Lessons & Rentals
Lessons & Rentals
WHAT IS YOUR SKILL LEVEL?
Whether you're taking your first turns or perfecting advanced techniques, our skill level categories help us match you with the perfect instructor and terrain for your abilities. We're committed to creating a safe, fun, and personalized mountain experience for every guest.
Find your level below to get started on your next lesson.
Beginner Zone
| SKILL LEVEL | SKI | SNOWBOARD | TERRAIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEVEL 1 (FIRST TIME) | Never skied before, will learn about gear, stance, and balance. | Never snowboarded before, will learn about gear, stance, and balance. | Easiest green terrain (Caribou Meadow) |
| LEVEL 2 | Has experience sliding, slightly changing direction, and is learning to control speed. | Has experienced sliding, traversing on heel edge, and is learning to control speed. | Easy green terrain (Caribou Meadow, Sunkid, Tenderfoot Lifts) |
| LEVEL 3 | Can turn in a wedge, uses the wedge to control speed, and can stop on green terrain. | Can control speed, can stop on heel edge, has practiced toe edge, working on linking turns together. | Green terrain (Tenderfoot, EZ, Little Hawk Lifts) |
| LEVEL 4 | Linking smooth turns on all green terrain. Learning how to do parallel turns, and use turn shape to control speed. Has ridden a chairlift. | Can link turns in control, stop on heel edge and toe edge, and start use turn shape to control speed. Has ridden a chairlift. | All green terrain and easiest blue terrain (EZ, Sundance Lifts) |
Intermediate Zone
| SKILL LEVEL | SKI | SNOWBOARD | TERRAIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEVEL 5 | Controls speed using turn shape, skiing mostly parallel on easiest blue terrain, beginning to use poles, can hockey stop in both directions, exploring easy bumps. | Can link turns on easy blue groomed runs, control speed with turns of different size and shape, switch riding, exploring easy bumps and/or freestyle. | Easiest blue terrain (Sundance, Alpenglow Lifts) |
| LEVEL 6 | Consistently skiing parallel on groomed blue terrain and easy black terrain, exploring ungroomed trails, bumps, trees, freestyle, and utilizing a pole plant. | Can link turns on all groomed blue terrain and easy black terrain, exploring ungroomed trails, bumps, trees, freestyle, and confident riding switch on green groomed terrain. | All blue terrain and easiest black terrain (Alpenglow, Indian Peaks, Carona Lifts) |
Expert Zone
| SKILL LEVEL | SKI | SNOWBOARD | TERRAIN |
|---|---|---|---|
| LEVEL 7+ | Smoothly linking parallel turns with a pole plant on all blue terrain, exploring more black terrain, and confident on most of the mountain. | Riding confidently on all blue terrain in varied conditions, exploring more black terrain, and confident on most of the mountain. | All blue terrain and most black terrain (Alpenglow, Indian Peaks, Carona Lifts) |