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Winter Skills Weekend

An excellent chance to brush up on your winter skills before the season gets under way.

3 day intensive weekend with a Mountain Guide and Prof du Ski based out of Chamonix, staying in Chalet Les Jumelles.

Day 1: On the Aiguille du Midi. Tranceiver training and crevass rescue practice with Guide on the glacier.

Day 2: A full day's skiing with a Prof du Ski on the glacier in Saas Fee. Take time to hone your skills before anyone else has even put a single turn in!

Day 3: A day's ice climbing in the Chamonix valley. Equipment and instruction provided

Available on weekends commencing Friday 26 October and Friday 2 November.

Please call 0870 600 615 for more details.


Ski Midweek ::: Weekends ::: Families

Many guests, come out with their families and use a weekend as a first introduction to skiing for their children. Parents bring their children in or out of term for a blast on the slopes. One of our oldest group of clients have, for a number of years, arranged a Dad's weekend. A simple but brilliant concept - Dad brings the kids! The party gets bigger every year. I'm not sure who has more fun - the dads or the Kids!

The major factors in arranging a happy family ski break are short transfers and a family friendly environment. We can arrange family rooms or adjoining to give Mum and Dad a bit of space. Mixed terrain to suit all abilities is ideal.

Skiing and tuition
If you do not wish to take the burden of teaching your children to ski, then an instructor, who can teach skiing and snowboarding, will make the whole experience fun. They need to be flexible to stop when attention spans has worn thin and change the day into snow playing - the emphasis should always be on fun.

Alternatively, we can arrange child-friendly, ski school programs as well as nursery and crèche facilities. Usually these are over a longer period than just a weekend.

In our experience, one of our hand picked Instructors is the best option to provide the service described above. Over the years Ski Weekend have gathered a number of highly regarded female instructors who we think are fantastic at providing children with the perfect balance of learning ski in a fun and secure way.

The busy periods are always, Christmas, New Year, Half term and finally the Easter break. It is essential to book early, and make sure all the detail is sorted in advance so you can minimise the stress of the all-evolving family ski holiday.

 
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