Places to learn with the snow pros

BACKCOUNTRY SKIING & YOGA WITH JENNY JONES

GRIMENTZ, SWITZERLAND

Olympic snowboarder Jenny Jones runs a selection of workshops each season working on mindset, fitness and freestyle skills for intermediate to advanced snowboarders, together with a hand-picked selection of experts. Jenny has also recently introduced a bespoke beginners programme for riders who have had a few lessons and are looking to take the next step.

The course runs 5-12 February 2023, and costs from £1,499pp. workshopbyjennyjones.com

SKIING STEEPS WITH CHRIS DAVENPORT

SUPERSTARS CAMP, CHILE

Two-time world extreme skiing champion Chris Davenport is joined every August by legends of the ski world including Cody Townsend, Mike Douglas and Ingrid Backstrom on a skills camp in Portillo, Chile. Learn how to ski steeps with the pros or work on your 360 skills with Mike Douglas, the man who invented the twintip ski.

12-19 August 2023; recent camps have cost US$2,975pp (£2,570). chrisdavenport.com

SKI WITH KONRAD BARTELSKI, PARTY WITH BEN KAY

SAINTE FOY, FRANCE

Sporting legends Konrad Bartelski (former British World Cup racer), Austin Healey, Paul Grayson and Ben Kay (former England rugby players) host skiers on and off the slopes for a once-in-a-lifetime trip to Sainte-Foy in France, with off-piste and heli-ski, full chalet board and private transfers. In 2023 courses are 22-26 and

26-28 January, and cost £2,950pp. ourlegend.com

TAKE A PRIVATE LESSON WITH A PRO

VARIOUS RESORTS, EUROPE

Ski instructor platform Maison Sport has an option for skiers to book a range of private lessons with ex pro-skiers and snowboarders. Lessons are with the likes of former Olympians Graham Bell and Emily Sarsfield, ex World Cup Swiss ski racer

Ella Alpiger and 1998 downhill gold medallist Jean-Luc Crétier. maisonsport.com