Snowtrax Alpine Activity Centre Dorset UK
Scouts, Cubs & Youth Groups
Adventure,
earned.
Beavers to Explorers, Brownies to Guides, cadets to youth clubs – bring your group to Dorset for a day of skiing, snowboarding, Ringos and outdoor adventure. Action-packed, brilliantly inclusive, and a great fit for badge and award work. We’ll make the planning easy so you can enjoy it too.
AgesFrom 5 years
Great forBadges & awards
Evenings& weekends
For uniformed & youth groups
Get the
crew out.
Youth groups are built for exactly this: trying new things, getting outdoors and doing it together. A trip to Snowtrax delivers all three in a single visit – and for most young people it’s their first ever go on snow.
We welcome Scouting and Girlguiding sections, cadet units, brigades and youth clubs of every size. Qualified instructors lead the snowsports, everything runs on the all-weather Proslope whatever the weather, and young people are grouped by age and ability so the nervous ones feel safe and the bold ones get a proper challenge.
Weekday evenings and weekends tend to suit youth groups best – tell us your meeting night or a weekend date and we’ll see what we can line up.
SurfaceAll-weather Proslope
Who we host
Every section,
welcome.
From the youngest sections to senior units, we’ll pitch the day to suit your young people. Mixed-age groups are no problem – we’ll split and rotate so everyone gets the right level of challenge.
Beavers, Cubs & Rainbows
Our youngest visitors love the Ringos and the Adventure Park, with gentle first tastes of the slope. Loads of fun, plenty of supervision, big grins all round.
Scouts, Guides & Brigades
Ready for a real challenge. Snowsports sessions build skill and resilience, and the day can feed straight into badge and award work.
Cadets, Explorers & Youth Clubs
Older groups can push themselves on the slope or in the park, work as a team and take on something genuinely new – a memorable night out with substance.
Badges & awards
Count it
towards a badge.
A visit can support all sorts of badge, challenge and award work across Scouting, Girlguiding and other youth programmes. We’ll happily help you connect the day to what your young people are working on – here are some of the angles leaders use.
Snowsports & skills
Learning to ski, snowboard or master the Ringos slope is a natural fit for activity, sports and skills-based badges that ask young people to try and develop a new pursuit.
Outdoor & adventure
An outdoor, adventurous challenge in an unfamiliar setting – useful evidence for outdoor-challenge and adventure-themed badges and award sections.
Teamwork & confidence
Encouraging each other up the slope and pushing past nerves builds teamwork, communication and personal confidence – the heart of so many award programmes.
Plan with us
Tell us which badge or award you’re aiming at and we’ll suggest how to shape the session so young people get exactly the experience they need to log it.
Badge and award requirements are set by your own organisation – we don’t award them ourselves, but we’re glad to provide the activity and a hand mapping it to your programme.
Try something new
Out of the
comfort zone.
The best youth nights are the ones where someone does a thing they didn’t think they could. Standing up on skis. Flying down on a Ringo. That spark is what we’re here for.
Good to know
We’ve got the gear.
You bring the energy.
All the technical kit is provided. Here’s what we look after and what your young people need to turn up wearing, plus the practical bits for leaders.
Included – sorted for you
- All equipment – skis or board, boots and helmets
- Qualified instructors – leading every snowsports session
- Risk assessments – available on request for your records
- Friendly support – mapping the day to your badges or awards
Young people should bring
- Long sleeves and long trousers – joggers, not tight jeans
- Gloves – anything covering the fingers (spares at reception)
- Long socks and old clothes they don’t mind getting mucky
- Waterproofs if rain’s forecast, and any signed consent forms
Accompanying leaders and helpers are welcome and part of the plan – we’ll confirm supervision and free-place arrangements when we sort your booking. The Alpine Pub is on site for hot drinks and food if you fancy making a proper evening of it.
From the leaders
What leaders say.
“
Took our Cub pack for an evening and it was the highlight of the term. The instructors were superb with the younger ones, and we tied it neatly into their activity badge. Easy to organise, too.
Cub Scout packAkela, Dorset
“
Our Guides talked about it for weeks. A genuine adventure that pushed them out of their comfort zone, and the Snowtrax team couldn’t have been more helpful with the planning and paperwork.
Guide unitUnit Leader, Hampshire
“
Brilliant for our cadets – teamwork, resilience and a proper laugh on the Ringos to finish. Great value for a group and somewhere genuinely different. We’ll be back.
Cadet unitDetachment staff, Wiltshire
Group enquiries
Plan your group night.
Tell us your section, rough numbers, ages and your meeting night or a weekend date. We’ll come back with options, a quote and a hand mapping the day to any badges or awards you’re working towards.
Leader questions
Youth group FAQs.
All of them – Beavers, Cubs, Scouts and Explorers; Rainbows, Brownies, Guides and Rangers; Army, Air and Sea Cadets; brigades; and youth clubs or community groups. From age 5 upwards, we’ll pitch the day to suit your young people.
Often, yes. A day with us can support activity, sports, outdoor-challenge and teamwork badges across different programmes. Badge requirements are set by your own organisation, so we don’t award them – but tell us what you’re aiming at and we’ll shape the session to fit and help you map it.
Yes – we can supply risk assessments and supporting safety information for your group’s records and approval process. Just ask when you enquire.
Your leaders and helpers stay responsible for your young people throughout, and we’ll agree appropriate numbers and free-place arrangements when we plan the visit. Our instructors run the activities; you know your group best.
Weekday evenings and weekends usually suit youth groups best. Give us your meeting night or a weekend date when you enquire and we’ll let you know what we can offer.
Comfy clothes they can move in: long sleeves, long trousers (joggers rather than tight jeans), long socks and gloves. We provide all the skis or boards, boots and helmets. Bring waterproofs if rain’s forecast, plus any signed consent forms.
Completely – most young people have never tried it before, and that’s exactly who these sessions are for. Everyone’s grouped by age and ability so nobody feels out of their depth.
Send an enquiry using the form above or call 01202 499155 with your section, rough numbers and a date in mind. We’ll come back with options, a quote and any paperwork you need.
Working towards a particular badge or award? Tell us – we’ll help you plan it. 01202 499155
Give your group
a proper adventure.
Scouts, Guides, cadets and youth clubs come to Snowtrax for a night that’s active, inclusive and a little bit daring – and that can count towards their next badge. Enquire today and we’ll help you sort it.