Families have been coming to Black Mountain for years making memories and creating family traditions, and Black Mountain seeks to help families have more fun on snow. We truly enjoying helping each member of the family become lifelong skiers. To achieve this goal, we’ve designed our Ski School to be welcoming, informative and fun. It’s the perfect way to get your kids to the top of the mountain and back with huge smiles on their faces.
KinderKlub — The perfect way to introduce your child to skiing. KinderKlub is designed for ?rst-time skiers between the ages of 3 and 5 years old. These are private, one-hour, one-on-one lessons, once a week, for six weeks, with the same instructor. Skills learned: Become familiar with equipment, walking and gliding on one ski, balance while snow plowing, developing a gliding wedge-to-wedge turn and wedge skiing.
Alpine Snow Kids — These are group lessons based upon ability for ages 6 to 11. Students signing up for group lessons must be able to get on and off the Novice Chair with a partner or unassisted.
Level 1 – Hill Hoppers
Skills learned: Become comfortable with all of the Novice Terrain in various conditions. Increase skill development of wedged turns and skiing in control. Begin to incorporate a blend of edge and pressure skills when turning. Ski in control from top to bottom by end of the season.
Level 2 – Mountain Explorers
Skills learned: Work on parallel skiing. Practice skiing with poles. Increase ability to use edges in turning. Ski all of Black Mountain’s trails.
Level 3 – Mountain Adventures
Skills learned: Parallel skiing, correct pole usage, ski all of Black Mountain terrain safely and comfortably, explore the use of gates, shorten turn radius. The goal at the end of this level is that skiers will be comfortable and safely skiing all of Black Mountain terrain and will be ready to move on to a race program if desired.
Each level of Alpine Snow Kids are group lessons that meet weekly.
We also offer private one-on-one snowboard instruction by appointment.
Be sure to visit www.skiblackmountain.org/school.html for complete information, pricing and registration or call our Ski School at 364-8977.
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