Course Classes

Skiing

1 Beginner – level green

Goal: reducing speed and stopping safely

Knowlegde about gear, terrain, and safety in skiing

Contents:

• First plough turns
• Gliding and braking plough
• Straight, parallel skiing in a stable position
• Walking uphill in side and herringbone steps
• Learning about the gear, moving in flat terrain

2 Intermediate – level blue

Goal: safe skiing on blue slopes

Knowledge about the safe using of lifts

Contents:

• First parallel turns
• Skiing small jumps, first tricks
• Slanting and sliding sideways
• Rhytmic plough turns
• Plough turns with weight shifting

3 Advanced – level red

Goal: safe, parallel, and rhytmic turns

Knowledge about safe behaviour on slopes

Contents:

• Tricks, skiing bumpy slopes and hollows, easy fun park
• Improvement of turn shaping
• Improvement of turn initiation
• Securing and satbilizing position
• Variable parallel turns

4 Experts – level black

Goal: safe and variable turns in all kinds of terrain

Knowledge: terrain and risk management

Contents:

• Confidently skiing in backcountry terrain
• Confidently skiing jumps and parks
• Confidently skiing fast and sporty
• Confidently skiing icy and steep slopes
• Confidently skiing deep snow and moguls

Snowboarding

1 Beginner – level green

Goal: safe handling of the board, stopping, braking, sliding

Knowlegde: gear, terrain, and safety

Contents:

• Sliding in all directions
• Stopping and braking
• First gliding
• Becoming familiar with the board
• Learning about the gear

2 Intermediate – level blue

Goal: snowboarding blue slopes and parks safely

Knowledge: safe turning and using of lifts

Lerninhalte: 

• First jumps over bumps
• Turns with simple freestyle elements
• Turns on blue slopes
• Slanting and uphill turns
• Using lifts

3 Advanced – level red

Goal: snowboarding red slopes and fun parks safely

Knowledge: Safe behaviour in parks

Contents: 

• Easy fun park – jumps
• Easy fun park – boxes
• Getting familiar with different kinds of terrain
• Turns with advanced freestyle elements
• Turns on red slopes

4 Experts – level black

Goal: safe snowboarding in all kinds of terrain

Knowledge: actions and their function, terrain, park, and risk management

Contents: 

• Park and style, jumps, rotations, slides
• Confidently snowboarding in backcountry terrain
• Confidently snowboarding in different kinds of terrain
• Variable turns with freestlye elements
• High qualitiy turns (carving)