Keeping Up With the Kids
Adult Program

Keeping Up With The Kids

Our Adult program is designed for Moms, Dads, Grandma, Grandpa, Aunties and Uncles looking to refine skills, gain confidence, develop tactics for different mountain conditions, have FUN, and keeping up with the kids. You have 4 different days to take ski or snowboard lessons, Monday, Wednesday, Saturdays, or Sundays. Monday, Wednesday and Saturdays lessons are grouped Females with Female Instructors and Males with Male Instructors.

Monday is women only with the Diva Ski Squad, Wedensday, Saturday and Sunday is open to all skiers and snowboarders. Mondays and Wednesday Lessons at Pine Knob. Saturday and Sunday lessons we alternate weekend skiing and snowboarding between Mt Holly and Pine Knob. Our clinic style group and Private lesson program assesses your current skiing skills and meets you at your level to ensure you feel safe, have fun and improve your skiing.

Diva Ski Squad

Monday at Pine Knob

Diva Ski Squad, where certified women instructors empower women to ski with confidence! Our clinic-style group assesses your current skiing skills and meets you at your level to ensure you feel safe, have fun and become the skier you've always dreamed of being. Each of the five sessions targets on-hill exercises and drills to focus on building technique and advancing abilities. 90 minutes on the snow, followed by a 30 minute Après ski in the Lift Lounge. Lesson Packages of 5 Sessions $225, lesson time 11:00am-12:30pm, or 6:00pm-7:30pm. Mondays dates, Jan 12th, 26th, Feb 2nd, 9th, and 23rd at Pine Knob. One does not have to have children enrolled in the Blizzard program to participate. All that is required is a desire to learn, revisit or improve one’s skills and have fun!

Saturday Adults

Adult Lessons Saturdays at 2pm, Select 8 or 4 lessons.

Our clinic-style group program assesses your current skiing skills and meets you at your level to ensure you feel safe, have fun and improve your skiing. One does not have to have children enrolled in the Blizzard program to participate. All that is required is a desire to learn, revisit or improve one’s skills! Adult Lessons Saturdays at 2pm, Select 8 lessons ($360) or 4 lessons ($180). The Lesson dates are listed on the Blizzard Members Calendar. We alternate skiing between Mt Holly and Pine Knob. Adult lesson are group Lessons with Females with Female Instructors and Males with Male Instructors.

Mini Ski Program

Seasonal Program for Ages 6-8 Years Old (Approximately 11 Weeks)

Mini’s have their own age appropriate skill levels that allows them to develop their skiing skills at their own pace. Mini classes average seven students per instructor for Beginner/Intermediate lesson levels and eight students for Intermediate/Advance lesson levels. Mini’s ski with a Blizzard certified instructor, adult supervisor for the lesson period, lessons are 2.5 hours long. We start Morning AM lessons at 10:00 am to 12:30 pm, and afternoon PM lessons at 1:30 pm to 4:00 pm.

Minis move through 6 different lesson levels:

Family and Friends

Sunday Private / Semiprivate Lessons

Blizzard offers Sunday Private & Semi-Private lessons for Skiers and Snowboarders Riders of all ages. This program runs on Sundays. We offer Private 1 hr. lessons or Semi-Private 1.5 hrs. lessons. The Semiprivate program is designed to allow you to create this Family and Friends Lesson group. We also offer weekday Private lessons on Wednesday in our Adult only Keeping up with the Kids program. Additional weekdays available based on instructor availability. Lesson Packages available for additional savings. One does not have to have children enrolled in the program to participate. All that is required is a desire to learn, revisit or improve one’s skills! We alternate skiing between Mt Holly and Pine Knob.

Adult Snowboard

Sundays alternating boarding at Mt Holly and Pine Knob.

Snowboard lessons are 1.5-hour with a certified instructor. The lessons are a combination of technical exercises and teaching games designed to allow you to develop the physical and mental skills needed to further your snowboarding ability. We divided skill development into small obtainable steps needing to become a great snowboarder. Lessons on Wednesdays at Pine Knob and Sundays with alternating trips between MT Holly and Pine Knob, see calendar for dates and location. One does not have to have children enrolled in the Blizzard program to participate. All that is required is a desire to learn, revisit or improve one’s skills!

Youth/Teen Snowboard Program

Seasonal Program for Ages 9-17 Years Old. (Approximately 11 Weeks)

Snowboard member’s lessons are 1.5-hour with a certified instructor and are in an instructor lead free ride group for the remainder of the day. All snowboarders will have one lesson on each trip. Based on their snowboard skills, lesson time will be 10:00 am, or 11:30 am, or 1:30 pm. The lessons are a combination of technical exercises and teaching games designed to allow your child to develop the physical and mental skills needed to further their snowboarding ability. Blizzard uses eight snowboard levels, White, Yellow, Green, Blue, Black. Bronze, Silver, and Gold, dividing skill development into the small obtainable steps needed to become a great snowboarder.

Adult Ski Program

Our Saturday Adult program is run on designated weekends (see online calendar for designated dates) from 2:00 –3:30 p.m. This program is designed for our adult members to begin or sharpen their skiing or snowboarding skills to help them improve. You do not need to have children in our other programs to participate, just a desire to learn. Lessons are available for everyone, from those who have never skied or snowboarded to the expert, who wants to revisit and improve their skills.

Certified Professional Instructors

Our goal is provide our students with the best instruction possible from our highly trained staff. As one of the oldest professionally organized schools in Michigan, we're proud to continue our time-honored tradition of teaching skiing and snowboarding to everyone, at all levels. We require our instructors to obtain and maintain a national certification by the Professional Ski Instructors of America (PSIA) and / or American Association of Snowboard Instructors (AASI).