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What level am I?

Before you book, make sure to carefully check your level below to ensure you choose the right lesson for your skills.

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Snowboard

Snowboard

First-Time

You're completely new to snowboarding and have never been on a snowboard before. This level is all about getting you comfortable on your board and familiar with the basics.

Beginner

You’ve mastered side-slipping on either or both your toe-side or heel-side, but you’re still learning how to make turns. You might have started to learn to turn, but you are not yet comfortable consistently changing from toe to heel and back. At this level, we'll focus on building your turning skills and your confidence around the mountain.

Intermediate

You can comfortably link turns, from heel to toe edge and back, on green runs. You are confident using lifts and moving around the mountain, but you're looking to improve your technique and gain more confidence on steeper terrain. This level helps you progress to more challenging slopes and some elementary freestyle.

Advanced

You’re comfortable riding red slopes and can ride with control and some precision. This level focuses on refining your technique, tackling more difficult terrain, and exploring advanced snowboarding skills.

Expert

You ride all over the mountain, on and off groomed slopes. You have put some time in and worked on your snowboarding, have had lessons previously, and have a strong technical foundation. This level will help you work on more specific areas of technicality, such as bumps, freestyle and carving.

Ski

Ski

First-Time

You're completely new to skiing and have never been on a pair of skis before. This level is all about getting you comfortable on your board and familiar with the basics.

Beginner

You’ve mastered gliding on flat terrain and stopping in a 'pizza' / 'plough'  but you’re still learning how to make turns. You might have started to learn to turn, but you are not yet comfortable consistently changing direction and steering across the hill. At this level, we’ll focus on building your turning skills and your confidence around the mountain.

Intermediate

You can comfortably link turns in pizza on green runs with confidence, but you’re looking to improve your technique and gain more confidence on steeper terrain. This level helps you progress to more challenging slopes and start to ski in parallel.

Advanced

You’re comfortable skiing red slopes and can consistantly keep your skis parallel. This level focuses on refining your technique, tackling more difficult terrain, and exploring
advanced skiing skills.

Expert

You ski all over the mountain, on and off groomed slopes. You have put some time in and worked on your skiing in the past and have previously had lessons. This level will help you work on more specific areas of technicality, such as bumps, freestyle and carving.

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