Before heading off on your ski or snowboard holiday, we strongly recommend, where possible, that you get along to a dry or indoor ski slope to either work out the basics; get your muscles used to the physical activity or just polish up your previously learned skills.

Where this isn’t possible, consider a private lesson or two at the beginning of your holiday, just to make sure you or your kids get the most out of lessons and the fantastic run variety that Courchevel and La Tania offer.

The beauty of private lessons is that they are tailored to your specific needs, so there are no issues with harmonising levels, like you would have with a group lesson.

You can simply let us know at the time of booking what technique you would like to focus on and the type of runs you like. The terrain in Courchevel and La Tania is among the best in the World, so the perfect slope always exists.

We try to keep our group allocation for kids as simple as possible and have found this to be a successful formula.

Our kids lessons are split into the following groups:

Rookies – Never skied before
Green Gunners – Can control speed and direction on Green runs.
Blue Bombers – Can control speed and direction on Blue runs.
Red Rockets – Can control speed and direction on Red runs.

At the end of the week, all kids receive a “Snowlife Awards” badge.

Our view on adult group lessons for skiing and snowboarding is, that it is better to get in touch with us, with some basic information to help us place you in a group suitable to your ability and goals, as adults are more complicated than kids.

The type information which it is helpful for us to know is listed below:-

Your age (don’t worry, your secret’s safe with us).

When you last skied/boarded.

Whether you exercise regularly.

The type of runs you skied/rode last time and how you skied/rode them (parallel, snowplough, confidently or not).

If you are carrying an injury or suffer from an illness, please let us know too.

Whether you are nervous or gung-ho.