ADVICE for FIRST Timers: Bring gloves (they were $30 a pair) Bring a Beanie or something to keep your head warm (those were over priced as well) Do take the lessons because the other Instructors were helpful but make sure you don't get PONCHO.
And last...HAVE FUN!
Ok first off Yes it is a little over Priced, but the Experience and Memories are worth the Price.
People are great, easy to talk and are very friendly.
It was our First time ever snowboarding. We did signed up for the 2 hour lessons with an instructor.
This is the only reason why I am rating so low is because of the instructor we had. His name was PONCHO. He didn't quite understand that sometimes not everyone will get it off hand. As I saw some of the other instructors being so helpful and hands on with their students our instructor didn't even want to show us how to buckle our snow shows because he "didn't want to get in our bubble".
Another incident is when I fell he'd just say "get up" he didn't lend a hand or show me how to get up easily.
I got frustrated to where I took a break before our 2 hour lesson was over.
When the lesson was over he had the nerve to ask for a tip or buy him lunch.
I told myself I didn't pay this much money for a certain someone to ruin my trip. Got the nerve to do it on my own with the help of some friends and got it pretty easy.
On the lift I saw some other instructors guiding their students down the whole mountain, I just wished our instructor gave us a little more instruction.
Overall it was great. Just PONCHO was very negative and a little disrespectful. I wish I'd ask for a different instructor but was too upset to even try.