Children Ages 3 & 4
| Cub | Never skied before (Or has skied before but cannot stop independently) |
| Goals: | Have fun familiarizing with the mountain environment and equipment. Learn to slide and stop independently on easy green terrain. |
| Supercub | I can stop or turn independently on easy Green Terrain |
| Goals: | Learn to link turns on easy Green Terrain |
Children Ages 5 to 12 & Adults 13+
| Adult: Level 1 Kids: Pika | Never skied before Introduction and familiarization of beginner area and equipment. |
| Goals: | Learn to stand, climb, skate, stop and introduction to wedge turns easy Green Terrain |
| Adult: Level 2 Kids: Marmot | I can make wedge turns on easy Green Terrain |
| Goals: | Makes controlled linked wedge turns on easy Green Terrain |
| Adult: Level 3 Kids: Moose | I can link wedge turns on Green Terrain |
| Goals: | Varied turn shapes and introduction to parallel turns |
| Adult: Level 4 Kids: Bear | I’m confident with beginner parallel turns on easy Blue Terrain My skis start the turn in a wedge and end the turn parallel |
| Goals: | Working on earlier matching of skis to advance the parallel turn |
| Adult: Level 5/6 Kids: Mountain Goat | I can make parallel turns most of the time, occasionally starting in a wedge. I use my poles in time with my turns, and I’m comfortable on all Blue Terrain. |
| Goals: | Master parallel turn on Blue Terrain with varied turn shapes |
| Adult: Level 7/8 Kids: Eagle | I can ski parallel on all Blue Terrain in varied snow conditions I can make short, medium and long radius turns. |
| Goals: | Introduction to bumps and Black Diamond Terrain. |
| Adult: Level 9 | Ready to master all terrain and snow conditions I am a strong skier and am able to make carved turns, in a variety of radius, on all groomed terrain. I can ski all off piste terrain with speed and confidence and using different turn types. |
Children Ages 5 to 7
| Mini Rider I | Never been on a snowboard, or cannot stop independently |
| Goals: | Have fun familiarizing with the mountain environment and equipment. Learn to slide and stop independently on easy green terrain. |
| Mini Rider II | I’ve taken a lesson before, I’m working on controlling my speed and turning on heel & toe edges |
| Goals: | Learn to link turns on easy Green Terrain. |
Children Ages 8 to 12 & Adults 13+
| Level 1 | Never been on a snowboard Introduction & familiarization of beginner area and equipment |
| Goals: | Learn to stand, climb, skate, stop and start to make direction changes on easy Green Terrain. |
| Level 2 | I have snowboarded before but I'm not comfortable riding on both my heel and toe edges and/or not linking heel side and toe side turns. |
| Goals: | Linking turns with control on easy Green Terrain. |
| Level 3 | Able to link turns on all Green Terrain |
| Goals: | Working towards mastering varied turn shapes on easy blue terrain. |
| Level 4 | Comfortable riding Blue Terrain |
| Goals: | Working on mastering varied snow conditions, turn shapes, introduction to bumps & Black Terrain, master carving. |
| Level 5 | Comfortable riding Black Terrain |
| Goals: | Master varied snow conditions & bumps on Black Terrain. |
| Level 6 | Able to ride the entire mountain in all conditions |
