Find Your Ski Level
Use the following to work out the ski level of yourself and anyone else in your group.
- Click here for Adult ski levels
- Click here for Yeti Club ski levels
- Click here for Hakuba Heroes ski levels
- Click here for Nagano Ninjas ski levels
- Click here if you are also looking to find your snowboard level.
Adults (15 Years +)
First Timers: Never skied before.
– Equipment familiarization, moving with skis on, stance, stopping and intro to turning.
Level 1: Able to do a snowplough stop and starting to turn.
– We will learn / improve our snowplough turns.
Level 2: Able to link strong snowplough turns on green (Beginner) terrain.
– We will learn / improve our christie turns and start to ski red (Intermediate) terrain.
Level 3: Able to link strong christie turns on easier red (Intermediate) terrain.
– We will learn basic parallel turns and explore more challenging red (Intermediate) terrain.
Level 4: Able to link parallel turns on all red (Intermediate) terrain.
– We will improve parallel turn technique and gain confidence on easier black (Advanced) and un-groomed terrain.
Level 5: Able to perform confident parallel turns on groomed and un-groomed black Advanced) terrain.
– We will improve technique and confidence for all turn and terrain types.
ADULT GROUP LESSONS

Yeti Club (3-6 Years)
White: I have never skied before and learning to stop.
Yellow: I can stop. I am learning to turn.
Green: I becoming a strong turner, matching at the end of my turn.
Blue: I am learning to parallel ski.
Red: I am strong parallel exploring a variety of terrain.

Hakuba Heroes (7-14 Years)
White: Never skied before.
Yellow: Able to do a strong snowplough stop and starting to turn.
– We will learn / improve our snowplough turns and explore more green (beginner) terrain.
Green: Able to link strong snowplow turns on green terrain
– We will explore more challenging red (intermediate) terrain and learn how to make parallel turns on easy terrain.
Blue: Able to link parallel turns on green terrain and stem christie on red (intermediate terrain)
– We will improve our parallel turn ability and confidence on red (intermediate) terrain.
Red: Able to link parallel turns on easy black (advanced) terrain.
– We will improve parallel turn technique and gain confidence on more black (advanced) terrain.
Black: Able to link parallel turns with confidence on black (advanced) terrain, and be a safe and model skier.
– We will increase our advanced skiing skills on all terrain.

Nagano Ninjas (12-16 Years)
Level 4/Red: Able to link parallel turns on easy black (advanced) terrain.
– We will improve parallel turn technique and gain confidence on more black (advanced) terrain.
Level 5/Black: Able to link parallel turns with confidence on black (advanced) terrain, and be a safe and model skier.
– We will increase our advanced skiing skills on all terrain.

