A week of freestyle coaching for advanced snowboarders and skiers
Perfect your freestyle skills, push your limits and learn some news tricks. Work on your freestyle skills in skiing or snowboarding with a specialist freestyle instructor for the week. Discover the epic snowparks: hit rails, slopestyle, half pipes and airbags. Your instructor will give you individualised feedback and may use video sessions to help with this.
From the trip description by UCPA
On-snow support
- Independent: Below this trip's level of support
Ski or ride independently, without trip staff accompanying you on the mountain.
- Hosted: With your coach
Trip hosts ski or ride with the group, help everyone get oriented, and share local knowledge.
- Guided: With your coach
Professional guides lead the group and select suitable terrain and routes based on conditions and ability.
- Coached: Included
Professional coaches lead the group, select suitable terrain, and provide instruction and personalized feedback to help you improve.
- Coaching campApproximatley 23 hours of freestyle instruction; ratio Approximatley 1:10
- 1 coach : 10 guests
Terrain, ability and who it is for
- Riding
- You have good control on all blue pistes. Red pistes in good condition are possible, but you struggle with ice and moguls. You can do some easy black runs, but they are still quite a challenge. You are able to link your turns and focus on body positioning in increasingly difficult conditions.
- Equipment
- Skis, boots and poles
- Age
- 18 - 40: Freestyle Ski or Snowboard
- Languages
- The instructors all speak French and English and the instruction will be in both languages (although the level of English is variable).
- Freestyle Ski or Snowboard: levels Intermediate, Advanced, Expert, ages 18 - 40
- You have good control on all blue pistes. Red pistes in good condition are possible, but you struggle with ice and moguls. You can do some easy black runs, but they are still quite a challenge. You are able to link your turns and focus on body positioning in increasingly difficult conditions.
- You are confident on any kind of piste in the ski area, but some conditions are still challenging (moguls, ice, powder). You can carve effectively on groomed pistes, however your technique is not so consistent on steep or uneven terrain during challenging snow conditions. You can adjust your technique and mix short and long radius turns when required. You spend time in the side country practicing off piste technique.
- Your experience permits you to adapt your technique according to all situations and you can cover the whole mountain with excellent technique; steep slopes, moguls, different kinds of snow. You can link carving and big turns on any kind of terrain. You are relaxed and comfortable off piste in difficult conditions.
- The Tignes ski area is linked up to the neighbouring resort of Val d’Isere to create one of the most famous ski areas in the world, the Espace Killy.
- One notable advantage of the Espace Killy area is it’s high altitude (second highest in Europe) making it an extremely snow sure resort.
- Tignes is a great choice for early or late season skiing and usually does well even in lean snow years.
- With over 300km of piste there is plenty to keep you occupied throughout your stay and a good spread across all the grades.
- Sport
- Ski + Snowboard
- Minimum age
- 18 years
- Adults only
- Yes
From the trip description by UCPA
What the price includes
Included
- Lodging
- Lift pass
- Meals
- Lesson
- BeddingYou make your own bed on arrival and strip it when you leave
- Equipment hireSkis, boots and poles
- Accommodation
- Lift pass
- All meals
- Instruction & guiding
- Bedding
- Ski or snowboard hire
Not included
- Transfers
- Soft & alcoholic drinks
- Tourist taxObligatory tourist tax charged by the local town, £13 on the date checked
- Towels
- Transport to resort
- Insurance
- Soft & alcoholic drinks
- Personal clothing
- Towels
- Optional extra: Airport transfer (Geneva Shared Return Transfer (£101); Grenoble Shared Return Transfer (£109); Lyon Shared Return Transfer (£109); London Coach (£209))
- Optional extra: Accommodation in twin room (2 Person Twin Room (SOLD OUT @ £68))
- Obligatory tourist tax charged by the local town (£13 on the flagship course date checked)
Day by day
- Arrival: ArrivalCheck in and registration at 18:00, evening meal.
- Day 1: Equipment and lift pass issue in the morning and breakfast. Free skiing or snowboarding all day. In the evening there will be a 'welcome meeting' to explain the layout and any events throughout the week.
- Day 2: Group levels checked and a morning or afternoon session.
- Day 3: Morning or afternoon session, backcountry jumps, or airbag and slopestyle.
- Day 4: Free day to ride with friends.
- Day 5: Technical session on rails and box.
- Day 6: End of week contest.
- Departure: DepartureThe last day, you have the morning free skiing or snowboarding, check out in the morning and hand equipment back by lunch time (actual time will be communicated once at the centre). Final meal is lunch before leaving resort.
