10 tips for first-time skiers
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This may be common sense, but you should never find yourself alone on the mountain. Buddy up with at least one other person, says Booie Alward, director of SnowSports at Loon Mountain in New Hampshire. But he added to make sure you choose ski buddies with an equal amount of experience.
"The danger of going with a larger group of people they can may push you to go on terrain you’re not comfortable with yet," he said.