skiing lessons

skiing lessons are available nearly every where. childrens lessons are genearly up to 14 years of age and adult lessons are avaiable to all different level of skiiers
and most instructors speak very good english.

Best place to ski

In my experiance the best place to ski is in Saint Martin de Belleville. the snow here is excelent with plenty of variations in the grade of slope, there is loads of accomadation were it is even possible to ski into the building, the lifts are quiet and you can ski to any of the resorts in the three valles. there is also plenty of nice restraunts and places to rent skiis.

Other ski resorts in three valles

Courchevel
Meribel
Val Thorens
La Tania
Les Menuires
Brides-les-Bains
Pralognan La Vanoise
Saint Martin de Belleville

Nordic Jumping

nodric jumping what it is. this is were skiiers ski down a ramp with extra long skis and attempt to fly the longest over two legs so that they win the compeititon. the extra long skis are to build up more speed as the longer your skiis the faster you go.

Europe

.colour systems are used to show the difficulty of a slope.The color system for each country is slightly different - in all countries blue (easy), red (intermediate) and black (expert) are being used. Shapes are not always used. The ratings are:

Green
(Spain, France, Scandinavia, UK, Poland) Learning or "Beginner" slopes. These are usually not marked trails, but tend to be large, open, gently sloping areas at the base of the ski area or traverse paths between the main trails.
Blue
An easy trail, similar to the North American Green Circle, and are almost always groomed, or on so shallow a slope as not to need it. The slope gradient shall not exceed 25% except for short wide sections with a higher gradient.[2]
Red
An intermediate slope. Steeper, or narrower than a blue slope, these are usually groomed, unless the narrowness of the trail prohibits it. The slope gradient shall not exceed 40% except for short wide sections with a higher gradient[2]
Black
An expert slope. Steep, may or may not be groomed, or may be groomed for moguls. "Black" can be a very wide classification, ranging from a slope marginally more difficult than a "Red" to very steep avalanche chutes like the infamous Couloirs of Courchevel. France tends to have a higher limit between red and black.
Double-black
(Scandinavia) Extremely difficult.



Yellow
Extremely dificult(Austria, Switzerland, certain other areas)
In recent years, many resorts reclassified some black slopes to yellow slopes. This signifies a skiroute, an ungroomed and unpatrolled slope which is actually off-piste skiing in a marked area. Famous examples are the Stockhorn area in Zermatt and the Tortin slopes in Verbier. In Austria, skiroutes are usually marked with orange squares instead

(ratings from wikepida)

Errol Kerr: Skiing in New Zealand
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skiing done well

Skiing competition is organized by the international ski federation, which is responsible for alpine skiing, cross country skiing, freestyle skiing and ski jumping. Competition is organised in each country by its national association.

Dry Slope Skiing: This is skiing on artificial or dry snow or dirt. Dry slope skiing is a year-round sport in countries like the uk and ireland where the snow is no use for traditional skiing. There is a dry slope in kiltiernan.