10 Tips For Skiing Beginners

Here are our ten top tips for skiing beginners:

1. Fitness; In your first skiing lesson you’ll be using a lot of effort, walking uphill and using muscles you haven’t used before - so come prepared!
2. Being flexible as well as fit will help when skiing too
3. Use a reputable gym/trainer to get the right fitness program in preparation before going skiing for the first time
4. Using dry or indoor ski slopes can be a great idea to get the real basics out if the way
5. Beware - skiing lessons can be expensive, crowded and use low end ski instructors
6. Cheap ski lessons are a false economy and might slow progress in the long term
7. There are no “quick fixes” in ski tuition, so get good quality skiing lessons
8. Check your ski instructor's qualifications. BASI, SSE are the main bodies in UK and have differing levels, 1(entry)-4(international) for example
9. Sunscreen, clothing and eyewear are essential pieces of equipment, as well as well fitting boots. Don’t scrimp or cut corners when having skiing lessons
10. Skiing is a fun sport, so your lessons should be enjoyable. If not find a different ski instructor!

For more info on skiing for beginners and details of our ski lessons in les gets and ski lessons in morzine,

Based in Les Gets, Alpine Learning Curves service the Les Gets, Morzine and Avoriaz regions in the Portes du Soleil.

Out ski instructors are all BASI, PSIA, AASI, GEM and UK Snowsports accredited. The Alpine Learning Curves team approach to teaching is fun, knowledgeable and factual. For the ski beginner, the hard part is choosing which tuition option to take! Babs is on hand to talk you through this.

Visit www.alpinelearningcurves.co.uk to find out more!