Wednesday evening: Guests travel on a Wednesday evening flight ready to make an early start the next day. On arrival at the hotel, you will be kitted out with boots, skis and poles or board, salopettes or trousers, jacket and goggles. Please bring your own thick socks, gloves, warm undergarments and UV-protective sunglasses - we will give you a full list on booking.

Thursday: The fun starts in the morning where your instructor will meet you at the hotel. We travel to the slopes in our minibus, learn how to put the kit on, and start the lesson. Lessons run for the whole day with a break for lunch in a mountain or village restaurant.

We will return around 4.30pm each day in time for tea, hot chocolate and cakes. Tea and some time to put your feet up before dinner makes all the day's hard work seem worthwhile! Canapés & a well earned 3 course dinner with plenty of wine are served at around 8pm

Friday: Today sees more lessons plus an introduction to navigation, the local area and reading a piste map. We try to visit a few different ski areas during the weekend to give you a good feel for the various options available. After dinner this evening we generally have a speaker, usually a local guide to talk about extreme skiing, mountain navigation, or emergencies in the mountains.

Saturday: The same pattern of lessons with some time in the afternoon to visit St. Gervais or Megève - after all, finding your way around the shops and bars is a vital part of the navigation we think! In the evening you are free to relax and enjoy your last dinner and contemplate what has been learned so far.

Sunday: The final day of lessons, and by this time you would normally expect to be confidently negotiating blue runs, getting on the ski lifts with panache (!) and knowing which way the mountain-top bars are (a critical part!). Finishing lessons around 3pm guests return to the hotel for a quick shower and change, and then we take you back to the airport, in time for your evening flight back to the UK.

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