Ski-schools we like
In Val d’Isere there are around 18 ski schools, to say the least, there is a great choice! The quality of skiing attracts some of the best professionals in teaching. Here we give names of the ones we have no hesitation in recommending. It does not mean that the other schools are bad, it just means we have not had enough feed back. We are interested to hear your opinion, please share your comments and suggestions…
Alpine Experience
Tel: +33(0)4 79 06 28 81
www.alpineexperience.com
Off-Piste, Technique lessons in afternoon groups, Private lessons, Touring, & Heli-skiing
Located at Jean Sport shop (main street). There are groups going off piste every morning. The formula is simple; you pay 55€ for the morning from 08.45am to 1pm. The safety equipment is provided. The instructors are friendly, safe, experienced and speaks very good English, as it is often their first language, some come from America, Australia, Canada, some from Italy, Scotland Sweden and France. You will love the enthusiasm which filters trough their site (see wayne’s diary) Henry, from the school, runs Henry Avalanche Talks (More ) featuring talks and courses on how to have fun and be safe off piste.
For touring and skiing there is a program including Turkey, Morocco, Greenland, Norway, Sweden, Bulgaria, Romania, Chile, Ecuador, Mongolia, China, and a plan to go to Antarctica!
Top Ski
Tel: +33(0)4 79 06 14 80
www.topski.fr
Off -Piste, Ski Clinics, Private lessons, Telemark, Snow Boarding, Touring, & Heli-skiingThe office has moved to the main street. The reputation of this school is well founded, started by Pat Zimmer in 1976 it attracts skiers from all over the world. It costs 65€ for the morning from 9am to 1pm with a maximum of 6 skiers in a group with safety equipment provided. The guides are friendly, safe, professional and generally speak very good English. Every November, the school organizes the well known Ski Clinics, well worth it if you wish to improve your style. There is a choice of trips abroad for those who wish to discover skiing in different countries (Norway, Morocco, Greenland, Bulgaria Canada etc..) New this year: Top piste on piste every morning from 9.30am to 12.30, “all included” packages (accommodation, ski pass, ski rental and equipment, tuition) and a Pro-Shop.
jean-marc.kaufmann@wanadoo.fr
www.jmk-guide.fr
New this year: On piste groups every morning
Val d’Isere Ski
Tel: + 33 (0)6 08 73 56 31
www.valdisere-ski.com
It is not really a school in a normal way! Michelle will organize the ski of your children: meeting you where you are so you don’t have to run to the ski school, taking the small ones for an hour or two, coming back to teach an other group….meeting you at the restaurant…… She will be adaptable to your family organization. That way you can go skiing early or late, and if you have several children with different levels it might be the best solution. Michelle will give you at the end a video of the children skiing so you have a souvenir back home!
Ski tuition specially adapted to children. As young as 3, children will experience the sensations of sliding with the help of games, the older ones can go on learning the art of slalom in view of obtaining medals, or just for fun. There are also snowboarding lessons, snowshoe and off piste discovery. Prices starting at 171€/4hours.
tdc
The development centre
A truly British School
Tel: + 33 (0)6 15 55 31 56
www.tdcski.com
valdisere@tdcski.com
In 2002 four British instructors decided to set up their own business. Having worked in Val d’Isere for years as instructors, boot fitters, delivery drivers, you name it, they knew all too well the competitive nature of the ski school market. So, the goal became to offer people something different; high-quality, focussed ski coaching, aimed to appeal to keen skiers having outgrown traditional ski school.The results have been spectacular and ten years later The Development Centre a.k.a. TDC has a large and growing following in Val d’Isere, Tignes and more recently in Meribel.
