Ski & Snowboard Progression Guide

Please Note
When you categorise yourself for lessons please be realistic about the current levels of yourself and/or your group. Don’t grade based on what you want to do, grade based on what you can do.

1) Beginner / Never Ever

• Ski: Learning to slide, stop and turn
• SB: Learning to slide, sideslip/pendulum, stop

2) Novice / Minimal Experience

• Ski: Can stop and turn. Learning to link turns and control speed on beginner/novice terrain.
• SB: Can side slip on both edges. Learning to change direction and turn on beginner novice terrain.

3) Novice / Some Experience

• Ski: Linking wedge turns in control on green (flat) terrain.
• SB: Turning both ways and can control speed on green (flat) terrain.

4) Intermediate / More Experience

• Ski: Can ski green runs confidently. Learning to match skis and explore blue terrain.
• SB: Riding green runs confidently. Linking turns on blue runs in control.

5) Advanced / Experienced

• Ski: Ski blue runs confidently. Exploring and improving on black runs and bumps.
• SB: Riding blue runs confidently. Exploring and improving on varied terrain and steeper runs.

6) Advanced / Expert / Very Experienced

• Ski: Confident ski all/most terrain. Improving and working on performance and all-mountain skills.
• SB: Confident on all/most terrain. Improving and working on performance riding and all-mountain skills.

Still not sure? Click here for the complete guide to ski levels.