Lesson Information 

PLEASE REMEMBER. It’s always cheaper to pre book your lessons rather than paying for them in resort, so take advantage of our incredible prices and packages and make sure you book in advance.

Wasteland Ski and Chalet Travel have always striven to give our clients the best possible service when it comes to providing lessons which is why we use the ESF – Ecole du Ski Francais. The ESF is the French National Ski School so they are nationally recognized as the people to learn with. Through the ESF we are confident that our clients will be afforded the quality of service that we expect and we also know that through the ESF our clients have access to the biggest variety of classes, the most English speaking instructors and the best possible prices. Rather like our equipment hire, it would not be unusual to find reductions of up to 50% on the standard resort prices from other suppliers.

To pre book your lessons just make sure you have ticked your preferred package when you go through the booking process. Alternatively if you haven’t pre booked it yet then let us know your requirements as soon as possible and we can add them into your booking details.

Having booked and paid for your lessons in advance, your choices will appear on your booking confirmation. Dependent upon the package you have chosen we will direct you to the nearest ESF office (usually on the morning after arrival) where their professional and fully qualified staff will help you.

General information for clients taking ski and snowboard lessons:

-Lessons are highly recommended for all levels whether you are a true beginner or an expert

-The lesson packages are through 10 hours. The number of days you do will vary from resort to resort but to give you an idea it would be either 5 x 2 hours or 4 x 2.5 hours.

-Lessons can take place in the morning or the afternoon; again this will vary from resort to resort.

-Lesson /group sizes will vary from resort to resort and will also be influenced by the holiday periods but you should expect classes to average no more than 10 – 15 people.

-Before you book you should determine your level from the list below. It should also be possible, if you find that the class standard is above or below your level, to change the class in resort.

-Skiiers and snowboarders whose standard is higher than the level of lessons we offer, should speak directly with the ESF in resort and potentially look at a private lesson.

 

Lesson levels:

Ski Lessons: £82.

LEVEL 0 – You are basically a complete beginner and you won’t have had any lessons or skied on snow before. You might have dabbled on an artificial slope.

LEVEL 1 – You have 1-3 weeks experience of skiing on snow and you can go down green and blue runs reasnobly happily. You will be trying the transition from snowplow to parallel turns

LEVEL 2 – You probably have between 2 and 6 weeks of experience on snow and your now comfortable with long sweeping parallel turns on blue runs. You will also be comfortable on red runs.

LEVEL 3 – You are now a technically proficient skier with up 7 to 10 weeks under your belt. You can make short parallel turns and you are comfortable skiing red and black runs.

LEVEL 4 – You’re now an advanced skier with no problems on any grade of slope, you will also have experience of off piste skiing.

We recommend that from level 2 you should be booking the full area ski passes. This will apply to the resorts of Tignes, Les Menuires, Val Thorens and Les Arcs.

Snowboard Lessons: £82.

LEVEL 0 – You are basically a complete beginner and you won’t have had any lessons or snowboarded on snow before. You might have dabbled on an artificial slope.

LEVEL 1 – You can stand and can slide but making turns is still difficult.

LEVEL 2 – You can stand and turn and feel very comfortable on green and blue runs, you are probably on red slopes.

LEVEL 3 – You are now linking turns perfectly, you are happy on pretty much any slope and you have some off piste experience.

Children: £82 (6 - 12 yrs)

LEVEL 0 – Complete beginners between the age of 4 – 6 years old

LEVEL 1 – Complete beginners between the age of 7 – 12 years old

LEVEL 2 – Children with 1- 2 weeks worth of experience on snow who are happy skiing on the easy green runs.

LEVEL 3 – Children with 2 – 4 weeks of skiing on snow. They  are comfortable making big sweeping turns on blue runs.

LEVEL 4 – They should have at least 6 weeks experience of skiing on snow. They can make parallel turns on blue and red runs.