Expectations: Everyone learns at different paces. It is important to keep your expectations reasonable. This way you will have a successful and rewarding time on the snow. Some factors that can affect learning to ski or snowboard include your temperament (how open you are to new things), age, and physical ability. Both skiing and snowboarding take specialized skills that improve with practice over time. Ultimately, you should focus on the fun and excitement of the overall experience.

SKIER - Students who sign up for skiing may not change to snowboarding

Green - Beginner - Begins to ski in a controlled gliding wedge, make linked wedge turns, maintain speed control and be able to stop. Skis only on Yarrow.

Dark Green - Advanced Beginner - The advanced beginner must show good balance and rotary control in all conditions, maintain speed control while making linked wedge turns and be able to stop. May leave Hareball and ski on Yarrow and Appleton Meadow.

Blue - Intermediate - The intermediate must be working on and able to do a wedge Christies I (narrow wedge, runs with verticle motion to a matched skidded finish) and use poles as a timing device and turning aid. May ski Chicory and Spiderwort.

Black - Advanced - The advanced skier must be able to do 10-15 linked, controlled open stance parallel turns (NO WEDGE WILL BE ACCEPTED) and have advanced skills in balanced, rotary, edging and pressure using vertical motion and good speed control. The advanced skier may ski on all terrain at Frost Fire.

SNOWBOARDER - Students who sign up for snowboarding may not change to skiing

Green - Beginner - Able to make a controlled Falling Leaf on heelside and topside edges, able to maintain speed and control, able to stop.

Dark Green - Advanced Beginner - Demonstrates a blend of balance, rotary movement pressure and edge control.

Light Blue - Intermediate - Able to make turns in both direction linked by skidded traverses with confidence. Begins to develop flexion/extension movements for edge/pressure control.

Dark Blue - Advanced Intermediate - Able to link skidded turns with good speed control and shape with rhythm. Explores different turn radii on varying terrain.

Black - Advanced - Exhibits safety and control with rhythm and flow. Is comfortable linking long, medium and short radius turns. Demonstrates progressive edge control skills.