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MyViamonde is the area of our website specially created for school party leaders, parents of children enrolled in a ski programme with us and Viamonde staff. Party leaders and Viamonde staff will receive their login information from Viamonde. Parents should contact their child's school directly for the relevant photo gallery login information

Whilst Viamonde programmes are designed to be fun and exciting, we also appreciate the importance that they are also challenging and set goals to improve ski and snowboard skills at all levels of ability.

It is for this reason that all our ski and snowboard programmes offer continuous skills assessment to compliment the teaching methods our experienced counsellors follow. Throughout the week, the counsellors will be constantly assessing every child against a standard set of criteria and will present a certificate indicating the personal level achieved at the final awards ceremony.

The criteria are designed to be challenging, but without encouraging competition within the group. The focus is on building an atmosphere of trust and co-operation and every child will receive a certificate, signed by his/her counsellor.

Click on the links below for the assessment criteria

Ski


  • Put on, take off and carry own equipment
  • Scooter (one ski), both sides
  • Stand, walk, glide and climb on skis
  • Step around on the flat to change direction
  • Sidestep and herringbone
  • Ski in a straight run with different tasks
  • Hop, step and slide into a snowplough
  • Stop in a snowplough
  • Perform a gliding snowplough
  • Get up after a fall, unaided


Snowboard


  • Put on, take off and carry own equipment
  • Skate on the flat
  • Perform heel-side and toe-side edging
  • Able to traverse heel- and toe-side edge with back foot out
  • Able to glide down hill with back foot out
  • Have centred stance while gliding
  • Show signs of basic sideslip
  • Able to make slight direction changes
  • Get up after a fall, unaided

Ski


  • Stop in a snowplough on command
  • Vary the size of a gliding snowplough
  • Turn both directions in a single turn
  • Skate and ski in control on flat areas
  • Skate on a slight hill
  • Side step on a slight hill
  • Understand proper flexion and extension in a turn
  • Work on a smaller snowplough
  • Start to parallel at the end of the turn
  • Load, ride and unload the beginner lift


Snowboard


  • Traverse on heel-side edge (back foot in)
  • Traverse on toe-side edge (back foot in)
  • Demonstrate a falling leaf (pendulum)
  • Sideslip confidently (slight incline)
  • Perform a garland turn
  • Perform frog hops
  • Load, ride and unload the beginner lift

Ski


  • Parallel at the end of a turn
  • Skate downhill on a gentle slope
  • Sideslip in both directions
  • Perform a wedge christy turn
  • Begin to match inside ski at the middle of the turn
  • Turn to a parallel stop
  • Begin to ski easy red terrain with speed control
  • Introduce short and long radius turns
  • Begin pole use
  • Load, ride and unload T-bars and chairlifts


Snowboard


  • Link toe-to-heel-side turns
  • Link heel-to-toe-side turns
  • Control speed on a gentle fall line
  • Demonstrate a quick-reaction stop
  • Perform proper heel-to-toe-side rotation
  • Perform proper toe-to-heel-side rotation
  • Manoeuvre on flat areas without un-strapping bindings
  • Perform quarterpipe turns
  • Sideslip down a steep incline
  • Load, ride and unload T-bars and chairlifts

Ski


  • Match skis at the beginning of the turn
  • Use turn shape to maintain speed on all blues
  • Hockey stop in both directions
  • Alternate between traverse and sideslip
  • Release both edges at the beginning of a turn
  • Vary the turn shape to match terrain and snow conditions
  • Maintain balance throughout a turn in varying conditions
  • Ski in an open parallel on blue and red runs
  • Ski different snow conditions on easy blue and red runs
  • Read a trail map and choose runs within their ability


Snowboard


  • Link multiple turns
  • Correct rotation of body on heel- and toe-side turns
  • Link three short-radius turns
  • Control speed on a steep fall line
  • Attempt to ride moguls
  • Apply correct compression while turning
  • Demonstrate and explain each of the three sections in a turn
  • Link short-radius turns on a gentle incline
  • Ride switch in a straight line
  • Read a trail map and choose runs within their ability
  • Demonstrate a controlled 360 on the ground

Ski


  • Coordinate pole touch with edge release and engagement
  • Link parallel turns on red and easy black runs with pole plants
  • Turn on inside ski to fall line and then change to outside ski
  • Improve edging to carve more
  • Skate downhill on all blue terrain
  • Perform turns with one ski
  • Choose appropriate turn shape and speed for terrain and snow conditions
  • Ski blue and red bumps in the fall line
  • Ski in powder and crud on all blue terrain


Snowboard


  • Carve uphill, heel- and toe-side, with proper rotation
  • Perform a series of quick-edge changes
  • Maintain constant speed whilst turning
  • Absorb a series of bumps in the fall line
  • Perform a compression turn
  • Choose appropriate turn shape and speed for terrain and snow conditions
  • Link short-radius turns on a steep incline
  • Link short-radius turns with compression
  • Link heel-to-toe-side turns, riding switch
  • Link toe-to-heel-side turns, riding switch
  • Perform a toe-side nose roll

Ski


  • Perform dynamic short-radius parallel turns
  • Ski red and black bumps more in the fall line
  • Carve medium and long turns in the fall line on any terrain, in any snow conditions
  • Perform flexion/extension turns
  • Perform sideslip pivots
  • Ski boot-top powder on any slope
  • Explore different ways of skiing variable conditions
  • Ski a zipper line in black bumps with speed control


Snowboard


  • Perform a controlled manual
  • Perform a controlled manual
  • Link carving turns on a gentle incline
  • Perform a tail grab
  • Perform switch quarter-pipe turns
  • Ride in all snow conditions
  • Hold an edge on an icy slope
  • Pick the right line down a slope
  • Identify safe jumps
  • Maintain speed while performing short-edge changes