Private lesson

Two hours, one thing fixed

280 chf

Off-peak weeks only · price per lesson, not per person

Not everyone needs a day. If you are skiing well but something is not right, two hours with someone who can see what you cannot is often all it takes.

We will watch you ski, tell you honestly what is happening, and give you one or two changes to work on for the rest of the week.

Who books it

Confident skiers with a nagging fault
First-timers who want a gentle introduction before committing to more
Anyone shaking off a season's rust on day one of the holiday
Young children, who often learn more in two focused hours than four tired ones

How it works

Two hours is enough to change how you ski, but not to cover much ground. If you want to explore as well as improve, three or four hours will serve you better — and we will say so if you ask us.

One thing to know: we do not run two-hour lessons in peak weeks. Over Christmas, February half term and Easter our instructors are booked in longer blocks. If you are here in those weeks, three hours is the shortest we can offer.

Families

For children under about six, two hours is frequently the right answer rather than the cheap one. Attention runs out long before energy does, and a short lesson they enjoyed beats a long one they endured.

What is included

Your instructor. Lift passes, equipment hire and lunch are not included — we will point you at the right pass, and you get 10% off rental at Mountain Air.

Not sure what level you are?

Nobody fits neatly into a box, and you do not need to get this right — your instructor will work you out in the first ten minutes. It is just a starting point.

First timeYou have never skied, or tried it once.BeginnerA few hours on a nursery slope or a snow dome. You can stop in a snowplough and turn, more or less.Low intermediateAbout a week's skiing. You can get down a blue run in control, still snowploughing, using your turns to manage your speed.IntermediateA couple of weeks in. You are heading onto steeper runs and starting to bring your skis parallel at the end of each turn. The snowplough is fading.High intermediateComfortable on steeper terrain, controlling speed with parallel turns rather than a plough. You are starting to feel the ski grip and work underneath you, and venturing off the edges of the piste.AdvancedYou understand what the shape of the ski does and can carve through most of a turn when you want to. You can vary your turn shape, hold an edge on hard snow, and you are exploring bumps and off-piste.ExpertSteep terrain and off-piste are where you go for a challenge. You know your safety equipment, you read the avalanche bulletin, and you ski with your own style rather than someone else's.