Swiss Snow League
Our snow sports instructors teach the children according to the Snow League classification. The children start at the age of 3. In the Snowgarden in the Blue, Red or Black League up to the absolute professional rider.
Ski Snowgarden – for the youngest starting at 3 years of age
In groups of 4-6 childrens an understanding of the joy about skiing will playfully be given to your youngest ones
Together with our instructors your children will make their first attempts on the snow. The class takes 2 hours. We ask you as parents to distance yourself from the area. That way your children can win confidence towards our instructors and they can fully concentrate on the lesson.
Ski Blue League
In this level the children learn how to ski down simple blue slopes in the plough position and they make their first tries in parallel skiing.
With the ski instructors they also learn how to use the small lifts and the ski poles.
- Facts about the equipment
- Climbing uphill by side stepping and herringbone (scissor) stepping
- Gliding and braking with the snow plough
- Skiing with skis parallel with steps and tricks
- Snow plough turns (wedge turns)
- Introduction to the safe use of lifts
- Traversing and tricks
- Side slipping
- Skiing with skis parallel over easy bumps and jumps
- Snow plough turns (wedge Christie) on easy blue slopes
- Learn how to behave on the slopes (FIS rules)
- Turning in a miniature slalom jungle and in a set course
- Skiing over bumps
- Skiing backwards (switch) with the skis in a V-position with the change of direction
- Snow plough turns (wedge Christie) on a diversified blue run
Ski Red League
You will acquire the basics for jumps and will be able to master red (moderate) slopes safely and dynamically with parallel turns. Now the fun begins – the fascination for skiing has truly taken hold of you!
- Information about warm-up
- Braking with skis parallel
- Turning steps on an easy slope
- Waltzing
- (Skidded) parallel turns
- Information about the behavior in a snow park
- Short turns on an easy slope
- Skating step on a flat terrain
- Basic Air (small kicker)
- Parallel turns with various radii
- Information about nature, forest and environment
- Parallel turns in a run of slalom gates and in a set course
- (Skidded) parallel turns backwards “Switch”
- Single ski turns on an easy slope
- Short turns on an intermediate slope
Ski Black League
You can skillfully master parallel turns off-piste. You learn how to highlight simple jumps with a cool trick.
- Information about the preparation of the equipment
- Short turns with pole planting on a challenging slope
- Jumps: Straights and Fifty/Fifty over box
- Parallel turns off-piste
- Carved parallel turns on a wide and easy slope
Snowboard Snowgarden
- Facts about the equipment
- Skating on a flat surface with one foot strapped
- Flat base riding on an easy slope
- Edging down the fall line
- Flat base riding to edging on an easy slope
Snowboard Blue League
You are learning your first turns and tricks as well as how to snowboard on easy slopes and ride safely through the park with different moves. Your love for snowboarding has been awakened and your appetite for more has been whetted.
- Learn how to behave on the slopes (FIS rules)
- Edging in the traverse
- Edging to flat base riding
- Using the T-bar lift
- Skidded turns
- Introduction about warm-up
- Turns using rotation techniques
- Waltzing
- Wheelie
- Jumping with both feet in the air on the slope
- Learn how to behave in the snow park
- Riding Switch
- Speed Check
- Fifty/Fifty over an easy box
- Jump over small jump obstacles
Snowboard Red League
You learn new tricks as well as how to master slopes and the snow park safely and dynamically. Now the fun begins – the fascination of snowboarding has truly taken hold of you!
- Small freestyle glossary
- Turns using stretching and bending techniques
- Powerslide
- Ollie/ N’Ollie on the slope
- 180° on the slope
- Information about nature, forest and environment
- Carved turns
- Slide on the slope
- Ollie/ N’Ollie 180° on the slope
- Basic Air
- Information about the Swiss Snow Academy
- Riding off-piste
- Frontside Noseturn
- Backside Boardslide on a box
- Straight Air
Snowboard Black League
- Turns
- Airs
- Race: Riding over bumps, through slalom poles
- Box/Rail
- Halfpipe/Quarterpipe
- Freeride
- Safety