Ski School

To save you time when you arrive, as well as to ensure you get the most from your lessons, we recommend that you reserve your ski school through us well in advance.

We work together with several of the ski schools in the village and can recommend the best school for your requirements.

Private Lessons with Snow Ride

Quite often a two hour private lesson can be more beneficial than a week of group lessons. For private lessons we recommend the Snow Ride school whose two English speaking instructors, Serge and Fifi, have both been teaching in Chatel for over 25 years.

Lessons begin at Pre la Joux, last two hours and cost €90 for one person plus €10 per additional person up to a maximum of 5. They are very in demand and for peak weeks we recommend that you reserve well in advance in order to secure the best time slots.

Ecole de Ski Française

The ESF have been teaching skiing in Chatel for over 50 years, they are the original French ski school and they certainly know how to teach skiing. They have plenty of English speaking instructors and lessons are in groups of up to 15. Lessons can be booked at both Super-Chatel and Pre la Joux, but we generally find Pre la Joux to be more convenient.

The ESF also have an excellent Childrens ski school, 'Le Jrdin d'Enfants' at Pré la Joux, which we recommend for 4 to 6 year olds. They can also arrange cross-country skiing lessons as well as excursions with snow shoes. Please contact us if you need any more information.

Prices are as follows:

Low Season: Sun 14.00-16.30 & Mon-Fri 09.30-12.00
Beginners			Jardin d'Enfants
1 lesson x 2h 30	€25		6 lessons x 2h 30	€115
5 or 6 lessons x 2h 30	€ 115
Intermediates
	Children	Adults
1 lesson x 2h 30	€20	€23
5 or 6 lessons x 2h 30	€92	€105
School Holidays:	Sun-Fri		Jardin d'Enfants
5 or 6 lessons x 2hr 30	09.30-12.00	14.00-16.30	Morning or afternoon
Children	€100	€92	6 lessons x 2h 30	€115
Adults	€105

International Ski School

The International Ski School are another well established ski school for group lessons. They offer a slightly different programme to the ESF; beginners have one day off in the middle of the week, while intermediates have three half days and one full day of lessons which allows the opportunity to ski a bit more of the area. Instructors all speak great English and Lessons begin at Pre la Joux.

Prices and times are as follows:

Beginners:

5 lessons of 3hours; Sunday 14.00-17.00 then Mon, Tues, Thurs & Fri 09.00-12.00. €115

Intermediates:

3 lessons of 3hours plus one full day; Mon, tues, weds 09.00-12.00 plus Thurs OR Fri 09.00-17.00. €112

Ski Hire

For ski hire we work together with Marc Mesiere who has two shops in the village which are part of the Twinner chain. They have a good stock of high quality rental equipment and offer a 10% reduction for our clients. All their staff are professionally trained boot fitters and ski technicians and speak good English so you can be sure to get the right equipment. They have four levels of equipment graded by colours, like the ski pistes, from green for beginners to black for experts. Insurance against loss or damage to the equipment can be purchased for €1 or €2 per day and is recommended.

It is not necessary to reserve equipment as the shop always has sufficient, however, we can set up an account for you in advance which saves time at the shop as you will not need to fill in any other paper work or pay a deposit.

Prices are as follows:

	1 Day		6/7 Days
	Skis	Boots	Skis	Boots
Junior Skis (up to 12 yrs)	€6,10	€5,30	€34	€29
Junior Skis (up to 12 years)	€10,50	€6,50	€57	€36
Adult Skis	€9,60	€4,90	€53	€27
Adult Skis	€11,80	€6,20	€65	€34
Adult Skis	€14,50	€7,30	€80	€40
Adult Skis	€19	€7,60	€105	€44
Junior Snowboard	€11,80	€6,20	€65	€34
Adult Snowboard	€14,50	€7,30	€80	€40
Adult Snowboard	€19	€7,60	€105	€44
Junior Cross-Country	€5,30	€3	€29	€17
Adult Cross-Country	€5,30	€3	€29	€17
Adult Cross-Country	€7,60	€5,30	€42	€29
Helmet	€3		€165
Snow Shoes	€5,30		€29
Back-Country Pack: ARVA, Probe & Shovel	€19		€105