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Levels guide
Supreme Ski & Snowboard School caters for all ability levels, for adults and children. If it's your first time skiing or snowboarding, our fantastic office team can advise you on a lesson program that will suit you. If you have skied before and are looking for a specific instructor to help improve your technique, or you would like to explore the ski area, we can ensure we match you up with an instructor that will help you achieve your goals. Please use these level descriptions as a guide to help explain your ability level to our office team, any extra information you can provide on top of this is very useful and help us provide you with a brilliant experience.
Children
Adults
Freshers
Children who have never skied before or haven’t yet mastered the snowplough.
0
Swifts
Children who can link snowplough turns on green runs and have spent around a week on skis.
1
Cruisers
Children who can confidently ski blue runs with their skis parallel, although maybe still wide apart.
2
Rockers
Children who can ski parallel confidently on red runs.
3
Top Cats
Children who are ready to sample a bit of excitement - steeps, bumps and off piste.
4
Level 0
You have never skied before or you are still learning to snowplough and need to refresh the basics.
0
Level 1
You are comfortable snowplough turning down green runs and can control your speed, you’re looking to start learning how to parallel turn.
1
Level 2
You are able to perform parallel turns, although your skis may still be slightly wide apart. You generally ski on green and blue runs.
2
Level 3
You are skiing parallel confidently on blue runs and can ski on red runs, but you need to improve your technique when the conditions or terrain is more challenging.
3
Level 4
You ski red runs with confidence and are able to ski black runs but would like to improve your technique to better handle bumps, steeps and off piste.
4
If you are unsure of what level you think you are, we can help. Get in touch and we will help point you in the right direction.