Private lesson

The extra hour that makes the change stick

450 chf

480 chf in peak weeks · price per lesson, not per person

Three hours is enough to identify what is holding you back and start fixing it. Four is enough to fix it and then ski with it for long enough that it feels normal.

It is a small difference on paper and a large one in practice. Most technical changes fall apart the moment you stop thinking about them — the fourth hour is where you stop having to.

Who books it

Intermediates working on a specific thing — parallel turns, steeper ground, bumps
Anyone who found a half day just slightly too short last time
Families who want a proper session but not a whole day of it
Skiers arriving mid-morning or leaving on an afternoon flight

How it works

Morning or afternoon, starting around 9 or 1. Four hours is long enough to include a coffee stop and still cover ground, so you are not choosing between learning something and seeing the mountain.

Families

A good middle option with children — long enough to make real progress, short enough that nobody is finished before it ends. Tell us their ages and we will match the instructor accordingly.

What is included

Your instructor. Lift passes, equipment hire and lunch are not included — we will point you at the right pass, and you get 10% off rental at Mountain Air.

Not sure what level you are?

Nobody fits neatly into a box, and you do not need to get this right — your instructor will work you out in the first ten minutes. It is just a starting point.

First timeYou have never skied, or tried it once.BeginnerA few hours on a nursery slope or a snow dome. You can stop in a snowplough and turn, more or less.Low intermediateAbout a week's skiing. You can get down a blue run in control, still snowploughing, using your turns to manage your speed.IntermediateA couple of weeks in. You are heading onto steeper runs and starting to bring your skis parallel at the end of each turn. The snowplough is fading.High intermediateComfortable on steeper terrain, controlling speed with parallel turns rather than a plough. You are starting to feel the ski grip and work underneath you, and venturing off the edges of the piste.AdvancedYou understand what the shape of the ski does and can carve through most of a turn when you want to. You can vary your turn shape, hold an edge on hard snow, and you are exploring bumps and off-piste.ExpertSteep terrain and off-piste are where you go for a challenge. You know your safety equipment, you read the avalanche bulletin, and you ski with your own style rather than someone else's.