WHAT LEVEL AM I?

Level	Skiing ability	What you might learn
1	Never skied before	Equipment familiarisation · Moving with skis on · Stance · Stopping in a wedge · Intro to turning
2	Able to stop and glide in a wedge	How to glide and manage speed · Learning to turn in a wedge · How to use the chairlift
3	Can wedge-turn on easy green runs	Wedge-parallel turns · Skiing faster · Using more challenging greens
4	Able to link wedge-parallel turns, making skis parallel at the end of the turn on all green runs	Basic parallel · Hockey stops · Start to explore easy red runs
5	Keeping skis parallel on all green runs and some red runs	Improving parallel turn technique · Sideslipping · Start to explore more challenging red runs and black runs
6	Able to keep skis parallel and vary turn shape on all groomed and ungroomed terrain	Advanced parallel technique · Gaining confidence in all terrain and turn types (short turns, carving, moguls & steeps)

Level	Snowboarding ability	What you might learn
1	Never snowboarded before	Equipment familiarisation · Skating · Sliding with 1 foot attached · Intro to side-slipping
2	Able to sideslip on one edge	Learning to use your opposite edge · Controlling speed & stopping · Falling leaf
3	Able to control speed in a falling leaf on both edges	How to ride a chairlift · C turns · Linking turns from toe edge to heel edge
4	Linking S-shape turns on green runs	Learning to vary turn shape · Start to explore easy red runs · Start trying narrow tracks / traverses · Intro to easy freestyle (ollies, boxes, straight airs)
5	Linking S-shape turns and varying their size. Easy freestyle	Challenging red runs · Intro to switch riding, off-piste, powder and freestyle
6	Can vary turn shape on all groomed and ungroomed terrain, and advanced freestyle	Advanced riding techniques · Gaining confidence in all terrain and turn types (carving, moguls & park)

Level	Backcountry ability
1 - Beginner off-piste skier/rider	Confident on piste (black runs), but only just beginning to venture off-piste on slopes of red/blue steepness.
2 - Intermediate off-piste skier/rider	Used to skiing/riding off-piste with a backpack and able to cope with difficult conditions by a combination of side-slipping, traverses and turning with snow-plough technique or following a previous ski track. Able to cope with short sections of backcountry snow which are as steep as black piste runs.
3 - Experienced off-piste skier/rider	Able to link turns continuously in powder snow and to control speed and follow a precise line in tight trees or confined spaces. Able to link turns on longer slopes up to 35° in good snow.
4 - Advanced off-piste skier/rider	Able to ski/ride the fall line in most conditions (powder snow, crust snow) and rarely falls. Confident on steep slopes up to 40°. Skiers can jump turn. Boarders can hold traverses on the heel edge.