Interlaken

Snowboard instructor in Interlaken

Book a private snowboard lesson with an instructor we arrange for you. Half day or full day, first day on a board to freeride.

Snowboarding Interlaken

You don't choose a coach. Once your session is booked, we select an appropriate coach and confirm them with you by email.

Interlaken

Snowboard instructor in Interlaken

Interlaken sits on the flat strip between Lake Thun and Lake Brienz with the Eiger, Mönch and Jungfrau filling the view south. The geography is almost absurdly convenient: two lakes for water sports, a flat valley floor for running, and 4,000-metre peaks starting half an hour away.

It is the most visited town in the Bernese Oberland and behaves like it. Summer is extremely busy and books out; May, June and September are the times to come if you want a coach at the hour you actually asked for.

Snowboarding

The first two days decide everything

Snowboarding is unusually front-loaded: the first two days are genuinely hard, and after that it gets fast. Most people who give up quit inside those two days, almost always because nobody showed them how to fall or how to link a turn. An instructor for that window is worth more than a whole season of trying alone.

Equipment and passes

Lift passes are arranged by you. Bring your own board and boots if you have them — boots especially, since rental boots are the most common reason a day hurts. If you are renting, say so when you book.

Paid

Prices in Interlaken

SessionPaid
Half day, 3 hoursCHF 290
Full day, 6 hoursCHF 490

Prices are per session, not per person, and include your coach's time and equipment. Larger groups arranged individually — email us and tell us what you need.

Common questions

I have never been on a board. Where do we start?

On the flat, learning to fall and to slide on one edge. It is less glamorous than it sounds and it is why some people progress in two days and others take two seasons.

I ski. Will that help?

A little, for reading the mountain. Not much for the board itself — the movements are almost opposite, and skiers often find day one harder than non-skiers do.

Can we book as a pair?

Yes, if you are at similar levels. Two beginners together works well; a beginner with an experienced rider does not.

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