Longman Dictionary of Contemporary English
nursery slope
noun
EXAMPLES FROM CORPUS
▪ The nursery slope can be terrifying to the person on skis for the first time, and yet boring to the expert.
Usage examples of "nursery slope".
But they did make a kind of progress, enough to slide down the nursery slope several times without landing in a tumble of limbs and poles, enough to get an idea of how much thrill there would be from descending the main slope, enough to promise faithfully they'd be back on time tomorrow.