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Group ski lessons

Teaching a wide range of snow sports group lessons to all levels

This company offer group ski and snowboard lessons throughout the winter season for all ages and abilities.

Group lessons are given in a relaxed atmosphere with your safety in mind, instructors take a maximum of 10 people (eight max. for children) which also ensures the best results and personal attention. They are a classic and efficient way to learn whilst benefiting from the group environment.

Ski Cool is a small, family sized company with an experienced, professional team of nationally certified instructors. They take a personalised approach that is focused on quality and conviviality. The instructors welcome you to discover the mountains in a fun, friendly and safe way as you improve your technique under their professional guidance. Skiing, snowboarding, freeriding, freestyle, carving and more โ€“ thereโ€™s something for everyone!

Lessons are split by ages: Adults 18+, Teens 13 to 17 years, children 3 to 12 years.

Levels for adults are from beginners through to levels one to four, and children from beginners through to one star and up to gold star.

Children's lessons involve a foreign language element (French for English speakers, English for French speakers), a daily theme and sentence to remember, Thursdays are crazy helmet day and Fridays there is an end of week party with presents. Children's ski school lessons start from age five and snowboard school from age eight.

They also have instructors who are qualified to teach handiski and to take deaf and mute lessons to clients with disabilities. Discuss this with them at the time of booking.

In addition to traditional ski and snowboard lessons they also run the following types of lessons:

  • Blue Ride off piste guiding: try out freeriding with an avalanche transceiver
  • Cool Ride: โ€œspecial youthโ€ free ski package, to get a feel for all types of downhill activities
  • Blue Style: freestyle sessions to perfect technique with different modules adapted.

Where to meet

Just to the right (when facing out into the valley away from the town) of the bottom of the covered ski escalator which is in the main part of resort, toward the departure point for the Cascades and Funitel Peclet lifts.

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