Gstaad ski schools Children's ski lessons, ski touring & guiding in Gstaad

There are several Gstaad ski schools and ski touring guide companies in the resort each offering a comprehensive range of snowboarding and ski lessons for all ages and abilities. Gstaad has terrain for all levels although mainly for beginners and intermediates which is ideal for learning to ski and snowboard and improve your technique. The terrain around the Wasserngrat and Glacier 3000 has much steeper and challenging pistes for more advanced skiers and ski lessons to tackle this area can also be arranged from Gstaad.



Ski School Gstaad

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At a glance

  • Children group ski lessons
  • (max 5 children per instructor)
  • Private ski lessons
  • Race academy
  • Snowboarding
  • Cross country
  • Lessons in English, French or German

In detail

The Swiss Ski School Gstaad - our professional team of highly qualified instructors are dedicated to teaching and improving every level of skier and boarder from beginner to experts. For children, we offer lessons to those aged 3 years and above.

We have been sharing our passion with guests from near and far for almost 90 years. We support you with your first attempts in our beginners' area or teach you the technique and knowledge for the perfect carved turn or for an exhilerating safe run in deep snow off-piste.





Privat Skilehrer Gstaad

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At a glance

  • Children ski lessons
  • Private ski & snowboard lessons
  • Group lessons
  • Snowboarding
  • Mountaineering, Via Ferrata
  • Ski tours - ski safari
  • Heli-skiing
  • Snowshoeing
  • Cross country
  • Ski carving clinics
  • Lessons in German or English

In detail

Privat Skilehrer Gstaad has been helping people learn to ski for over 30 years around the magical mountains of Gstaad-Saanenland. Only qualified ski instructors who know the region like the back of their hand are in our team.

We’re not only ski instructors, we can also act as your personal guide and local contact. If you wish, we’ll fetch you at your hotel/house, organise your ski equipment and book tables for you at your favourite restaurants. Our ski lessons aim to improve your technique whilst maximising your enjoyment and are available in several language.




Off-Piste ski guiding & touring

To experience the full extent of what Gstaad has to offer, why not try some off-piste touring. Expert local guides will navigate you around the high mountain trails in safety taking you on an adventure over the impressive glaciers of the Berner Oberland. The ski schools typically offer powder courses, off-piste clinics for skiers and boarders and avalanche awareness workshops which are invaluable.

Gstaad to Leukerbad SKi Tour - 5 days

The tour takes you up to Arpelistock (3035m), across the Tungel glacier and there are some teriffic long off-piste sections - not to be missed!

freeride skiing in deep powder snow, gstaad

Steering - Bernese Oberland - 4 days

This ski tour starts in Lenk and works its way around the Steering area including the peaks around Adelboden. Its of moderate difficulty and is suitable for good intermediate skiers and above.

gstaad - guided off-piste skiing




Summer activities

Some of the ski schools in Gstaad operate during the warm summer months. Although summer skiing on Glacier 3000 near Gstaad is no longer possible, there are plenty of activities around Gstaad for all ages such as....

White water rafting

Canyoning

Guided via ferrata climbing

Mountain climbing

Glacier walks at Glacier 3000