Alpine Tots – Skiing fun for 2-3 year olds

Give your kids their first ever taste of skiing. Simple sliding & gliding exercises to help them begin to learn what it’s all about. Parents are required to assist their children during the lesson.

Alpine Stars (Ages 3-12 years)

Beginners to Intermediate

Level 1 (White) – First ever lesson. Straight running exercises on the nursery slopes. Working on balance & confidence.

Level 2 (Purple) – Warm up, repeating straight running exercises. Introduction of the snowplough, working throughout to hold a plough shape, gliding & stopping.

Level 3 (Green) – Continuing with snowplough exercises, gliding & stopping. Introduction of single turns each way using teaching aids. Developing into linking the turns.

Level 4 (Blue) – Introduction of the travellator to first bump. Continuing plough gliding exercises to adjust to the slope gradient. Lots of ploughing & STOPPING. Using teaching aids to start to introduce turning each way, progressing into linked turns. This lesson may need to be repeated before moving on.

Level 5 (Red) – Linking turns from 1^st bump, continue up to bump 2 controlling speed. Working up the slope continuing to link turns & develop turning skills. Progressing up until controlled turning from the top of the small slope. Standard must be achieved before moving to Group 6.

Level 6 (Yellow) – Must have mastered all skills from Group 5. Plough Variation, Plough Braking, Schussing, Safely use lift without help, Plough around markers & cones, How to get up from fall, Ski Way Code. Introduction to main lift.

Alpine Stars ages (3-12 years)

Advanced

Level 7 (Green) – Skiing from the top of the main ski slope. Practice Stopping, Shuffle feet through turns, Pick up and put down ski in traverse, Jump and land a small jump, Shadow teacher for minimum of 6 turns, Side slipping, Able to stop and join a group safely, Ski way code.

Level 8 (Blue) – Accurate ploughing, all types of steering in plough, Intro to plough parallel and exercises, Plough swings starting in fall line, Tip/tail Swedish jumps, Linked Reverse plough turns, Jump off bottom bump, landing in control, Funnel, Pole exercises to help with balance and posture, Introduction to pole plant, Ski a slalom Course, Ski way code.

Alpine Rockets Club (Ages 6+ years)

Performance and Race  – Plough Parallel: Improve level and performance, Ski at same speed as a buddy, Synchronised, Targeted side slip parallel turns (2 mats wide with pole plant), Carve Turns, Short radius through bumps, High speed carved turns, Javelin Turns, Railing, 360 spin no stepping, Backward Parallel Turns. Exploring all aspects of performance skiing, including introduction to Slalom racing through cones and modified poles.

Snowtrax Race Squad (Ages 6+ years) NEW

The pinnacle of Ski Performance and Race  – Looking to Race competitively? Look no further. Our NEW Race Squad has been engineered from the ground up to offer youth athletes the best training and facilities possible so that every Race Squad member can be the best they can. Plough Parallel: Improve level and performance, Ski at same speed as a buddy, Synchronised, Targeted side slip parallel turns (2 mats wide with pole plant), Carve Turns, Short radius through bumps, High speed carved turns, Javelin Turns, Railing, 360 spin no stepping, Backward Parallel Turns. All aspects of performance skiing, including introduction to Slalom racing through cones and modified poles.

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Freestyle Academy – Weekly Skiing Lessons (Ages 6-16)

Sessions tailored specifically for attendees with an interest or even a natural gift for Freestyle, our Freestyle Academy will take everything students know so far and build on those skills even further. These open weekly sessions are Ski and Snowboard mixed – with a relaxed friendly atmosphere built around social encouragement.