Val d’Isere Ski School

Private lessons start from €175 for 2 hours, €240 for 3 hours, €440 for 4 hours, €475 for 5 hours and €660 for a full day. Those prices are for 1 to 2 pupils in non-peak weeks. Additional pupils cost from €10 per pupil per hour. Children’s group lessons start from €550 for Monday to Friday, and adult group lessons from €300. Live prices are shown when you book.

In non-peak weeks, private lessons start at 09:15 (all day), 11:30 (5 hours), 09:00 (4 hours), 14:00 (3 hours), or 09:00, 11:30 or 14:00 (2 hours). Start times change slightly in peak weeks, and you’ll see them when you book.

Groups run with as few as 2 people and are capped at 8, so everyone gets time with the instructor.

We place everyone using our level guide. If your group turns out to be too easy or too hard, we’ll try to move you, but we can’t guarantee it because group sizes are limited.

On the snow front in the centre of Val d’Isere, at the bottom of the Solaise gondola. Our meeting point guide has directions and a photo.

Yes. Our partner Cirkel Supply rents premium ski jackets, trousers, ski suits and midlayers for adults and children, delivered to your accommodation in Val d’Isère. It saves packing bulky kit, and you arrive ready for your first lesson.

Intermediates love Diebold and Vert down to La Daille, the long blues on Bellevarde and the wide Pissaillas glacier above Le Fornet. Advanced skiers have 25 black runs, including La Face, and off-piste such as Le Lavancher Couloir, which needs a guide and safety kit. More in our guide to the best pistes.

The season usually runs from late November to early May, longer than most European resorts. Skiing goes up to 3,456m, most slopes face north, and over 65km of pistes have snowmaking, so snow often lasts into May. Check the official lift dates.

Guests rate us 4.9 out of 5 from over 1,500 Val d’Isère reviews on Feefo, and 4.9 on Google. Across all our schools, more than 12,000 guests rate us 4.9 stars.

No. If the runs home look too steep, you can ride the Solaise or Olympique lift back down to the village. Your instructor will show you which lifts to use on your first day.

You can book private ski lessons, kids’ ski lessons, adult group lessons, off-piste lessons, and private or group snowboard lessons.

Your lesson isn’t automatically cancelled. We’ll offer you an alternative group or a number of private lessons instead.

Lessons are taught in English, French, Italian or German. Tell us your language when you book and we’ll confirm it before your first lesson.

Complete beginners only need the Solaise pass, which covers the gondola and the beginner area at the top. Most other skiers need a Tignes–Val d’Isere pass. Children under eight ski free, with official proof of age when you buy the pass. See our lift pass guide.

Yes. The learning area at the top of the Solaise gondola has gentle slopes and covered magic carpets. Next come blues such as Glaciers and Col de la Madeleine on Solaise, then Mont Blanc and Génépi on Bellevarde. You don’t have to ski the steep runs back to the village, because the Solaise and Olympique lifts take you down. Your instructor will show you the routes on day one.

Yes. Val d’Isere and Tignes share one linked ski area, and with a Tignes–Val d’Isere pass our instructors generally use the whole of it, even with skiers who are happiest on greens. Where you go each day depends on conditions and your level. We also run a ski school in Tignes.

The passport records your child’s skills in the order they learn them. It’s valid at all 19 New Generation resorts in France, Switzerland and Austria, so their progress carries over to next season and to any other resort.

Book online: choose your lesson, dates and start time, see the live price and pay. You can also book by phone.