Ski technique course for deep snow | On the glaciers in Saas Fee

• Course content & procedure

  • Day 1 - Welcome and getting to know each other

    09:00 a.m.

    We get to know each other and clarify your expectations. Then we go to the ski area and start the course.

    We don't learn to ski in deep snow, but on the piste. The first step is to learn and apply the correct movements. This process takes place on the piste. To get more feedback, we switch to off-piste terrain for short sections. There we quickly fall back into old patterns and gain new insights, which we can then work on again on the piste. As soon as the mistakes on the piste are no longer visible, we return to the off-piste terrain to uncover and correct further movement patterns.

    We teach you the skiing technique and how you can improve your skiing in a targeted way.

  • Day 1 - Technical basics on the piste & first experiences in the terrain

    Daily destination:

    • Understand movement sequences and gain confidence in the basic position.

    Course content

    Basic position on the ski

    • Developing the correct basic position
    • Correct posture with individual exercises

    Learning and understanding core movements

    • Orientation-Turning
    • Bending / stretching
    • Tilting / buckling
    • Correct movement sequences with individual exercises

    Introduction to the parallel swing

    • The 3 phases of the swing:
      • Release phase
      • Swing phase I
      • Swing phase II
    • Body axes & balance
    • Learn and improve phases of the swing with individual exercises

    Short change to off-piste terrain

    • Initial feedback on posture and swing
    • Recognise contrast to movements on the piste
    • Respond with individualised exercises and correct patterns

    Return to the piste: targeted exercises for correction

    Reflection

    • Recognising initial patterns
    • Personal takeouts
  • Day 2 - Deepening & targeted correction alternating between piste and off-piste

    Daily destination: Consolidate technique, apply movement sequences more consciously, develop rhythm.

    Course content

    • Apply and expand individual exercises
    • Repetition & individual feedback from the previous day

    Pole use in the terrain & on the piste

    • Position and timing

    Short swing

    • Rhythm work
    • Axle control
    • Learn and improve flow with individual exercises

    Change to off-piste terrain (several times, short sections)

    • Analysing movement patterns
    • Consciously admitting mistakes for self-knowledge

    Practice sessions back on the piste

    Reflection

    • What is consciously changing?

  • Day 3 - Application & flow in deep snow

    Daily destination: Safe off-piste skiing through conscious movement patterns.

    Course content

    • Warm-up & targeted technique repetition
    • Personal task (based on previous days)
    • Combination of all technical elements in the terrain

    Off-piste rides with a focus on application & enjoyment:

    • Position control
    • Line choice & rhythm
    • Experience the flow of movement in the terrain

    Reflection

    • Personal takeouts:
    • What other error patterns exist?
    • Concrete exercises for after the course
  • Conclusion

    3:00 pm

    We complete the course together.

• Venues

  Saas Fee

• Requirements

  • You are also a safe skier on a red piste
  • Ski touring experience is not mandatory
  • Different levels of participants are not a problem

• Price and services

  • CHF 890.-
  • Small group with 4 - 6 guests per mountain guide.
  • Including overnight stay in the Saas Fee Wellness Hostel 4000 with half board
  • Including planning and realisation with mountain guide and his travel expenses.
  • Excluding travel expenses, possible train tickets, personal consumption.
  • Exclusive personalised consumption throughout the day and in the evening

• Material and equipment

  • We have for you a detailed packing list with packing tips compiled.
  • For this tour you need the following material from this PDF. We carry our equipment with us all the time. Pack only what is necessary.

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