Private Off-Piste Ski Lessons

For group off-piste lessons, children aged 16 and over can join us. Please look at our off-piste levels to ensure they’re in the right group for their ability.

For private off-piste lessons, it is up to the consent of their parents or carers. Our experienced team of instructors have the right not to take anyone off-piste if they feel the conditions or the skier’s ability make it unsafe.

Yes absolutely! If it’s a private off-piste lesson, we’re guided by you and what you want to achieve. So if you’re getting tired, say, and we can stop.

As for Group Off-Piste Lessons, we’ll stop every now and again to chat about technical skills, give feedback, and, of course, stop for breaks to rest and refuel. For all of our off-piste courses, bringing snacks and water in your backpack is a good idea.

Please ensure you have adequate Off-Piste mountain rescue insurance.

We recommend hiring an off-piste ski or an all-mountain ski. Anything that is 100mm underfoot means the ski’s width is no less than 100mm under the binding (where your foot attaches to the ski). Most rental shops will allow you to swap your skis for the times when you want to ski off-piste at no extra cost, but this could vary between resorts and countries.

Your backpack must be big enough to carry the items mentioned in our first FAQ. Roughly a 20L pack should be large enough, and it’s good to look for backpacks that have a ski-carrying feature. This is particularly useful for any sections where we must take skis off and hike up a steep pitch to access the off-piste terrain. Ellis Brigham has a good selection – look at a selection of suitable off-piste backpacks from Ellis Brigham.

Unfortunately, we’ll likely have to cancel the course if this is the case. But we’ll open the discussion with everyone booked on, as there are always mountain safety scenarios we can practice if the snow conditions aren’t always favourable.

Yes! We have four off-piste levels, so look at which level you’d be best suited to. We always match our groups based on these off-piste levels.

In our novice and beginner off-piste courses, we will introduce everyone to the equipment and teach everyone how to use it. In every level group, we will do checks to ensure you know how to use the equipment, and if there are any doubts we will go over everything once again to be safe.