Grindelwald First ski school for children

This ski course in the Grindelwald First ski area is perfect for advanced children. Together with the ski instructor, your child will improve their skiing skills in a beautiful setting. These can be put to the test in the traditional ski race on Thursday.

During the full-day course, lunch is served in the First mountain restaurant. Please note that lunch is not included in the courses at the Black Academy. You should therefore give your child around CHF 20 for lunch including a drink.

Red Prince/Princess:

• Suitable for children from 5 to approx. 12 years old
• Info about the warm-up
• Braking parallel
• Bowing on a simple slope
• Waltzing
• Parallel turns (slid)

Red King/Queen:

• Suitable for children from 5 to approx. 12 years of age
• Info about behavior in the snowpark
• Short turns on easy slopes
• Skating step on the flat
• Basic air (small kicker)
• Parallel turns with different radii

Red Star:

• Suitable for children from 5 to approx. 12 years of age
• Information about nature, forest and landscape
• Parallel turns in the pole couloir and course
• Parallel swing "Switch" (slid)
• Single-leg turns on easy slopes
• Short turns on a medium-difficulty slope

Black Prince/Princess:

• Info about the material preparation
• Short turns with poles on difficult slopes
• Jumping straight and fifty-fifty over box
• Parallel turns in unprepared snow
• Carve turns (cut parallel turns) on wide, easy slopes

Black Academy:

• Parallel turn "Race"
• Short turn "Race"
• turn variations
• Carve turn variations (at least one)
• Short turn variations (at least one)
• Race technique in a given course
• squat jump
• giant slalom
• slalom

• Take along: Ski clothing, skis and equipment, ski pass, snack
• possibly money for food