Does anyone have recommendations for Eastern CH? Flumsberg for example only offers adult classes from Mon-Fri... Looking for Sat-Sun schools for beginners. Hopefully someplace reputable.

Thanks in advance,

GBer

The lessons here are very popular and good value for money:

http://www.iscz.ch/

We bring the Kids to Toggenburg - Wildhüuse (sp? - birthplace of Zwingli) to be precise - it has good ski teachers good slopes, is close to ZH is cheap - no beautiful people - just people interested in skiing.

Google clearly isn't my friend as I kept finding somewhere in Canada....bit far for a day on the slopes. Do you have a web address for them please, I live near Affoltern am Albis so how far would you say this place is from me.

Try to narrow your search in goolge adding "site:.ch" at the end, something like this "ski school site:.ch" or search here.

Googling "Toggenburg" gives me this as the first choice:

http://toggenburg.org/de/welcome.cfm

Googlemaps says it takes 1:40 from A.a.Albis to Wildhaus.

http://www.wildhausbahnen.ch

I used this school/club last year for my first ever ski experience! Found them very good.

Does anyone know when the lessons are for 2009? The website hasn't been updated yet and I want to plan early for the usual influx of visitors. Last year they were on 4 consecutive weekends at the beginning of the year starting from the 12th Jan......logic says that they will start on Jan 10th but if anyone could confirm this I would be grateful.

Chris

P.s. Before anyone smartarse's my post I tried the website and emailed the club to no avail.

Me to, with the same result, maybe they site/email isn't monitored until closer to the start of the season?

As it is a club and volunteers, I think they tend to disappear until closer to the season. Usually, they have the sign up in late November, so I would think they would probably announce dates etc. in the next couple of weeks.

Be patient, these are mostly Auslander like us, so planning months ahead is not their thing.

Generally, they need to fit in the 4 weeks of classes before school holidays in CH, because that is when they get all the Flums intsructors at good rates. So if you can work out when the school holidays start, you can probably work into what date they will start.

Thanks for the tip, getting my lessons before the kids holidays would be prefered, the thought of adult snickering at me coming down a hill like a pair of loosed braces is bearable.... but kids

If you register here:

http://groups.yahoo.com/search?query=iscz

you will get updates when things happen. They are looking for a Treasurer and an Auditor if anyone is interested.

I just registered, but can not find any vacancies or whatsoever. Do you have more info/details? I might be interested...

I have just had word from the ISCZ that the website will be updated soon with info on registration and lesson timetable etc. An early indication is given in the email below.


"Dear Chris

The information will be updated on the website shortly.
Without having my agenda at hand the regstration night is 26th november and the ski school begins the second weekend in january.


Kind regards

XXXXXX XXXXXX"

Thanks for the tip, I'm in touch with Simone and we're looking at the when we are both back in Switzerland