Full-day youth ski school at Summit Pass. Three age-and-ability groups, lift ticket and lunch included, every coach is PSIA Children's Specialist certified. Drop off at the meeting hut at 8:50, pick up at 3:00 with a kid that's tireder, hungrier, and a level higher than they were yesterday.
Kids sign in at the hut, gear up, and play indoor warm-up games before heading to the lifts.
Each group rides their chair with their coach. First two runs are warm-up turns on familiar pitch.
One focus drill — pizza-stop, hockey-stop, hop-turns, or off-piste line — taught through games.
Hot meal, drink, and a cookie at the Summit Lodge. Coaches eat with the group and dry gear.
Coach-led free runs applying the morning's drill, plus a low-stakes game on the cat track.
Parents collect at the hut. Each coach gives a short report on what was practiced and what's next.
The starting line. Magic carpet to learning chair, pizza stops, first turns, learning to ride the lift safely with a coach. Indoor warm-up games and a long lunch break.
Linked parallel turns, riding all green and most blue terrain, reading lift maps, eating fast at lunch so they can get back out. Drill blocks teach shape, edge, and timing.
Riding everything blue, dropping into single-blacks under coach supervision, intro to moguls, side-country and tree skiing. Park and pipe coaches available on request.
Same coach all day with your child's group. PSIA Children's Specialist certified, background-checked, mountain-tenured.
Day pass for every lift open at Summit Pass, valid until 4 PM. No upcharge for the upper-mountain quad.
Hot entrée, drink, fruit, and a cookie at Summit Lodge. We accommodate gluten-free and most allergies — flag at booking.
Helmet, group radio, and a wrist tag with your child's group ID and parent contact. Skis, boots, and poles rent for $25 add-on.
That's exactly the Buckaroos group. About a third of every Buckaroos session is first-day skiers. The coach starts on the magic carpet and the goal for day one is one full run on the beginner chair.
Mostly yes — they can be in different ability groups but ride the same morning, eat lunch together, and meet at the same pickup hut. Two kids of the same ability are in the same group automatically.
Snow pants, ski jacket, base layers, mittens, neck warmer, snow boots for walking. We supply helmet and group radio. Ski + boot rental is a $25 add-on at booking.
1:5 in Buckaroos, 1:6 in Rangers and Pros. Hard caps. We hire and pay for the coaches we need — we don't oversell groups.
Yes. Three days is $675 (save $60), five days is $1,075 (save $150). Multi-day kids get the same coach all week, which is the single biggest factor in fast progression.
Most groups sell out a week in advance during holidays and weekends. Holiday weeks (Presidents', Spring Break) sell out four weeks ahead. Book early, reschedule free up to 24 hours out.