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Group stage Content covered Pre-requisites
Stage 1
  • Basic knowledge of equipment (putting boots and skis on etc)
  • Moving around on the flat ground in skis
  • Side-stepping up the hill
  • Straight runs using correct posture
  • Snowplough gliding
  • Rope tow lift
  • None
Stage 2
  • Introduction to snowplough turning
  • Main button lift
  • ‘Ski-way code’
  • Linked snowplough turns on the main slope
  • Strong snowplough
  • Confident use of rope tow
Stage 3
  • Improved linked snowplough turns
  • Plough-parallel turning
  • Introduction to parallel turning
  • Linked, controlled snowplough turns from the 2nd exit
  • Confident use of the main lift
Stage 4
  • Linked long parallel turns
  • Linked, controlled plough-parallel turns from 3rd exit