Alpine Courses: 'All Terrain' Alpine skiing instruction

Course Venues: (click the venue for more information)

HINTERTUX: snow-sure glacier slopes for early/late season skiing.

TIGNES: guaranteed snow in this high altitude all-round resort.

LES CONTAMINES: quiet resort, offering January powder and easy access.

LA THUILE: a hidden gem of excellent skiing in the Val d’Aosta.

CHAMONIX: a world-class resort of easy access.

LENZERHEIDE: ideal terrain for developing technique, excellent snow record.

KÜHTAI: reliable high altitude on-piste and off-piste snow.

ZINAL: a skiers paradise, scenic resort with a choice of five ski areas.

GRESSONEY: access to the three linked valleys of the huge Monte Rosa ski area
and with that special Italian character.

CERVINIA: enjoy excellent snow conditions in April at this extensive high altitude resort.

ARABBA: skiing for all, surrounded by stunning Dolomite landscapes.
ANDERMATT: develop your skills ready for the steeps and deeps!

Course content:

• All weeks include 5 x half days (out of 6) Alpine instruction with plenty of 'free' skiing.

• Small groups guaranteed – 8 skiers maximum, usually 3 to 6.

• Personalised instruction for best input, best results and most satisfaction and enjoyment.

• Professional instruction (British Association of Snowsports Instructors qualified or equivalent).

•	Courses are piste-based but we will always venture into the off-piste when conditions and circumstances permit – and as the group prefers!

• Video feedback available to improve understanding and awareness.

These All Terrain Alpine/downhill skiing courses are also suitable for Telemark skiers – we ensure that both Telemark and Alpine skiers receive appropriate and specific attention and time. Follow this link for more information about how this works.

Downhill at Hintertux

HINTERTUX: (Austria)

Dates:	12–19/11/2011 19–26/11/2011
Levels:	1st week: 2–5; 2nd week: 2–4

•	Interesting and extensive glacier skiing area offering guaranteed early season powder!
•	Ideal for people keen to start early, or who just want to sharpen-up their skills at the start of the season.
•	The best glacier ski area in the Alps, with typically 1200 m of vertical by mid-November.
•	Excellent terrain both on- and off piste for all levels, except beginner.
•	Comfortable hotels, superb food and too convenient ‘après ski’!

Costs: £305 instruction only; from £935 package (ex. flight)

Hintertux Glacier pistes

Above: November on the glacier.

Photo: Ian Johnston

Left: November and great piste skiing.

Alpine skiing lessons

TIGNES: (France)

Dates:

10–17/12/2011

17–24/12/2011

24–31/12/2011

31/12/2011–07/01/2012

Levels:

1–5

•	Consistently Tignes, in December, has provided some of the most reliable on-piste skiing of the season.
•	Guaranteed snow, vast ‘Espace Killy’ ski area and very efficient uplift.
•	Perfect for first turns – and also for steeps and bumps!
•	The best range of accommodation at the best prices.
•	Save approx £300 on equivalent weeks in Switzerland!

Costs: £305 instruction only; self-catering from £115 pp; ½ board and ski pass from £585

Tignes off-piste in December

Above: Excellent off-piste skiing in December – just off the piste!
Left: A grand day out, December.

Ski course in Les Contamines

LES CONTAMINES: (France)

Dates:

7–14/01/2012

14–21/01/2012

Levels:

2–5

•	A little-known resort with great teaching and learning terrain for all levels.
•	Enjoy the Mt Blanc experience but without the crowds and queues of Chamonix!
•	The best introduction to off-piste terrain in the Alps.
•	No queues, quiet pistes, extensive and variable ski area.
•	Easy access from airport, good value accommodation and low-cost ski pass.

Costs: £305 (instruction only); ½ board hotel from £460

Les Contamines pistes

Above: Another day of empty slopes and excellent snow!

Left: Looking across the ski area.

La Thuile ski area

LA THUILE: (Italy)

Dates:

28–04/02/2012

04–11/02/2012

12–25/02/2012 ('tailor-made' dates)

Levels:

1 – 3

1 – 5 (12–25/02)

•	Tried and tested resort, a real favourite with our regular clients, with excellent snow and great terrain.
•	Lift queues are virtually unknown and the pistes are quiet.
•	Perfect learning and confidence building terrain – and also steeps and deeps for those who are ready!
•	Very good snow record, skiing variety and extensive international ski area.
•	Friendly, unspoilt village, dramatic views and some yummy places to eat!

Costs: £305 (instruction only); B&B from £300

La Thuile's empty pistes

Above: View over part of the ski area

Left: Scenic skiing!

Mogual and bump skiing coaching

CHAMONIX: (France)

Dates:	25/02/2012–03/03/2012
Levels:	2–4

•	Ski in dramatic scenery, amongst the tumbling glaciers and granite spires of Mt Blanc.
•	Enjoy some of the longest ski runs in the Alps.
•	There's something for everyone in five very different skiing areas.
•	Take advantage of ever-so-easy road, rail and air access.
•	Relax in comfortable hotels, with town life close at hand!

