New Years's Eve on the snow
- Activity: Alpine Sports Base - Airolo
- Start date: 30 December 2025 / 17:00
- End date: 02 January 2025 / 18:00
- Location: Fuori sede
- Address: Airolo
- Course language:
- Italiano
- English
Organised ski courses
- Beginners course
This course is intended for those who have never put on skis or who have made their first experiences but are still unable to make snowplough turns. The course will cover the following topics: moving on flat terrain, ascent with a ladder, ascent with a carpet, descent on a slope line and braking with a snowplough, first snowplough turns.
- Elementary course
Prerequisite: knowing how to perform snowplough braking and the first rudiments of the snowplough turn on blue pistes.
The following topics will be taught: perfecting the snowplough turn, introduction to the snowplough turn, ascent with a plate or ski-lift.
- Intermediate course
Prerequisite: knowing how to perform the snowplough turn on red slopes.
Topics covered: from the snowplough turn to the parallel turn, introduction of the short radius on easy slopes.
Organised snowboarding courses
- Beginners course
This course is intended for those who have never put on a snowboard or who have had their first experience but are still unable to slide down the slope and take the carpet.
- Elementary course
Prerequisite: knowing how to slide down the slope line on blue slopes and how to take the carpet.
The following topics will be taught: perfecting the drifting descent in the front and back slope line, first front and back diagonals and first turns, ascent with a plate or ski-lift.
- Intermediate course
Prerequisite: knowing how to perform back and front turns on red pistes and how to ascend with the ski-lift or saucer.
Topics covered: perfecting turns, first easy free style shapes.
For any information regarding the activity, clothing and course conduct, please contact the technical managers of the Snowboard Sport Service: Giorgio Piffaretti or Dalila Gervasoni.
Minimum number of participants: 6
Maximum number of participants: 12
Should weather conditions force the cancellation of the camp, all participants will be reimbursed the full fee paid.
Tariff schedule
| Category | Price in CHF |
|---|---|
| USI/SUPSI Students | 300 |
| USI/SUPSI Staff and students from other swiss university | 360 |
| Other | 450 |
Included in the price:
- 3 overnight stays
- 3 half-boards (breakfast and dinner)
- 3 days equipment hire
- 12h ski or snowboard course
- 3 ski passes
Excluded in the price:
- Bedding set for hire 15 CHF (pillow cover (50X70), mattress cover (80X200) and duvet cover (140X200)), alternatively you can bring your own! Sheet bags or sleeping bags are not permitted.
By proceeding with the purchase, the user accepts the instructions and rules of conduct of the Sport Service, available in the ‘Appendices’ section