ZigZag Ski School

ZigZag Ski School

ZigZag Ski School
4.8
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Monday
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Tuesday
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Wednesday
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Thursday
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Friday
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Saturday
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
Sunday
8:00 AM - 7:00 PM
About
Samoens' n°1 ski and snowboard school for English speakers! ZigZag offers fun and friendly ski and snowboard lessons for children and adults of all ages. ZigZag also specialises in off-piste coaching and guidance, plus ski touring. Get in touch today to discuss how ZigZag can help to make your next holiday in Samoens the best it can be!
Duration: More than 3 hours
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  • Karen A
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Thank you ZigZag for helping to make our week in Samoens so enjoyable. 😊 My two daughters (ages 7 & 9) were in a group of five children with Thibault (Silver medal level). He was fun and relaxed and brought them on so much in one week. They definitely learned and enjoyed it so much more as part of a smaller group. This was their third year skiing (first in Samoens) and they would come back to Samoens just to go to ZigZag! My sister and I also did three days of lessons (Level A2) with Regis as part of a group of four people. Regis is also a very good instructor and very personable. He is good to communicate technical points on how and where to improve one's techinque and he does so in a relaxed and patient manner. He was able to judge each person's level well and we got so much out of the lessons. ZigZag was recommended to me by a friend and I would highly recommend ZigZag to anyone going to Samoens. The booking process was straightforward and they were very responsive. Thanks to all at ZigZag and wishing you the very best👌 See you next year!
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written March 24, 2024
  • Lee G
    Sawbridgeworth, United Kingdom19 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    We had Philippe teaching us snowboarding and was really good and would 100% recommend using him and the company. Organising it prior to our visit was also really easy and they were always super fast responding to my emails as I was having a little panic about what I was booking and making sure correct place but they sorted it all for me and met us on time every day. Plus we can both now snowboard much better. Thanks all.
    Visited January 2025
    Traveled as a couple
    Written February 6, 2025
  • Kellsbells74
    Taunton, United Kingdom17 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    I’m so delighted to share the experience I had with ZigZag… from start to finish the service online was very helpful and friendly. I booked two sessions with an instructor to improve my confidence, as I only ski once a year. I can’t express how happy I was with my lessons. I immediately felt comfortable with my instructor and she stretched my abilities, giving me the confidence to trust her, and myself! I wouldn’t have seen so much of the beautiful mountain slopes, had I not had such a kind teacher. So many useful tips to practise, friendly and professional, and overall made my experience of Samoens really shine! I will definitely be booking again next year.. Thank you again to everyone at ZigZag xx
    Visited January 2025
    Traveled with friends
    Written January 23, 2025
  • Mark H
    1 contribution
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Our two boys, 4 and 5, joined a small group to learn to ski from Samoens 1600. This was their first ski holiday and they absolutely loved it. Sylvaine, the instructor, was wonderful and struck up a great rapport with both, which was excellent as one of the boys is a little shy. They spent the mornings with Sylvaine whilst my wife and I skied and we picked them up at lunchtime. They wanted to carry on skiing all day. By the end of the week both boys could cope with blue runs and the eldest was fine on reds. Our experience of ZigZag was the best it could have possible have been and we look forward to going back next season.
    Visited April 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written April 26, 2024
  • katieannegaze
    Northallerton, United Kingdom4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Thank you Didier for a fantastic lesson with our 8 year old beginner. She had never been skiing before and we couldn't believe the progress she had made after 2.5 hours with Didier. We couldn't book group lessons as we were only over for a short break, but the private lesson was well worth it. It got her off to a great start and now she can't wait to go skiing again. Easy booking process and helpful staff via email. Thanks Zig Zag!
    Visited March 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written April 6, 2024
  • Sylvain H
    Paris, France4 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Great experience for adult/teen beginner classes thanks to Caterina. Caterina has always been smiling, energetic and energetic. Always attentive for everyone, reassuring and very kind. My daughter and her friend (two 14 year olds) were delighted to discover skiing with her. And our daughter was even able to overcome these fears to end the stay by going down the Dahu track with confidence (Little mess to pass to Caterina if possible, she will recognize her 😉). A little extra for our teenagers: courses that can be in English to mix the useful with the pleasant 😬
    Visited February 2025
    Traveled with family
    Written February 23, 2025
  • B S
    31 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    Highly recommend zigzag ski school! Friendly and helpful team that really made sure that they look after their customers. Reasonable prices, even gave us a discount for our family lessons - very kind! Super responsive to emails and ready to offer advice, support and suggestions to make sure that we got the most out of our week in resort. Our instructor, Sergio was brilliant! He is very experienced and made sure that everyone was having fun whilst learning. He took us to both Morillon and Samoens, knew all of the runs and the best times to ski them, ensuring that it was never too busy and that we could learn at a pace that suited our mixed group of skiers. We had a fantastic time and we will be back with zigzag next season!
    Visited January 2025
    Traveled with family
    Written February 10, 2025
  • Juliette S
    3 contributions
    5.0 of 5 bubbles
    My kids and husband took private ski lessons with Claude from ZigZag for 5 days. The kids loved how patient and relaxed Claude was especially as the mountain became busier over the Christmas period. The kids felt safe and well instructed with Claude at all times. Claude knows all the trails at Grand Massif well. They learned a huge amount during the 5 days and really progressed their ski level. The staff at ZigZag were really accommodating to changes due to some chair lifts not being open and helped to customise the experience for us so that we had an exciting and adventure filled week.
    Visited December 2024
    Traveled with family
    Written December 28, 2024
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Vicki N
Harrogate, UK3 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Solo
Very easy to book a lesson with online, a quick response to my request and payment was straightforward. my lesson with Claude for 2hr 15mins was perfect he made some technical adjustments for me and gave me back my confidence on the slopes. I will book another lesson with Claude when I return to Samoens. Many thanks
Written February 21, 2024
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GregR
4 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2023 • Family
After being recommended by a friend, we used Zig Zag for our son’s ski lessons over the month of January. Hugues was very professional to deal with and placed our son and his friend into age appropriate lessons. Because of the low student/teacher ratio, our son progressed very quickly. His instructor Marilisa was superb and was very patient and understanding. Zigzag understands and agrees for family needs rather well. We had four families in our party and all agreed that Zigzag was money well spent and their service was spot on! When we visit again, we will not hesitate to use Zigzag Ski School!!
Written February 4, 2023
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Jenny
Perth and Kinross, UK6 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2023 • Family
Very organised admin, excellent teachers. Our 2 children aged 7 and 10 gained huge improvements in their skiing over the week. The smaller group size definitely helped, we saw other ski schools with huge classes. The adult classes were good fun and definitely involved more technical aspects than other classes. We would thoroughly recommend.
Written February 5, 2023
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Donna S
8 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2023
Fantastic experience of being taught how to ski for the first time, by this company. Caterina was an excellent instructor and was very patient, professional yet light hearted with our group of beginners. She adapted to our needs and we came away feeling very proud of our achievements. Our grandson, Noah, enjoyed the kids group sessions for 5 days and came away with a silver medal. Great experience, in the superb location of Samoens 1600, will certainly use again. Highly recommend.
Written March 3, 2023
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Nigel_Alsager UK
Alsager, UK273 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Mar 2024 • Friends
We had a fantastic 2 1/2 hour lesson with Claude. He was very patient and kind to us both . I had only done dry slope skiing before however , after a few runs on greens we quickly went to the blues where we were both made to feel very confident with Claudes guidance. Our friends immediately commented on how much quicker and competent we had become .Highly recommended . Best wishes Nigel and Jenny
Written March 5, 2024
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Joanne
129 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2024 • Family
Absolutely fabulous . Simona was amazing with my 6 year old son and his group of friends. They all came away really confident and able to ski very well. I felt calm and relaxed leaving My son with Simona for his lessons and he came away each day excited and ready to learn more the next day .
Regis had great patience with me. It was my first time skiing on snow and I was very nervous but he made me feel come and helped me to achieve more than I thought possible. I highly recommend zig zag ski school. The instructors all work so hard.
Written February 20, 2024
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Janet A
Newmarket, UK22 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022
I was really lucky and was able to book a lesson for the next day on the 'Night Ski'. It had been really busy on the slopes during the day and the evening was lovely, so much quieter and relaxing. How skiing used to be before you had to do school holidays! Regis was amazing as I had not been skiing for 16 years and he got my confidence bace really quickly and helped me with my dismounts from the chair lift. Wish I had been able to book a snowboarding lesson for my son as the whole experience is fabulous and a reasonable price - thank you Regis. I did the Marvel - not to your standards, but I did it!
Written February 21, 2022
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Louise D
4 contributions
2.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2020 • Family
Booked with a group of 9 children aged between 7 and 12, spread across 3 groups in ski school over February half term. After day one, our middle level group came back & none of the 4 had enjoyed the lesson, one of them had been in tears for a lot of it. The instructor was quite harsh and quite stressed and this came out in his teaching. We chatted to the office that evening who assured us it would change after day 1, that there were likely language issues, pressures of first day etc. The positivity did improve, but sadly the instruction did not - all the children gained some confidence but more down to following the instructor down different pistes.

