10 days snowboard course

Day 1

Bunny slopes. Pick-up at 9:45 from your hotel, board and boots from the Global Ski Shop, 1.5 hours of theory then practicals from 12:00pm on balance and control on flat ground, plus gliding (pushing with your free back foot). Ski lifts aren't available for snowboarders on the bunny slopes — boards are carried up by you or a hired porter, which doubles as good cardio.

Day 2

Once you can glide on flat terrain, the instructor teaches heel and toe turns while checking your balance and control.

Day 3

Focus on your specific needs for speed, turns, and control.

Day 4

Intermediate slopes — steeper and longer — with a focus on body positioning and toe/heel turns on a steeper gradient.

Day 5

First Phase Gondola, a 4km track, focusing on speed, body positioning, and control on steeper slopes.

Day 6

Same as Day 5.

Day 7

Same as Day 5.

Day 8

Same as Day 5.

Day 9

Same as Day 5 — timing on your first First Phase Gondola run varies; more time here helps since the slopes are steeper and harder to descend.

Day 10

Chair-lift, the final day. You'll learn to traverse slopes (balancing and holding an edge across a slope) before descending from the chair-lift, 3,400 meters above sea level, on 25–30 degree off-piste blue runs.