The levels of the Swiss Ski School are based on those of the Swiss snow league. With us, you learn skiing and snowboarding starting with the basics.
Qualified snow sports instructors will record your progress as you go through your personal booklet.
So, whatever the Swiss School of Skiing and Snowboarding attended, you will always be placed in the right league.
At the end of each course, you will receive a medal corresponding to your level.
The levels "Black King & Black Star" as well as "black Prince" for snowboarders, have been replaced by the "Swiss Snow Academy"
Snowli, the wonderful creature with the long ears, will be at your side when you make your first attempts on the snow. You will have some unforgettable adventures in the snow together with Snowli and his friends.
Snow garden:
I have never skied and this is my first experience on snow.
I've already done a few ski lessons. I have started to learn how to walk and slide but my snowplough is not very efficient yet.
I can walk, slide, brake and stop. I also know how to make small changes in direction and how to get up after a fall.
P'tits Cracks
The snow garden has no secrets for me. I can sidestep and scissor step uphill. On the ski runs, outside the snow garden, I can already control my skis: I can turn and control my speed on a blue ski run. I can use a button lift on my own.
Program :
1. Equipment
2. Climbing uphill by side stepping and herringbone (scissor) stepping
3. Gliding and braking with the snow plough
4. Skiing with skis parallel with steps and tricks
5. Turning snow plough turns (wedge turns)
Program:
1. Safe use of lifts
2. Traversing and tricks
3. Side-slipping
4. Skiing with skis parallel over easy bumps and jumps
5. Snow plough turns (wedge christie) on an easy blue slope
Program :
1. Behaviour on the slopes (FIS rules)
2. Turning in a miniature slalom jungle and in a set course
3. Skiing over bumps and dips
4. Skiing backwards (switch) with skis in a V shape with change of direction
5. Snow plough turns (wedge christie) on a versatile blue run
Program :
1. Warming up
2. Braking with skis parallel
3. Turning steps on an easy slope
4. Waltzing
5. Skidded parallel turns
Program :
1. Behaviour in the snowpark
2. Short turns on an easy slope
3. Skating step on the flat terrain
4. Basic Air (small kicker)
5. Parallel turns with various radii
Program :
1. Nature, forest and the environment
2. Parallel turns through a corridor of slalom gates and in a set course
3. Skidded parallel turns backwards (switch)
4. Single ski turns on an easy slope
5. Short turns on an intermediate slope
Program:
1. Preparation of equipment
2. Short turns with pole planting on an difficult slope
3. Jumps: Straights and fifty/fifty over box
4. Parallel turns off-piste
5. Carved parallel turns on a wide, easy slope
As a beginner, you acquire, in the Blue League, the basics of snow sports. You then consolidate them in the Red League before mature, as an expert, in the Black League / Swiss Snow Academy.
Program:
1. Behaviour on the slopes (FIS rules)
2. Edging in the traverse
3. Edging to fullbase riding
4. Using the T-bar lift
5. Skidded turns
Program:
1. Warming up
2. Turns using rotation techniques
3. Waltzing
4. Wheelie
5. Jumping with both feet in the air on a slope
Program:
1. Behaviour in the snowpark
2. Riding Switch
3. Speed check
4. Fifty/Fifty on an easy box
5. Hitting small jumps
Program:
1. Small Freestyle glossary
2. Turns using stretching and bending techniques
3. Powerslide
4. Ollie/N´Ollie on the slope
5. 180° on the slope
Program:
1. Nature, forest and the environment
2. Carved turns
3. Slide on the slope
4. Ollie/N´Ollie 180° on the slope
5. Basic Air
Program:
1. Swiss Snow Academy
2. Riding off-piste
3. Frontside Noseturn
4. Backside boardslide on a box
5. Straight Air
The levels "Black King & Black Star" as well as "black Prince" for snowboarders, have been replaced by the "Swiss Snow Academy"
Swiss Snow Academy - Ski
Swiss Snow Academy - Snowboard