To finish the week off there was an award ceremony giving out badges at the end. There was no consistency between instructors with our 2 youngest children achieving the same badge as our 10/12 year olds who are at totally different levels.
Written February 23, 2020
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Hi Louise, Thanks for taking the time to leave this feedback. I'm really sorry to hear your experience was less than entirely postive last week. It certainly was an incredibly busy period in resort! Our children's group lessons are generally a huge success and I'm sorry this doesn't appear to have been the case for you. Your children skied with two of our most popular and highly acclaimed instructors. We'd like to learn more about your specific situation and what could be done better next time. If you wouldn't mind calling our office on +33631204410 at your earliest convenience, it would be greatly appreciated. We look forward to talking to you and working towards earning back your business. Louise Vallier
Written February 29, 2020
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Christopher W
7 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Feb 2022 • Family
Our 4 year old daughter had her first taste of skiing with Marilsa from ZigZag ski school.She had an amazing 5 days and achieved what we wanted he too, namely to enjoy skiing and she wants to ski again. She went from never having been on skis before to doing green runs, drag lifts and chairlifts. Marilisa was lovely and looked after her six little skiers with ease. Can thoroughly recommend them.
Written February 25, 2022
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richards2ne
Bicester, UK2 contributions
5.0 of 5 bubbles
Jan 2020
My children attended their snowboarding lessons for 5 days. They learnt more and became better than they could ever imagine and it is largely down to the effort of the instructors who obviously have a passion for the sport as well as helping others to develop, They also made the sessions fun and enjoyable. They were also very helpful and supportive with each persons' individual challenges and showed great patience. I would definitely recommend Zigzag to anyone who needs either skiing or snowboarding lessons.
Written January 16, 2020
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