Introduction

We are a group of committed skiers, mostly highly qualified instructors and some with a comprehensive knowledge of the ski holiday business, who would like to upgrade the quality of school group skiing and school ski trips in two distinct aspects.

These are

• finding snow sure resorts, easily accessible from the UK and
  
• developing the children's competitive spirit whilst they are on holiday.

We believe above all that 'Skiing is Fun', and when conducted efficiently and safely in the right conditions, can give children an experience they are unlikely to forget. By generating competitive spirit not only will it help them to stand up to future challenges, but may even get them interested in competitive skiing.

Initial Project - The Resort

After a lot of searching for the initial resort, we have decided to base the first year operation in les Diablerets (The Little Devils - not the reason for choosing this resort!) in western Switzerland.

Dynamic Map: http://map.search.ch/les-diablerets.en.html

Les Diablerets is both the name of the ski resort and the mountain on which it is situated in the French-speaking part of Switzerland, in the easternmost area of the Canton of Vaud.

Airports: Geneva - 120km Zurich - 250km Basel - 200km By Train: TGV Paris - Les Diablerets  5h45.

It is one of the smaller resorts in Switzerland, but links through to both Villars and Leysin, which together form the Glacier-Alpes Vaudoises skiing area, and greatly opens up the skiing.

Les Diablerets meanwhile, is a beautiful unspoilt and friendly village of comfortable hotels, wooden chalets and traditional farm buildings, dominated by the majestic Diablerets Glacier (Glacier 3000). This gives the resort its snow sure status.

The Alpes Vaudoises area scores very well for beginners giving them access to nearly 50% of the slopes. In all there are 220 km of piste and 114 runs to choose from, breaking down into 53 for beginners, 52 for intermediates and 12 for advanced skiers.

Les Diablerets gives access to 74 lifts in total; 3 gondolas, 4 cable cars, 21 chair lifts and 46 drag lifts. There are 29 mountain restaurants scattered across the area.

In fact, the 'Glacier-Alpes Vaudoises' ski pass allows access to over 500 km of piste. If this is not enough then for a small extra charge, it is possible to ski in Gstaad, 15 km away, as well as the Lenk-Adelboden region.

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