This course has been designed for skiers who have already grasped the techniques required to ski most of the off piste and powder conditions found within a ski area.

Your skiing will be developed in a versatile way. The focus is on tuning your technique whilst teaching you to make adjustments to cope with a variety of snow and terrain conditions encountered off-piste. As the snow changes in texture and depth you will learn how to adapt your skiing to cope with these changes.

Your skiing will improve as you discover how your skis react to the movements and adjustments you make. As you progress so will your confidence allowing you to ski more challenging snow and terrain.

The following aspects of your skiing will be developed:

• Technical tune up
• Adjustments for off-piste snow conditions
• Terrain, snow and line tactics
• Carving, bumps, steeper slopes
• Avalanche/ mountain awareness

Advanced course dates

Weekend courses

Dec 5 - Dec 6      Dec 12 - Dec 13     Jan 16 - Jan 17

Mar 27 - Mar 28

5 day courses Dec 14 - Dec 18      Jan 11 - Jan 15      Mar 22 - Mar 26 

Performance Ski Courses

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Note: Please ensure that you are at the minimum level or above for advanced courses

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Our simple level finder can help you choose the right ski course for your skiing level.   Please also take general fitness & age into consideration.  Please feel free to contact us for further help to find your level.

Important note : Before joining our courses, please ensure you are at least at the minimum level for the course.

Level 1 - Beginner

You have never skied before or you are snowplough turning on green runs only.

Level 2 - Low intermediate

You are skiing on blue runs and turning parallel controlling a steady speed and direction by making skiddy parrallel turns. 

You are not quite ready for our intermediate all mountain ski courses.  We would reccomend some private coaching to get you to the next level.

Level 3 - Intermediate

You are skiing confidentley on red runs with good parallel turns. You know how to tilt your skis onto their edges and enjoy going a little faster. You can control your speed and direction pretty well on most pistes. You now feel ready to start skiing some steeper black pistes and some of the easier off piste descents.

Intermediate All Mountain

Level 4 - High intermediate

You can comfortably ski red runs and have skied some black runs with no problems if the conditions are ok. You are now looking forward to try some easy off piste routes, steeper slopes and some bumps that are not too big!

Intermediate All Mountain 

Level 5 - Advanced

You can ski all pistes with no real problems including steep black runs. You can ski open reds at speed using your edges. You can make different size turns and can generally control your speed and line in medium sized bumps. You have skied some off piste and can get down if it's not too steep or too deep. You are now looking forward to feeling comfortable off piste and learning techniques for more challenging snow types and terrain.

Advanced All Mountain 

Level 6 - Advanced All Mountain

You are skiing off piste quite a lot and can ski most conditions and terrain. You may still find it hard in certain difficult snow types, or when it's steeper or with big bumps. You feel the need to consolidate and improve your all round off piste skiing skills.

Advanced All Mountain

Level 7 - Expert Rider

You are getting pretty good now!  You can ski off piste, deep powder, icy pistes, steep slopes and big bumps. You have fun all over the mountain.  Sometimes you get cheers from chairlifts. You may also be a trainee ski instructor or just darn hot!

Expert All Mountain

Level 8 - Expert Pro

The mountain is your playground. Skiing is your passion. You ski with control, versatility and expression in all conditions and terrain. You may be a skiing competitor or mountain professional seeking professional training. You still want to improve and enjoy the challenges.

Expert All Mountain

Level 9 - World Elite

The focus is always on you!

We run 3 course levels for our all mountain - Off piste ski courses. Intermediate, Advanced and Expert ski courses are available throughout the season. You can choose to do a 5 day ski course or a 2 day weekend skiing course.

All Mountain / off piste performance ski courses include: 

• Full days of coaching/guiding with ski lift priority. Typical skiing time 9-12 then 12:40 - 4pm
• Daily video feedback after skiing 4pm - 4:45pm, Weather permiting.
• Private Minibus transport for skiing. Your ski coach will pick you up at your accommodation in Chamonix and drop you off each day.

With a maximum of 6 per group for lots of individual feedback, your skiing will be developed in a variety of conditions and terrain on and off-piste, maximizing your ability to ski the whole mountain.

Master your off-piste skiing, learn to feel ultimate control on steeps, gullies and couloirs. Perfect your piste performance by developing your carving skills.

You will benefit from world-class ski coaching and video feedback by some of the best ski instructors in the business. We are ski teachers qualified to the highest international level & qualified to guide and teach off piste skiing in France.

 Our skiing level finder is a good way to help you choose the right ski course.

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Off piste performance ski courses in Chamonix with top British ski instructor Mark Gear.