ABILITY LEVELS

First Timer

• Never skied/snowboarded before
• Has skied or snowboarded a few times
• Learning to use a wedge or ‘pizza’ to stop
• Learning to control speed
• Learning to stop
• Hasn’t been up the T-Bar at the Little Ski Hill before 

Beginner 

• Knows how to put on own gear or can do most of it
• Can walk uphill (duck walk) or sidestep uphill
• Can stop using wedge 
• Can walk, shuffle, skate and hike with one foot out (on flat terrain)
• Learning to traverse terrain on toe and heel edge. 
• Can control speed
• May or may not have been up the T-bar at Little Ski Hill before

Intermediate     

• Can adjust speed and turn shape according to terrain
• Know how to get up after a fall on their own 
• Making turns comfortably, wedge or parallel/heel or toe edge
• Can safely load, ride, and unload t-bar with instructor/friend

Advanced           

• Can control speed and direction using mostly parallel turns
• Comfortable on steep terrain
• Knows how to make small, medium, and large radius turns 
• Can skate and ride with one foot out on cat track
• Can control speed on and off-piste 
• Can ride advanced runs alone
• Can ride t-bar alone 

Advanced 2

• ONLY for skiers/snowboarders who have completed the advanced level 1 program.

MORE INFORMATION

• Important Dates for the After School Program
  
  • Registration Opens: November 1, 2023 @ 7:00 pm.
  • Scholarship Application Due: October 25, 2023.
  • First Day of Program:
    • Monday/Wednesday Program: January 15, 2024
    • Tuesday/Thursday Program: January 16, 2024
    • Saturday Program: January 13, 2024. Will skip Feb. 24 because of Winter Carnival Mardi Gras Parade. Last Saturday lesson will be 3/2.
  • Other important dates to know
    • Week of February 5 – Report cards will go out to participants for program progress
    • Week of February 5 and 12 – Group photos taken
    • Week of February 26 – last week. End of season report cards and group photos go home.
    • February 29 last day of all After School Pr0grams.
  • We will not run buses on days that schools have off, however, the program will still run. Please double check your school calendar.
  • Planned days of program closure:
    • Winter Carnival – Saturday, February 24, 2024.
  • In the event of short staffing and an inability to run the program, notifications will be sent out by noon via email day of. If this occurs, dates will be added to the end of the program to ensure a 7-week program.

• Make-Up Lesson Policy
  
  • If the program as a whole is cancelled for a day, we will make every effort to add a day on to the end of the program to ensure the full 7 weeks
  • If we are unable to achieve this, refunds will be issued pro-rated for each missed day
  • If your child misses a day, there is no make-up for them. This is in an effort to keep other days groups as consistent as possible and to keep safe instructor to student ratios
    • If your child misses a day of the program and you’d like to do a make-up, we can look into scheduling a private lesson for them.
  • If your child is not making it to lessons, please email the Director so we know not to look for them at roll call.
    • This also goes if your child has decided to discontinue participation in the program. Again, this keeps us from trying to look for them at roll call
  • If your child is going to be late, or needs to leave early, please notify the Director so that we can help organize group meet ups, or drop offs at the lodge.

• What a Day Looks Like
  
  • 3:30-3:50 pm, school buses arrive to LSH and kids coming by private vehicle arrive.
  • 3:40-4:00 pm, kids get dressed/ready and head out to the snow to find their groups via character signs
    • If your child needs help getting dressed in the locker room, there are volunteers that are happy to do so!
  • 3:50-4:10 pm, groups are ‘checked out’ via roll sheets and go on their way for their lesson
  • 4:00-5:30 pm, lesson time!
  • 5:30 pm, pickup time! There is a Little Ski Hill staff member that will stay till around 6:00 pm to make sure that all kiddos are picked up. If you are going to be late, please let the Director know so we can plan accordingly.

• Locker Distribution
  
  • If you choose to use a locker for the season by checking the appropriate box on registration, you will be assigned a locker and will most likely be sharing it with another person
  • It is recommended that you put a lock on the locker as Little Ski Hill cannot guarantee the safety of your equipment in the locker room
  • If you’d like to coordinate a lock with your locker buddy, please reach out to the Director and they will assist in coordination.
  • On the registration, there is a spot where you can put down who (if anyone) you’d like to share a locker with. If you fill this out, every effort will be made to accommodate that request.

• Loaner Equipment
  
  • If you need loaner equipment, Little Ski Hill does have equipment available
  • There is a form available online on the registration page. Please fill out appropriately, as it helps staff pull the right sized gear out for your child.
  • This gear is your child’s to use for the whole season, it does not need to stay at Little Ski Hill if you also ski elsewhere. We do ask that you return it by closing day of Little Ski Hill (Usually around March 25), so that we can help another student the next year get equipment
  • If you need soft goods, i.e. jackets, helmets, gloves, etc. please let staff know when you come to pickup equipment or when you fill out the form and we can pull the appropriate size.
  • ***The equipment that Little Ski Hill loans out cannot be guaranteed safe as we do not have the certifications to properly test. Once you have the gear we HIGHLY recommend taking it to one of the shops in town and getting it tested and tuned. (Torque test and basic wax). If you do not have the funds to achieve this, please let us know, as we do have funding to help with that. If you take your skis to a shop and the equipment is deemed unsafe, we have more equipment you can use and trade out.

• Personal Equipment and Fitting
  • If you are skiing or snowboarding on your own equipment, please ensure it is snow ready on day one. This means:
    • If you have gotten different skis or boots since last season, make sure it is properly fitted to the new equipment. Shops in town that can help with this:
      • McCall Sports Exchange
      • Hometown Sports
      • Gravity Sports
      • Brundage
      • Tamarack
    • Wax is highly recommended to at least start the season, this helps the equipment slide on snow and overall makes for a better experience for your children.
    • Unfortunately, if your child arrived at Little Ski Hill for lessons and their equipment doesn’t fit properly, we are unable to adjust it.

• Updates throughout the Program
  • If there are any updates throughout the season that you need to be made aware of, you will be sent an email
  • We will also post on our social media pages
• Any questions or concerns regarding the program, please don’t hesitate to reach out to: cortney@littleskihill.org