Frequently Asked Questions

We are presently pulling this material together and we be looking to publish these on the website soon. Please check back for this information when it becomes available.

Norfolk Ski Club offers a range of taster sessions and lessons from complete beginner to advanced including moguls, fun park and waves on both ski's and snowboard's. Once you are past the lesson stages there are supervised sessions with instructors present to assist you in progressing further.

If you are interested in learning to ski but are not sure about booking a course of lessons then try a taster session first. Ski taster sessions are for those aged 8 years and over and will give you a gentle introduction to the sport and may help you decide whether or not it is for you. You will need to wear long trousers, long sleeved top, long socks and bring a pair of gloves.

The course will include an introduction to skiing or boarding equipment and some of the basic techniques for climbing slopes, sliding and the control of sliding also included will be an introduction to the use of lifts.

All course fees include all necessary equipment including compulsory helmets. You will need to wear long trousers, long sleeved top, long socks and bring a pair of gloves.

There are advanced lessons available for those requiring further tuition.

Following your lessons there is a supervised session, for either adults or families, where you can improve your skills prior to open practice sessions.

All our instructors are qualified and registered with the sports governing bodies.

Contact Reception during office hours by phone 01603 662781 or email

See the wikipedia entry for more information on the Dendix Matting used on the Main Slope and the Snowflex used on our intermediate and nursery slopes. Some great pictures on there too!

DIN is a German standard for the release settings on your ski bindings. The setting is determined by a combination of skier height, weight, boot sole length, and skiing ability.

Adjusting the DIN setting either compresses or decompresses a spring in the binding. That compression determines just how much force is required for the bindings to move and release the boot. Higher settings require more force, lower settings require less. To calculate the correct DIN for Club Rental Skis see the DIN Calculator.

The main slope is about 180 metres of dendix plastic.

Adaptive skiing lessons is available under both the 'lessons' and 'activities' menu, and can also be found here http://www.norfolkski.com/adaptive. It contains all the latest dates and times.

The snowboard improver sessions are a good way of getting used to snowflex and dendix surfaces if you have learnt elsewhere, the instructors will help you get stated again on a board check with reception next time you are at the club, they are quite popular.