Add-ons for your course
We offer the below extra options as add-ons for your course, to book when in one of our four resorts:
- Improve those language skills! Take private or group lessons in French or German
- Learn to snowboard, ski, telemark or cross country ski (whatever you cant do already!)
- Explore the mountains on a snowshoeing or off-piste ski touring day
- Got a head for heights? Experience the Alps from above with a tandem paraglide
- Sign up for Yoga or Pilates classes
- Got a passion for freestyle or racing? Make the most of our expertise and take a private session with one of our coaches
- Want to make the most of the season? Speak to us about arranging accommodation both before or after the course
- Keep training with us to the next level – sign up to the Level 3 or 4 course for the following season
Extra cool things to do
See what else you can get up to in and around Verbier, Zermatt, Gstaad or Kolsters:
- Climbing, swimming, ice skating, tennis and squash in your local Sports Centre
- Have a movie night at the resort cinema (with English films)
- Visit the old town in Bern – The Swiss Capital
- Treat yourself and book a relaxing or sports massage
- Enjoy a spa day at one of the many spas in resort or in the nearby valley
- Visit the famous Chateau de Chillon on the shores of Lake Geneva
- Ski tour up to the Monastery on the Grand St Bernard Pass (45 minute drive from Verbier)
- Explore neighbouring ski resorts such as the Aosta Valley or Portes du Soleil
- Experience a winter wonderland and skate on the frozen lake in Champex Lac (45 minutes drive from Verbier)
- Visit the December Christmas Market in world-famous Montreux
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