Advanced Ski Courses in Verbier?
We run All Mountain Performance (AMP) courses and AMP Off Piste Courses for adults on selected dates throughout the season, as either weekend or week-long courses.
Our advanced ski courses in Verbier will focus either on technical, on-piste skiing, all mountain skiing and/or off-piste performance. Make sure you check the dates of the course you’re interested in.
Quick Guide to advanced ski courses in Verbier:
- Times: 9h00– 15h00
- Meeting point: Ruinettes (top of the Medran Gondola)
- Finish point: Flexible
- Language: English
- Running: only certain dates of the winter
- Who can join: Adult skiers (aged 16+) ability level 5 and above
What to bring on your all mountain advanced ski courses in Verbier?
- Arrive ready to ski and dressed in appropriate ski wear with ski/snowboard boots on
- Equipment including skis and poles, and goggles or sunglasses. We also strongly recommend helmets although not compulsory for adults.
- Valid 4 Vallees ski pass
Arriving at the meeting point :
Take the Medran gondola up and dismount at the top. This is the Ruinettes station and your instructor will be waiting for the group just on the snow outside this station.
Try and arrive around 5 – 10 minutes early to the lesson to allow time to meet the instructor and for the lesson to leave on time. Our instructor will be happy to chat with you about your goals for the course.
A Typical Week on the AMP course
The Classic AMP Course or the Off Piste Course will follow a similar daily structure and our instructors make sure the skiing is both fun and challenging.
Our unique ski development weekly courses are designed with a learner centred approach, to help you on the fastest route to improving your skiing. Each day you will be working alongside other skiers who are also looking to improve their skiing together with a group of skiers with a similar goal. Your will often ski together with some skiers who are on our 10 week ski instructor course.
A typical week on the all mountain advanced ski course looks like this:
| Day 1 |
AM – Warm Up drills and Balance Drills |
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PM – Focus on Balance over outside ski, Leg Steering, or Pressure Control |
| Day 2 |
AM – Warm Up drills Specific to your individual development
Challenging Balance Drills in variable terrain + Video work |
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PM – Tactics and Control in variable snow conditions |
| Day 3 |
AM – Develop Short Turns on Piste |
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PM – Take these turns into more challenging terrain |
| Day 4 |
AM – Practice Short Turns on steeper, narrower terrain |
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PM – Moguls practice on the itinerary slopes |
| Day 5 |
AM – Ski Powder or various snow conditions |
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PM – Challenge ourselves in the Bumps |
The off-piste specific course in Verbier will help you to understand how to ski more safely in off piste terrain, learn how to make informed decisions, plan new routes, and understand how to maximise your ski performance in these challenging conditions.
| Day 1 |
Am – warm up drills and some individual technical tips for off-piste skiing |
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Pm – avalanche safety training |
| Day 2 |
Am – ski verbier’s challenging itinerary runs + video analysis |
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Pm – transceiver rescue practice |
| Day 3 |
Am – technical tips in powder snow |
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Pm – intro to planning your off-piste day safely |
| Day 4 |
Am – ski tour in bruson |
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Pm – moguls practice on the itinerary slopes |
| Day 5 |
Am – ski powder or various snow conditions |
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Pm – challenge ourselves in the bumps |
End of day
At 15h00 the day will end often with a relaxing drink on the mountain to celebrate the day. We don’t have a set finishing location, but if any of the group wants to finish back in town, the instructor will take the group back down, or you can remain on snow until the lift closing time.
