Even before sunrise, we had to walk (sometimes over half an hour wearing heavy ski boots and carrying our skis) to the collection points, our life was then in the hands of taciturn mountain people with sclera and piercing eyes. They did not know compassion or pedagogical training, their legitimacy was the red ski instructor jacket. We were equipped with a thick layer of sunscreen and a 5-frank coin for lunch. The worse case scenario was that our parents forgot both which meant we were dehydrated and sunburnt in the evening.
I did not suffer any lasting damage from my first experience with skiing on the contrary it was good training... but don't complain and tell me that everything was better in the past because I will have you wear a pair of woolly gloves for the next ski holidays.
"Skeachers" - a combination of skis and teachers - are the new ski instructors for the spontaneous, an offer that is being piloted in the canton Graubünden this winter. You'll find skeachers on the slopes of Davos, Scuol and Andermatt.
Instead of booking a course in advance, guests spontaneously get in touch with a skeacher on the piste. At your request the instructors will accompany you on a couple of descents, give individual feedback, analyze your skiing technique and help you to improve it immediately. If you wish, you can film while skiing and judge your style. "
"Skeachers" can be recognized by their white armbands. 1 lesson of approx. 30 minutes costs 40 francs for one person. Two spontaneous guests pay 25 francs, three guests 20 francs and four guests 15 francs per person, payable in cash or by card. Maybe next year there'll be a skeacher near your ski resort!
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