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hi, I have founds you guys super helpful in the past so here goes...
Thanks to the love for the Dolomites right here on Snowheads we are heading to Corvara for our annual half term DIY family trip, flights and apartment sorted.
Teen 1 (16) would like some lessons- she will be a 3rd week snowboarder (picked it up fast last year having skiied a fair bit.) Ideally she'd like a fun group of young adults. I've looked around online and there appears to be one school in Corvara. They offer a few afternoons snowboarding. Has anyone done this or know anything about it? will the language be a problem? should we look further afield to find something suitable?
Then theres me... - I have been skiing around badly with the kids for years and need help! I was too late to book the private lessons in Vallandry last year and the year before in sauze my instructor spoke not one word of english despite me clearly asking for an english speaker. I had to cancel and they had nobody else. Has anyone had lessons with the ski school in corvara? should I also travel elsewhere? I'm not interested in skiing around and exploring (I can do that myself)I want real technical input like people talk about on here. Does anyone have advice for me or do you think the ski school will be fine?
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My wife had private lessons at the Corvara ski school and both female instructors spoke English. I recently also spoke to a male instructor who works for the ski school and his English was very good, so I dont think you will have a language problem
What I will advise though is to pre book any lessons you want and dont leave it till you get there. My wife struggled to get private tuition at reasonable times when we tried to book on our arrival. They managed to accomodate her somehow but it was hard work as most private instructors were all booked up.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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We were in Corvara at half term this year and will be going back again next year.
We did a mix of group and private lessons with the ski school and all were fine.
The only issue with the group lessons was that there were only three groups which were pretty much beginners, intermediates and advanced (referred to by the instructor as 'the black group - we ski the black runs'). As you can imagine there was a mix of abilities in each group and we had people feeling they were being held back in the intermediate group coming up to the advanced and then holding back the rest of us. Especially when they did it half way through the week. Don't let that put you off though, the groups were fairly small (maybe 7-9 people) and a good mix of skiing, technique, individual advice, fun, etc. We'll be doing them again.
The private lessons were good and our instructors spoke good English. I don't think they all do but you should be fine as long as you request it in advance.
One of the girls in our group did some snowboard lessons in the afternoon and she seemed pretty happy with them. She was a beginner boarder though so that might not help much.
The instructors should be able to give you good technical input as long as you make it clear what you're trying to achieve and encourage the kind of input you're looking for. My son and I had some good private lessons where the instructor identified some areas to work on, explained them and spent time doing drills to get us working on the problem and baking them into our skiing. It's funny how it always seems much easier to understand than it is to put into practice.
You're best to book in advance. I tried to contact them a few times quite early last year but didn't get any response until I tried again in December. Hardly surprising really as the season doesn't really get going until then
Mike
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Thanks much everyone for taking the time to reply.
I'm glad to hear you are going back, Mike- it must have been ok! Was it super crowded in half term?
It looks like the ski school will be fine. I was just a bit wary after last time in Italy. I'll contact them in December.
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We really enjoyed our trip there last year. It wasn't crowded but it certainly wasn't quiet either. 'Busy' would be the best word for it. Lots of people around but no lift queues were ever more than 5-10 minutes and that would have been the ones on the Sella Ronda at peak time which were the worst.
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