Most ski parents pack up at the end of the season and try to reconstruct where their kids left off come October, and that gap costs them days on the mountain every single year. In this episode, Jessica shares the end-of-season assessment she uses both as a PSIA-certified ski instructor and as a ski parent herself, so you can capture exactly where your kids are while it's still fresh. If you're serious about how to ski with kids in a way that builds real, lasting progress, this is the episode you didn't know you needed.

What You'll Learn

• Why doing a simple skills and terrain assessment at the end of ski season is one of the best family skiing tips you'll ever act on — and why waiting until fall means you'll be guessing
• The three-bucket framework every ski parent can use to teach kids to ski with intention: Mastered, Working On, and Still to Come
• The core skills to assess when evaluating children learning to ski — from balance and stopping to parallel turns and chairlift confidence
• How to document the actual runs at your local mountain so you know exactly where to start next season instead of starting over
• How to use your end-of-season notes in the fall to pick up right where you left off — the single biggest thing that separates families who make steady progress from those who feel like they're back at square one every year

Key Takeaway

"The notes you take right now are the bridge between this season and next. Don't skip the bridge."

Skiing with Kids is hosted by Jessica Averett, a ski instructor and mom of five who has spent more than 20 years helping kids learn to ski. This podcast helps parents create calmer, happier ski days by focusing on confidence, connection, and simple strategies that actually work with kids on the mountain. She's the founder of First Tracks: A Parent's Guide to Teaching Kids to Ski, a course that walks parents through everything they need to know to skip overpriced ski school and confidently teach their own kids to ski.

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