Chamonix-Mont-Blanc Travel Forum

My husband and I will be visiting Chamonix in the next 3 weeks and are going to be taking our first ski lessons. We are looking for a ski school or instuctor. We were thinking of doing a private lesson for a few days but are really unsure. If any one could point us in the right direction that would be great.
Thanks
Leigh in Texas.

You can check out any number of private instructors on the many Chamonix websites. Smaller companies seem to have more modern teaching techniques and work harder to get and keep customers, and are generally better at the concept of private lessons. Not to say that there are not individual ESF instructors who are very good of course.

Also try Evolution 2 at http://www.evolution2-chamonix.com/accueil_en.html or
BASS (British Alpine Ski School): http://www.basschamonix.com/client.htm
or view the advertising on http://www.chamonet.com or http://www.chamonix.net which are two independent websites dedicated to Chamonix.

By the way, if you are absolute beginners you might find a group lesson for the first couple days, and then a private instructor will make sense if budget is a concern (if it's not, then just go private all the way). Just be sure to make it clear that you have never skied before when you reserve, so that you are put into the right group. I say this because I also learned to ski as an adult and know that the first days are going to be pretty similar no matter who instructs you, as you feel what it's like to slide around on snow and get used to the sensation and figure out how to control your skis. After that initial 'shock to the system' is over, you will make faster progress with private lessons.

Thanks for your help.