Our team of qualified ski and snowboard instructors will welcome you to the slope and guide you through every step of learning snow sports from fitting your boots correctly and finding your balance all the way through to your first smooth turns on the main slope.
Our lessons are tailored to ensure you get the most out of you time spent with us and have you mountain ready in no time
Skills 1 - Introduction to skiing – Plough become familiar with the equipment, become comfortable sliding around on your skis and having basic control while skiing as well as having enough control of your skis to be able to do your first turns.
Skills 2 - Introduction to turning – At this stage you will develop your first turns and progress to start linking yout turns together
Skills 3 - Control of turning – This stage develops your turns and introduces varying speed and size of turns.
Skills 4 - Introduction to the main slope – At this stage you will develop control of speed and size of turns in preparation for a halfway .
Skills 5 - Starting parallel – This stage will work on matching your skis parallel and introduce you to a steeper slope.
Once you have completed all of the above we suggest you get some pratise! Lift passes are available at our ticket desk for you to pull together all your newly acquired skills!
Skills 1 - Introduction - Learn about the equipment, become comfortable sliding around on your snowboard and introduce basic posture and control, work on using your toe edge of the board to control your speed and direction.
Skills 2 - Heel Edge – work on using your heel edge of the board to control your speed and direction.
Skills 3 - One Turn – Developing a full turn from toe edge to hell edge.
Skills 4 - Two Turns – progressing from one turn onto linking two turns together.
Skills 5 - Main Slope – This stage will continue to work on turns and turn shape and introduce Snowboarding down the main slope.
We have different options available to suit your life style so you can learn at your own leisure, from single lessons with a group, private lessons, fastrack lessons and ski / snowboard in a day for those looking to learn quickly, !
For the time pressed customer - learn how to ski or board in a single day! Your instructor will take you from first steps to the standard where you can use the main ski slope at Braehead.
Includes full day lift pass, Ski/Board/Boots, Helmet, Snow Sport Gloves to Keep, Hire of Ski Jacket and Salopettes, includes lunch at Bar Varia and hot chocolate in the afternoon.
Can’t decide whether to try skiing or snow boarding? Try Both! A unique instructed class to allow you to sample skiing and snow boarding in a single lesson ! Includes lift passes, Ski/Board/Boots, Helmet, Snow Sport Gloves to Keep, Hire of Ski Jacket and Salopettes and lunch at Bar Varia
Includes lift passes, Ski/Board/Boots, Helmet, Snow Sport Gloves to Keep, Hire of Ski Jacket and Salopettes and platter for two at Bar Varia
*Experience packages are not a Snow Factor product, subject to availability, not available online, by phone or at our ticket desk, they can only be purchased upstairs at the Sales pod only.
