Learning to ski or snowboard is a new and exciting experience to be remembered!
The most popular way to learn is to book a series of lessons which wprogressively cover all the skills and techniques you need to know in order to reach 'recreational' standard. This is the level that you are deemed to be safe on our main slope unaccompanied.
A beginner needs to pass each level of lesson (see below) to learn how to ski/snowboard but as eveyone learns at their own pace some people may need to retake certain levels, depending on personal progress. Each 1 hour lesson covers an individual level or for those who want to fastrack their way to recreational standard there are 2 and 3 hour lessons or full day courses. In general our lessons for individuals are taught in groups of up to 7 people for snowboarding and up to 10 people for skiing, or you can opt to have private lessons for more intense and tailored coaching.
Once you reach reacreational standard you can enjoy the main slope on your own on special session or why not boost your confidence and your bag of tricks with coaching or special advanced sessions.
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WHAT LEVEL OF LESSON DO I NEED??
Read the descriptions below before booking your ski or snowboard lesson.
 
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LEVEL 1
Who is it for?
Complete beginners
Aim
To introduce you to the exciting world of snowboarding and become proficient on the ‘toe edge’
What happens?
  • Introduce you to the equipment, and the slope
  • Go through basic stance and movement exercises to make you feel comfortable with the board.
  •  Concentrate on the ‘toe edge’
  • Sliding down both backwards and diagonally.
 
LEVEL 2
Who is it for?
Anyone comfortable using their toe edge to slide diagonally downhill–i.e. completed our  level 1
Aim
To introduce you to the ‘heel edge’.
What happens?
  • Review your toe edge skills
  • Intro to your ‘heel edge’
  • Sliding down the hill forwards and diagonally.
 
LEVEL 3
Who is it for?
Anyone comfortable on both their heel AND toe edge and able to slide diagonally downhill – i.e. completed our level 2
Aim
To introduce you to turning the board.
What happens?
  • Review heel and toe edge movements
  • introduction to ‘foot steering’ and turning the board.
  • Introduction to linked turns on nursery slope.
 
LEVEL 4
Who is it for?
Anyone that can complete a turn on a snowboard, from heel to toe edge and from toe to heel edge. – i.e. completed our level 3
Aim
To confidently link turns on our main slope.
What happens?
  • Revise heel and toe edge turns on nursery slope
  • Introduction to main slope and button lift.
  • Practice linked turns on main slope
 
LEVEL 5
Who is it for?
Anyone of recreational standard – i.e. completed our level 4
Aim
To increase your ability and confidence on a snowboard.
What happens?
  • Review progress
  • improve your technique.
  • Work on making turns more solid, more accurate
  • Build confidence.
 
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LEVEL 1
Who is it for?
Complete beginners
Aim
To introduce you to the exciting sport of skiing and to enable you to control your speed in a straight line using the ‘snowplough’
What happens?
  • Introduction to equipment and slope
  • basic stance and movement on slope
  • introduction to speed control – the ‘snowplough’
 
LEVEL 2
Who is it for?
Anyone able to control their speed in a straight line using the snowplough – i.e. completed our level 1
Aim
To strengthen the use of the snowplough and introduce you to turning left and right.
What happens?
  • Refine your snowplough technique you
  • introduction to turning your skis.
  • Linking Turns left and right
 
LEVEL 3
Who is it for?
Anyone able to link snowplough turns on a short gentle gradient – i.e. completed our level 2
Aim
To strengthen and progress your snowplough turns and introduce you to the button lift and the half way point of the main slope.
What happens?
  • Review your basic snowplough turns
  • Introduction to the main slope, using the button lift to half way.
  • Practice and feedback
  • Intro to plough parallel turns [skis are parallel across the slope - go into a snowplough for the turn -  then back to parallel as you go back across the slope]
 
LEVEL 4
Who is it for?
Anyone confident with their snowplough turns on a gentle gradient – i.e. completed our level 3
Aim
To introduce you to the top of the main slope and achieve recreational standard.
What happens?
  • Control of turning skills[ pressure, edge, rotation]
  • Introduction to the top of the main slope
  • Practice and feedback of plough parallels on steeper terrain
 
LEVEL 5
Who is it for?
Anyone at our recreational standard – i.e. completed our level 4
Aim
To increase your ability and confidence on skis
What happens?
  • Review progress
  • Improve your technique.
  • Work on making turns more solid, more accurate – working towards parallel turns
  • Build confidence.