail Days they held a "Little Rascal Rail Jam"at the Frisco Adventure Park for riders ages nine and under to compete. This rail jam was presented by Burton Experience Snowboarding an was hosted by the USASA.
This type of advancement that is being made, especially with snowboarding, for children can be accredited mostly to the development of technology over the years that has continued to create skis and boards for young children. New children snowboards are being made as young as 18 months now to focus on balancing techniques. The newer gear that is coming out helps to go against the myths for boarding parents that kids need to learn to ski first and helping to expand the sport as well.
Summit County is a wonderful area to vacation or reside with your family and reasons such as these help to see why! If you are interested in learning more about Summit County and what it has to offer please contact one of our real estate professionals today at Ten Peaks Sotheby's International Realty.
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