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Ski school in Verbier for teens/tweens?

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snowgirl1 · 23/09/2024 07:58

Could anyone recommend a ski school in Verbier please? We've not skied there before - looking for a ski school that will lessons in 100% English if possible (we had a poor experience with ESF many years ago where lessons were supposed to be in English and the the instructor instructed 95% in French 5% English)

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Applesandpears58 · 23/09/2024 09:58

Look at Adrenaline Ski School, my friend worked for them for a couple of seasons and they employ a lot of english and english speakers.

Cormoran · 05/10/2024 05:42

Unless the group lesson is made of 100% Brits, you won't get a lesson taught in English 100%.
Have private lessons, and English will be guaranteed.
If your kids are the only two English speaking in a group of 10, the instructor will not be speaking English all the time, but only when correcting your kids.

snowgirl1 · 05/10/2024 10:33

Cormoran · 05/10/2024 05:42

Unless the group lesson is made of 100% Brits, you won't get a lesson taught in English 100%.
Have private lessons, and English will be guaranteed.
If your kids are the only two English speaking in a group of 10, the instructor will not be speaking English all the time, but only when correcting your kids.

Fair point, but I think there are sometimes ski schools in some countries where they have sufficient numbers of native English speakers as students that they employ native English speaking instructors. You don't get as many native English speaking instructors in France because in order to qualify as a ski instructor you have to pass the slalom race test, which keeps out Brits, Kiwis etc. who might be excellent skiers but haven't grown up in the mountains and been part of a ski racing team to get sufficient race experience to pass the race test...

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seeminglyranch · 11/10/2024 23:18

I haven’t been to verbier but New Gen and the Swiss ski school are generally extremely reliable wherever I have been!

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