From the trip description by UCPA
Where you stay
Center distance to ski area: 250m
Center distance to town: 100m
Room Capacity: 4, twins available
Center Capacity: 344
Catered: Full board
The centre
Refurbished in 2017, Tignes UCPA is a very modern and comfortable centre, situated in Tignes Val Claret, at the foot of the Grande Motte Glacier. Val Claret is the ideal location with excellent access to the slopes and the main strip of shops and bars. The UCPA centre consists of two large traditional style buildings close to the village centre. The main lift station is a short walk away and if the snow cover is good you can ski almost right back to the centre. It is one of our favourite UCPA centres due to its facilities, location and being more recently refurbished than its neighbour in Val d’Isere.
Multishare rooms
The shared rooms at Tignes are modern and comfortable. All rooms have sinks, with modern bathrooms being shared between two rooms.
Groups who book together are typically roomed together in a combination that works. Solo travellers are usually roomed with people of similar age, gender and course. It is not possible to make specific rooming requests, but the centre will do their best to accommodate everyone.
Twin rooms
There are some twin rooms at UCPA Tignes, with sinks in the room and shared bathrooms between two rooms. They are available to book for a supplement per person when making the booking. Please note single occupancy in twin rooms is not possible as courses are curated on a per bed basis.
Getting There
By Air:
Geneva airport is the most popular airport for travelling to Tignes, however it is also possible to fly to Lyon, Grenoble and Chambery. However, Chambery has few flight options and therefore onward travel, including transfers, becomes a little more difficult.
Airport Transfers:
We provide shared transfers which go directly to Tignes from Geneva, Lyon and Grenoble with our local partner, Ben's Bus. Transfers usually run on Saturdays only, with a few exceptions. The journey from all three airports takes around 3h30 but timings can vary according to weather and traffic. Geneva offers the most transfer buses during a Saturday, with fewer buses operating from Grenoble and Lyon.
We provide Geneva airport transfers through our local transfer partner, Ben's Bus. Transfers mainly run on Saturdays with very limited Sunday transfers available. Student group transfers (where available to book on private student trips) will run to a different timetable to that detailed below.
From the trip description by UCPA
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Dates and prices
- Jan 23 – Jan 30, 20272026/27 · 7 days · 7 nights1,217 GBP£1217 per person in a multi-share room, all inclusive as listed (accommodation, all meals, lift pass, equipment hire and any instruction or guiding for this course); tourist tax and transport to resort extraLimitedChoose these datesBook on company website
Ages 18 - 40 · Levels: Intermediate, Advanced, Expert · Lesson hours: Approximatley 23 hours · Ratio Approximatley 1:10 · Lift pass: Espace Killy · Twin room supplement per person (SOLD OUT @ £68)
- Jan 30 – Feb 6, 20272026/27 · 7 days · 7 nights1,235 GBP£1235 per person in a multi-share room, all inclusive as listed (accommodation, all meals, lift pass, equipment hire and any instruction or guiding for this course); tourist tax and transport to resort extraLimitedChoose these datesBook on company website
Ages 18 - 40 · Levels: Intermediate, Advanced, Expert · Lesson hours: Approximatley 23 hours · Ratio Approximatley 1:10 · Lift pass: Espace Killy
Prices, taxes and fees, required extras, inclusions, availability, and booking terms can change. Confirm the current price and trip details on the company website; source last reviewed September 19, 2026.
Before you book
- Deposit
- You can book with a £/€100 deposit if your start date is more than 8 weeks away.
- Balance due
- The balance is due either 35 days or 20 days before your trip depending on if you pay in instalments or not.
- Payment plan
- If you paid with a deposit, you have the option to pay an instalment (50% of the balance) up until 35 days before your trip. The second and final instalment is due 20 days before travel. There is no extra cost for using our instalment option.
- Insurance
- Travel insurance is a condition of booking a holiday with Action Outdoors.
Cancellation terms have not been published here. Check with the operator before booking.
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Age restriction 18 - 40: Freestyle Ski or Snowboard
UCPA age policy: You should be < 41 at the start date of the holiday for 18-40 trips; 18-55 trips: you should be <56 at the start date; 41-44 year olds who have travelled with UCPA before (or travel with someone who has) can book 18-40 trips; 45-55 may request an age exemption; over 55 no exemptions. Please bring your passport or ID card to reception; centres check ages against courses.
Rooms are shared: the multi share option is a bed in a room with other people (usually 4-6 people per room); solo travellers are roomed in a single sex room. Private twin rooms are available in most centres for 2 people travelling together for a supplement; availability is limited and single occupancy in twin rooms is not possible.
You will be required to make your beds on arrival and strip your beds when you leave, and to give your room a clean before you go. Bedding is provided but not towels.
Travel insurance is a condition of booking a holiday with Action Outdoors.
You can book with a £/€100 deposit if your start date is more than 8 weeks away; the balance is due either 35 days or 20 days before your trip depending on if you pay in instalments or not.
Your booking is not confirmed until you receive a confirmation email; it may take up to 24 hours to confirm your booking with UCPA, so don't book travel until you have received confirmation.
Programme information and activity facts are an indication only, providing an outline of how a course may be delivered and are provided for information purposes only.
From the trip description by UCPA
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