Costs: £305 (instruction only); ½ board from £590; B&B from £330

Chamonix Valle Blanche ski descent

Above: Fancy skiing the Vallee Blanche?

Left: Working on bump skiing.

Lenzerheide ski area

LENZERHEIDE: (Switzerland)

Dates:

10–17/03/2012

17–24/03/2012

Levels:

1–3

•	One of the best all-round Alpine ski areas.
•	Offering a great variety of terrain from sheltered, ‘user friendly’ tree-skiing pisted areas to stunning, lift-accessible, off-piste.
•	Offering huge areas of good learning, teaching and confidence building terrain.
•	Quiet and relaxed with Swiss quality and charm.
•	Accommodation available for all tastes and pockets; easy airport access.

Costs: £305 (instruction only); ½ board and ski pass from £875 (3* hotel), £415 (multi-bed YHA)

Lenzerheide pistes
Photo left: lenzerheide.ch

Tree skiing at Hochoetz

KÜHTAI: (Austria)

Dates:	31/03/2012–07/04/2012
Levels:	2–5

•	High altitude resort (2000 m) with an excellent snow record and no queues.
•	A small – but perfectly formed! – ski area, with plenty of variety and great terrain for learning and developing skills.
•	Linked to the Hochoetz ski area for sheltered tree-skiing in bad weather.
•	Doorstep skiing form a ski-in/ski-out hotel offering a great deal on accommodation and food.
•	Very convenient for Innsbruck airport and with good links to Munich.

Costs: £305 (instruction only); ½ board from £645

View across Kuhtai ski area

Above: View across the ski area.

Left: Tree skiing at Hochoetz – perfect bad weather alternative.

Downhill off-piste in Zinal

ZINAL: (Switzerland)

Dates:

21–28/01/2012

28/01/2012–04/02/2012

Levels:

2–4

•	Little-known resort up a side valley in the Valais Alps, but with access to excellent on- and off-piste skiing.
•	Dramatic setting, skiing variety, Swiss charm and away from the crowds.
•	Linked to Grimentz and three other nearby ski areas.
•	A quiet resort, with plenty of superb skiing!
•	And a great hotel with very good food!

Costs: £305 (instruction only); ½ board from £535

Zinal ski area

Left: A part of the Zinal ski area.

Above: Zinal easy access intro off-piste.

Photos: skizinal.com

Alpine instruction in Gressoney

GRESSONEY: (Italy)

Dates:

10–17/03/2012

17–24/03/2012

Levels:

2–4

•	A beautiful area tucked high up under Monte Rosa.
•	Huge variety of skiing with 150 km pistes spread over the three linked valleys of the Monte Rosa Ski Area.
•	An ideal week for intermediate/advanced skiers with little or no off-piste background.
•	Ski amongst trees, high meadows and sheltered bowls with easy access to dabble in untracked off-piste.
•	Very comfortable and welcoming hotels at the foot of the pistes.
•	Good access from the airports.

Costs: £305 (instruction only); ½ board from £575

Gressoney off-piste

Above: Plenty of off-piste to dabble in.

Left: The ‘home run’ through the trees.

Cervinia off-piste

CERVINIA: (Italy)

Dates:

01–08/04/2012

08–15/04/2012

15–22/04/2012

Levels:

1–4

•	In a stunning setting under the Matterhorn.
•	Snow assured, high altitude, excellent late season skiing.
•	Extensive piste and off-piste in Cervinia and Zermatt.
•	Ideal learning and confidence-building terrain, with long consistantly gentle runs.
•	And, for greater challenges, plenty of steeps, deeps and fast pistes.
•	Enjoy the lower prices of Italy and Italian hospitality.

Costs: £305 (instruction only); ½ board from £375

Cervinia skiing

Arabba off-piste

ARABBA: (Italy)

Dates:	24–31/03/2012
Levels:	2–5

•	In the heart of the drama and beauty of the Dolomites!
•	A huge ski area (52 km of slopes), including the ‘Sella Ronda’, with pistes for all skiing standards.
•	Ideal for skills improvement, perfect for confidence building.
•	Offering Austrian standards of accommodation with Italian standards of hospitality!
•	Picturesque, unspoilt village.

Costs: £305 (instruction only); ½ board from £545 (3* hotel)

Dolomite ski terrain

Above: Dramatic Dolomite skiing terrain.
Photo above: www.shutterstock.com

Left: Italian late season powder.

Andermatt off-piste

ANDERMATT: (Switzerland)

Dates:	05–12/02/2012
Levels:	3–4 (All Terrain/Off-piste Intro)

•	Ideal for developing on-piste skills ready for the off-piste.
•	Quiet runs and extensive terrain for technique development both at Andermatt and Oberalp (a short train ride included on the ski pass!).
•	Once on-piste skills are enhanced then lots of easily accessed off-piste nearby!
•	Andermatt has some big off-piste runs which we can enjoy as the week progresses.
•	Ideal for intermediate Alpine skiers wanting to develop their skills for ‘real snow’!
•	Direct rail access from Zurich airport; convenient, comfortable hotel available.

Costs: £305 (instruction only); ½ board from £595

Andermatt ski area