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Valloire Ski Lessons
 Poster: A snowHead
Poster: A snowHead

Hi all,

I'll be taking my young family away to Valloire over new year. I'm an experienced skier but my partner and two young kids (3,5) have never skied before so I'll be putting them in morning lessons. Does anyone have experience of the esf school at Valloire as an English speaker? Are the group lessons likely to be mainly in French (I know it's not the most English-y of resorts (part of the attraction!)).

Alternatively is anyone aware of any private instructors who would take my partner, my 5 year old and another adult beginner for morning lessons each day? This doesn't seem possible on esf or esi over New Year.

Any advice welcome!

Cheers
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

Can confirm the instructors speak English.
You may want to consider the lunch package part to extend your skiing.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

My wife and kids did lessons in Valloire 3 years ago. The ESF instructors were better than anywhere else, they told me. Yes, there are English speaking ones, but they did theirs in French.

The private lessons are best done over the lunch break -- as you say, I think that's the only time they're offered during holiday periods. That's good, actually, because there are fewer people on the slopes. You will need to make sure everyone eats something around 1130, however...

My 2 kids did "private" 2 hour ESF lessons over the lunch break and made huge progress, my son getting his gold star and my daughter her bronze, in a week. My wife, a very nervous skier, also did private lessons and said her instructor was very kind and encouraging.

So if the French instruction is any guide, you should be fine with ESF. I think there's also an international school there, too.

Valloire is a great area for beginners because you have some very long, gentle runs that wind around the mountain and are below the tree-line.
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