Weeks 1–3 · Stance
Where your weight lives, and why it drifts back.
The programs, in detail
Four programs of 6 to 12 weeks, built around the days you actually get on snow.
Program 01 · Edges, not skids
Carving clean
Skidded turns come from steering with the feet and leaning back. We work from your footage on stance, on tipping early, and on where pressure builds through the turn — plus the drills that make it stick on a groomed blue before you take it anywhere steeper.
Weeks 4–6 · Early edge
Tipping before the fall line.
Weeks 7–8 · Pressure
Building and releasing it through the turn.
Weeks 9–10 · Speed
Holding the carve as the pitch increases.
Weeks 1–3 · Short turns
Quick edge changes on moderate pitch.
Weeks 4–7 · Absorption
Legs working, upper body calm.
Weeks 8–10 · Line choice
Reading a bump field before you drop in.
Weeks 11–12 · Steeps
Committing down the hill, safely and on open terrain.
Program 02 · Terrain that punishes
Bumps & steeps
Bumps and steeps expose everything: late edging, wide stance, static upper body. We rebuild the short turn, work on absorption and line choice through moguls, and get you looking three bumps ahead instead of at the one you're on.
Program 03 · Ski what's actually there
Conditions & mountain sense
The same technique doesn't work on boilerplate ice and afternoon slush. We cover how each snow type changes what you do, how to plan a day around aspect and sun, reading grooming reports, and skiing responsibly around other people. Marked, open terrain only.
Weeks 1–2 · Snow types
What ice, crud and slush each demand.
Weeks 3–4 · Planning a day
Aspect, sun and timing your runs.
Weeks 5–6 · Visibility
Flat light, fog and skiing by feel.
Weeks 7–8 · Responsibility
Right of way, merging and skiing around others.
Weeks 1–3 · Base
Quads, glutes and hips, built gradually.
Weeks 4–5 · Eccentric work
The strength that stops legs blowing up by lunch.
Weeks 6–7 · Balance
Single-leg control, which is all skiing is.
Week 8 · Taper
Arriving fresh rather than sore.
Program 04 · Don't waste week one
Pre-season prep
Arriving unfit costs you the first half of a trip and raises injury risk exactly when you're least prepared. We build an eight-week plan of eccentric leg work, hip strength and balance you can do in a small space with no equipment worth mentioning.
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