Final-year ski trip to the Alps: 6 days of skiing or snowboarding, ESF lessons and resort evenings (8 days)

Day 1: Departure from your school and arrival in Haute-Savoie

• Departure from your school early in the morning, at the agreed time, and daytime drive via Luxembourg and Burgundy (about 800 to 900 km depending on the departure point, i.e. 10 to 11 hours excluding breaks).
• Our drivers drive for a maximum of 3 hours, then take a 30-minute break, day and night.
• Two drivers take turns at the wheel; lunch at your own expense at a motorway service area.
• Arrival at the resort in the late afternoon, check-in at the accommodation for seven nights and equipment fitting at the rental shop.
• Dinner and a quiet evening.

Day 2: First day on the slopes

• Lift passes handed out and ability groups formed, from complete beginner to experienced skier.
• French Ski School (ESF) group lesson with a qualified instructor (2.5 hours).
• Lunch at your own expense in the resort.
• Free skiing or snowboarding supervised by the teachers, on slopes suited to each group.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 3: Progress and exploring the ski area

• ESF group lesson (2.5 hours): basic technique and first linked turns for beginners.
• Lunch at your own expense, then supervised free skiing by ability group.
• For the more confident, first red runs with the teachers who ski.
• Dinner, then an evening at the resort’s ice rink (on request).

Day 4: Big ski day

• ESF group lesson (2.5 hours).
• Lunch at your own expense on the mountain, with hotel packed lunches on request.
• Afternoon of supervised free skiing, discovering another sector of the ski area.
• Dinner and games evening organised by the accompanying staff.

Day 5: Snow and snowshoes

• ESF group lesson (2.5 hours).
• Lunch at your own expense, then supervised free skiing.
• At the end of the day, a sunset snowshoe outing with a mountain leader (on request).
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 6: Improving technique

• ESF group lesson (2.5 hours): working on speed and steeper slopes depending on level.
• Lunch at your own expense, then supervised free skiing.
• Supervised free time in the resort in the late afternoon.
• Dinner and supervised evening.

Day 7: Last day of skiing and ESF tests

• Last ESF group lesson and level tests (Flocon, Étoiles, Flèche…), with medals awarded.
• Lunch at your own expense, then a last afternoon of supervised free skiing.
• Equipment returned to the rental shop in the late afternoon.
• Dinner and last supervised evening.

Day 8: Return to Belgium

• Rooms vacated after breakfast and departure around 7 am.
• Daytime drive to Belgium (about 800 to 900 km), with two drivers taking turns and regular breaks.
• Lunch at your own expense on the way.
• Arrival at your school in the evening.