What you need to know

Everyone can benefit from a lesson, whether it’s conquering your first double black or linking your first turns. Being shown a secret spot or skiing over the bridge for the first time. Mastering parallel turns or tidying up that technique. 

No matter your level, we guarantee you'll level up with a lesson.

Reasons to take a lesson

• Learn from the best snowsports instructors in the industry
• Skip lift lines with priority loading
• Receive more personalised tuition and progress faster
• Explore the mountain in ways you've never seen before!
• Get insider tips from the people who ski and ride the resort every single day

Ways to save on group lessons

• Buy your group lesson online, in advance and across multiple days for the best discounts.
• Epic Australia Pass holders receive up to 20% savings on any group lessons.

A valid lift ticket is required for all group lessons and is not included within the lesson price.

Lesson times

Adult Group Lessons run daily for two and a half hours from 10am for all ability levels. Additionally, beginner level Adult Group Lessons only are also available for a 2-hour lesson at 1.30pm.

Meeting place

All Adult Group Lesson participants meet outside the middle entrance of Hotham Central 10 minutes before your lesson start time.

If you need to hire rental equipment or clothing, we recommend doing this the day prior to your booked lesson to save time in the morning. If you are picking up your rental gear the morning of your lesson, please allow plenty of time for this.

Arrive dressed and ready to hit the slopes.

Wear

• Ski boots or snowboard boots on your feet, ready to go
• Helmet – not compulsory but highly recommended 
• Goggles and/or sunglasses to protect your child’s eyes from glare 
• Waterproof snow pants and jacket 
• Warm layers under outerwear 
• Ski socks (not cotton) 
• Waterproof mittens or gloves 
• Neck warmer/ tube or Balaclava 
• Sunscreen SPF 15 or higher 

Bring

Hotham Ski & Snowboard School divide participants into coloured zones based on skiing or snowboarding abilities. Choose the zone that best reflects your ability to identify which lesson category you will be placed in.

Skiers

• Yellow Zone is for first time skiers
• Green Zone is for if you are able to snowplough and stop and you are learning to turn and ride a lift
• Blue Zone is for if you are starting to ski on blue terrain and learning to parallel ski. You are learning to use your poles and to balance more on your outside ski 
• Black Zone is for if you are able to ski on black terrain and you are refining your skills so that you have upper and lower body separation with pole planting and timing

Snowboarders

• Yellow Zone is for first time snowboarders
• Green Zone for if you have balance and speed control alternating between your heel and toe edge and you are comfortable with learning to ride a lift and learning to turn and link your turns 
• Blue Zone is for consolidating your linked turns on green terrain and working towards linking your turns on blue terrain 
• Black Zone is for if you are confident on linking turns on blue terrain and building skills to increase control. Black Zone is an introduction to freestyle riding and Terrain Parks 

Find Your Level - Skiing Abilities

 Use our handy videos to help identify which level of skiing you are.

Find Your Level - Snowboarding Abilities 

Use our handy videos to help identify which level of snowboarding you are.

We can’t wait to welcome you back to Hotham this winter! Lessons for 2025 will be available to book online soon.

Lift access is not included in your lesson purchase and all lesson participants require a valid lift ticket regardless of their ability level. Find out more about lift tickets here. 

For further enquiries, contact our team.

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