 Poster: A snowHead
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HI folks!
I am a newish snowboarder (I've had 2 days of lessons, and maybe 4 days of snowboarding in the past). Am interested in their full-time snowboarding courses, but they only offer them in these 2 resorts. Was wondering if anyone has had any experience recently from either of these 2 places? I hear the accommodations at D'isere are pretty poor but that Chevalier is more quiet? Planning to go mid to late Jan 2026.
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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@firetonian,
Look on the Action Outdoors (the UK agent for UCPA) website. I think you'll find most, if not all UCPA centers offer snowboard courses in January.
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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?
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IMV, Serre Che offers a lot of options for snowboarders - very popular with the tray riders. Plenty of natural bowls for lift-accessed in-bound off-piste. Chantemerle would be my suggestion for a bit more life….although none of the villages/towns are particularly lively in the Apres stakes.
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UCPA is in Villeneuve.
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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I was snowboarding at serre chevalier with UCPA not so long ago. Seemed good set up. Instructor was good. Quiet but I wasn't bothered about that.
Go for it, I'm sure it'll be good 
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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Been to both, but a while ago. Serre Chevalier was the definitely the nicer centre. The dorms were more spacious, as were the bar and communal areas. I remember the food being better in Serre Chevalier too! Apres outside of the centre, Val d'Isere was certainly more lively. The UCPA centres have bars, and put on entertainment, but it's all pretty low key. There are a handful of bars near the UCPA in Serre Chevalier which were all fun but nothing raucous. Both have great ski areas, in different ways, but I couldn't say which is best for borders.
There's this thread which talks about a lot of the different UCPA centres.
https://snowheads.com/ski-forum/viewtopic.php?t=137433
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@kenzie@Kenzie, most offer half day lessons but only those 2 offer full day lessons (12 vs 23hrs)
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Thank you all, seems like Serre Chevalier is the winner this time!
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I started snowboarding in my late 20s and am still going strong at 50. Personally I don't think snowboarding lessons are worth it all. Maybe the first hour of instruction to get you going is worthwhile, but after that it's all snowboarding as much as you can.
When my kids were learning to ski and board they each had one lesson each. That said, they had a lot of reps on the bunny hills. Sometimes I would pay attention to the people in the lessons. I honestly think they had them overthinking things most times and it was hurting them more than it was helping. When you take enough turns, your body starts figuring out the edging naturally. It comes strictly with experience. My $0.02 anyhow.
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