Find your level
Kids and teens levels
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Beginner Public: Children over 5 who have never put a pair of skis. Program: Linked snow plough turns, straight running down the fall line finishing with a snow plough turn. Test prepared: Teddy bear Advantage: 8 children maximum per instructor. * No ski pass for the first days. |
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Snowflake Public: Children under 5 who have their Ourson. Program: Snow plough turn finishing by bringing the skis back parallel, straight running whilst traversing the piste, test of balance on a gentle slope. Test prepared: Snowflake Advantage: 8 children maximum per instructor. * No ski pass for the first days. |
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1st Star Public: children with a Snowflake level. Program: slalom course whilst using skidded stem turns, traversing a piste with skis parallel, step turns on a gentle slope. Test prepared: 1st Star * No ski pass for the first days. |
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2nd Star Public: children with a 1st star level. Program: slalom course using refined sterm turns, basic side slipping, basic skating steps. Test prepared: 2nd Star . |
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3rd Star Public: children with a 2nd star level. Program: untimed slalom course using refined parallel turns with two changes of rythme, passage on a bumped run slightly taking off. Test prepared: 3rd Star |
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Bronze Star Public: children with a 3rd star level. Program: Puntimed slalom course using refined parallel turns with two changes of rythme, passage on a bumped run slightly taking off. Test prepared: Bronze Star. |
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Gold Star Public: children with a bronze star level. Program: time giant slalom run using perfected short swing turns. Test prepared: Gold Star |
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Competition Public: persons with a gold star level. Test prepared: Flèche (giant slalom), Chamois (special slalom) jumps, Ski Open ranking. Check the test schedule with our staff. |
Adults Levels
| Beginner You’ve never put on a pair of skis. » Join the 'Welcome Class' * * No ski pass for the first days. |
Good skier - Red runs You can ski down all kinds of slopes with parallel turns. You can ski on all types of snow and terrain (parallel turns). » Improve your technique in Class 3. |
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| Elementary skier - Green run You can snowplow straight down a slope. You can do snowplow turns and elementary turns. » Class 1 is for you. |
Looking for performance - Black runs You are at ease in all types of situations, you can slalom ski. » Join the Expert Class 4. |
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| Average skier - Blue runs You can sideslip and are able to make wide parallel turns. » Sign up in Class 2. |
The French Ski School (ESF) of Val d'Isère and its 300 instructors wishes you a warm welcome.
Passing on our knowledge with joy and pleasure has been our tradition since 1945 and also instructing in 11 different languages.
Welcoming you every winter is most enjoyable so why not come and join us.