Certified Professional Instructors
Our goal is provide our students with the best instruction possible from our highly trained staff. As one of the oldest professionally organized schools in Michigan, we're proud to continue our time-honored tradition of teaching skiing and snowboarding to everyone, at all levels. We require our instructors to obtain and maintain a national certification by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and / or American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI).
Tot's Ski Program
Seasonal Program for Ages 3-5 Years Old
The TOT’s program is designed to introduce your child to skiing. Tot students will develop age-appropriate skills to improve their skiing at their own pace. Blizzard Tots are with a certified Blizzard ski instructor and adult supervisors for one hour and fifteen minutes for eight Saturdays. This has 3 different sessions available, You pick one of the three, Morning (AM 10:30 - 11:45), Noon (NN 12:15 - 1:30), or Afternoon (PM 2:30 - 3:45). We teach all four skiing skills: Balance, Rotary, Pressure and Edging. Beginner skills: we start with walking in boots, walking with boots and skis, side stepping, gliding on skis, gliding to a stop, gliding and turning in one direction, and introduce Tots to the magic carpet. Intermediate Skills are more defined beginner skill plus, we teach smaller wedge turns (moving to parallel turns), traversing, speed control using Turn shapes, turning both left and right, backwards skiing, hop turns, interdiction to chair lifts as we move the children towards being independent skiers.
Lessons on Saturdays with alternating trips between MT Holly and Pine Knob, see calendar for dates and location.
The child needs to be 3 years old on or before April 15 of the current Season.
Youth Ski Program
Seasonal Program for Ages 9-13 Years Old.
(Approximately 11 Weeks)
This Program is designed to help in the transition from moving out of the Mini Program into the Teens. Youth member’s lessons are 1 1/2-hour with a certified instructor and are with a supervised Free Ski group for the remainder of the day. The lessons are a combination of technical exercises and teaching games designed to allow your child to develop the physical and mental skills needed to further their skiing ability. Blizzard uses ten ski levels, dividing skill development into the small obtainable steps needed to become a great skier. The Lesson levels are based on skiing skills not age. Based on skill level lesson time will be 10:00 am, or 11:30 am, or 2:00 pm.
Lessons on Saturdays with alternating trips between MT Holly and Pine Knob, see calendar for dates and location.
Levels for Youth Ski members:
• B (new to Skiing)
• L & I (beginner levels)
• ZZ & A (beginner/intermediate level)
• R & D (intermediate level)
• Bronze & Silver (advanced level)
• Gold (expert level)
Teen Ski Program
Seasonal Program for Ages 12-17 Years Old. (Approximately 11 Weeks)
This is the original Blizzard program and remains very popular today. Teen members lessons are 1.5-hour with a certified instructor and when not in lesson Teen members can free ski with Family and friends. The lessons are a combination of technical exercises and teaching games designed to allow your child to develop the physical and mental skills needed to further their skiing ability.
Levels for Teen Ski members.
Lessons on Saturdays with alternating trips between MT Holly and Pine Knob, see calendar for dates and location.
Levels for Youth Ski members:
• B (new to Skiing)
• L & I (beginner levels)
• ZZ & A (beginner/intermediate level)
• R & D (intermediate level)
• Bronze & Silver (advanced level)
• Gold (expert level)
Sunday Private / Semiprivate Lessons
Blizzard offers Private & Semi-Private lessons for Skiers and Riders of all ages. This program runs Sundays and we offer Private lessons and Family n Friends Semi Private lessons. We also offer week day Private lessons based on instructor availability. Lesson Packages available for additional savings.
