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Girls Shred Day

Cairngorm Snowboard Club in association with Snowsport Scotland and sponsored by Roxy, invite all skier and boarder girls to come along to the Girls Shred day hosted at Cairngorm mountain. The shred day is aimed at ladies/girls looking to learn basic freestyle skills and ride with like minded girls - THIS IS ...

Revised Entry Process for Courchevel Races

Snowsport Scotland would like to advise all racers attending, or intending to attend, the Childrens and FIS races in Courchevel in April, that the entry process for races has changed. Snowsport Scotland are no longer accepting entries to the races, however, all entries already made to the races through Snowsport ...

Alpine L1 Coach Pilot Course

Snowsport Scotland, England, Wales and BASI are currently working on a UK wide performance coaching pathway which will be recognised by all organisations. As part of this process BASI are running a pilot course for the new Alpine L1 on the 8-10 Feb at SNO!zone Braehead. The Level 1 Alpine Coach is designed for ...

Andrew Musgrave 2nd at Norwegian Championships

Snowsport Scotland would like to congratulate Andrew Musgrave on finishing 2nd in the 15K Freestyle (Skate) at the Norwegian Championships yesterday beating most of the Norwegian Team. Andrew is a member of the British Team and started competing with Huntly Nordic Ski Club.

Claire Jeffray Takes Gold at the Special Olympics

Snowsport Scotland would like to congratulate Claire Jeffray on her success at the Special Winter Olympics in Pila Italy earlier this month. Claire who trains with LSRA (Lothian Ski Racing Association) won Gold in the Slalom and came 4th in the Super G events. ...

THE LECHT OPEN

CANCELED / POSTPONED - Lecht 2090 Unfortunately the heavy snow forecast has not been heavy enough and the race organisers have had to make the very difficult decision to cancel the Lecht Open for this Saturday and Sunday. John Allan and the organising committee form Gordon’s Skiers have worked ...

More World Cup Points for Andrew Musgrave

In Toblach, Italy, today Aberdeenshire’s Andrew Musgrave finished 23rd in the freestyle sprint prologue, earning himself more World Cup points. Since he took Britain’s first ever cross-country World Cup points last weekend in the Tour’s opening race (the 3km freestyle where he finished 28th) ...

Andrew Musgrave achieves first World Cup points

Another milestone was reached yesterday in the British cross-country skiing programme when Andrew Musgrave from Aberdeenshire became the first Briton ever to earn World Cup points in cross country skiing. The annual “Tour de Ski” opened in Oberhof, Germany, yesterday with a 3.75 km freestyle ...

Avalanche Awareness Courses Winter 2012

During the winter of 2009/10, 30% of human triggered avalanches in Scotland were triggered by skiers and snowboarders. Last season, the Sportscotland Avalanche Information Service (SAIS) teamed up with Snowsport Scotland to bring practical training sessions that were tailored towards Scottish skiers and ...

BECOME A LEADER

Ever thought about gaining a qualification to lead groups of skiers or snowboarders around the mountain? then this could be the right award for you. Widely recognised throughout the UK as the most appropriate award for skiers taking sole charge of groups, often children, in the mountain environment, and is very popular with teachers and youth workers. Available in Alpine, Snowboarding and Nordic disciplines the award covers a range of responsibilities including planning, organising, supervising, leading and instructing.

Read on for further information and then check out our Find a Course section to book it!

'The course was well organised.......it was an extremely valuable learning curve...most enjoyable course that I have ever taken part. Anyone thinking about going on this course should stop thinking and get on it!'
Anon

A new ASL manual is now available at a cost of £19.99 + £2 p&p - call the office to order on 0131 625 4405.

SCOPE OF THE AWARD

The award offers the opportunity to gain technical competence in leading skiers within the bounds of a ski resort in a mountain environment at home or abroad. It does not provide a professional instruction qualification and does not permit a Ski Leader to take their group off piste. The award is limited to those travelling and working with their own groups and would be invalid in any other circumstances.

ENTRY REQUIREMENTS

Course participants should meet the following criteria:

be at least 18 years of age
be able to ski parallel on groomed red runs / snowboard all marked runs on the mountain
have at least 20 days on-snow experience using carving skis
understand all levels of the UK Awards and be able to perform many of the activities to level 7
be a member of our coaching scheme

For anyone who is looking to attend one of the Leadership Courses and is unsure of their current skill level in relation to the criteria above, there are some further options below to assist you.

Call the office and speak to the Coach Education Manager about your current skills level.
Submit a video for review by a current ASL Tutor.
Attend a pre-course training session.