Previous experience of cross-country skiing and/or inline skating or hockey is very useful, but not essential.

We recommend roller ski skating to those with a good knowledge of alpine or backcountry skiing, cross-country skiing, inline skating, ice skating or hockey. If you have no prior experience in any of these, the classic style is easier to start with, but it has three drawbacks:

When skiing on flat terrain, the double-poling technique is often the only one used

As classic roller skis have a backstop, ascents can be tackled even without the correct technique (weight transfer).

The braking distance with classic roller skis is significantly longer (longer skis and low stiffness in the boot)

The risk of falling can easily be minimised as follows:

Master the three braking techniques, which allow you to stop at a safe distance at any time

On steep gradients or when the track is dirty, use the ‘stair-step’ technique or briefly take your roller skis off

As we teach in both Goms and Steinhausen and our teachers live in different places, we recommend booking well in advance. However, it often works out if you just turn up on the spur of the moment.

Yes, the full range of equipment is available at both the Nordic Centre in Ulrichen and in Steinhausen. It is best to book small and very large shoe sizes in advance.

The Nordic Centre in Ulrichen/Geschinen and Blickensdorferstrasse 1 in Steinhausen are ideal locations. Other meeting points are possible, provided that participants already have all the necessary equipment or we organise everything in advance.

Private lessons are ideally suited to groups of 1 to 4 people, whilst larger groups are possible for group lessons. For groups, we recommend 120 minutes, as the pace of learning tends to slow down with larger numbers of people.

Yes, we also hire out helmets, knee pads and elbow pads, and this year we’re giving all course participants a free pair of roller ski gloves 😊.