How dumb would it be to try skate skiing without a lesson?

Been wanting to try. There are no lessons today but I can rent gear and skate on a groomed course. I intend to take a lesson as soon as available.

Intermediate-advanced level alpine skier. No classic xc experience and really no interest in doing this (besides maybe some bc xc). Can skate around (to get to lifts or traverse flat bits) OKishly, not expertly, on very heavy alpine skis. Can ice skate, rather poorly, but I am able to do a skating motion, am not just walking around all stiff legged on the ice skates.

Trying to do a thing where I get on-snow every week Dec through of March this season.

Is attempting skate without a lesson a dumb idea?

Edit: so much great input here. Without responding to each message, thank you all!

Edit 2: went, it went ok