Learn to Ski in 3 Days

Meeting point is at 9:30 AM at the Outdoor Café & Shop in Grindelwald. Your ski instructor will be waiting for you. After a brief introduction, you will receive your ski boots, skis, and helmet. Together, you will check that everything fits. Then it is off to the Bodmi Arena.

The ride takes only a few minutes. The destination: a practice area with a magic carpet, perfect slope, and plenty of space to ease into skiing.

The first three hours fly by: You learn how to put on skis properly, get up after a fall, and glide over snow for the first time. Then we practice braking in a snowplow, controlled stops, and first simple direction changes. You will fall often, but that is the best way to learn. If you do not fall, you do not learn. We will show you how to learn from every mistake. By the end of the day, you can brake, stand securely, and know what a clean snowplow is.

After the lesson, there is time for feedback. What went well, what can you work on, how does skiing feel to you? Tomorrow continues.

As agreed with the instructor.

Today is about connection: turn after turn. You learn how to transition directly from one direction change to the next. Your movement flow becomes smoother, your speed more controlled. This includes safe lift riding, traversing along the slope, and first side slipping. The latter is extremely helpful when the terrain gets a bit steeper. Today, the exercises push you but do not overwhelm you. If it fits, we will test you on a blue slope outside the arena.

Brief debriefing with your instructor: How did the day go, what was new? And: Will you switch to the First ski area tomorrow?

As agreed with the instructor.

Today you learn to reduce the snowplow, refine your turns, and use more edge. Many are now skiing almost parallel. We practice short turns, pole planting, side slipping, and possibly even the hockey stop. you will be guided by your instructor, but you will be skiing independently. You choose the line, I give you prompts. The focus is on independence and safety. Today you feel for the first time: skiing is no longer foreign. It is yours.

To conclude, we discuss your next steps: continue skiing alone, take an advanced course, or simply enjoy what you have achieved. You leave these three days with the feeling of having truly learned something. Not just superficial sliding. But real skiing, at your level.