1. Cannock Chase High School Ski Trip Austria Easter 2016

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3. When do we go? Easter Holidays 2016
Friday 25th March at lunch Time (Final departure times to be confirmed with PGL)
Return Saturday 2nd April at around 6pm

4. Where are we going? Saalbach/Hinterglemn (Austria) Our 7th trip here!
Travel by coach overnight (ferry across to France)

5. Where is Austria?

6. Who are we travelling with?
Company have been running school trips since 1957
We get our own personal PGL Rep (pick them up in Dover)
They organise all of our lessons/travel/evening activities

7. Hotel – Jugendpension Mullauerhof

8. Dining Room Bedrooms Breakfast/dinner
(Allocated rooms the week before)

9. Where do we Ski? Lifts to: 2096m Total number of lifts: 61
Marked pistes: 200km
Longest run: 7.5km

10. The Week Day Activities Friday 25th March
Depart school. Travel to Dover. Get Ferry to Calais. Travel through France, Belgium and Germany. (stops at service stations)
Saturday 26th March
Arrive in Saalbach at around midday. Check into hotel, unpack. Go to ski shop and get fitted for boots, skis, poles and helmets. Take all ski equipment back to hotel dry room.
Sunday 27th March
First day of skiing! Meet instructors. Start on nursery slopes.
Monday 28th March
Second day of skiing! Start to progress onto blue slopes and master a ski lift. Develop from a snow plough turn to a parallel turn.
Tuesday 29th March
Third day of skiing! Start skiing faster and more confidently. Instructor may start to teach you little tricks and jumps.
Wednesday 30th March
Fourth Day of skiing! Start to move around the mountain, depending on how well you are progressing, you may start on a red slope.
Thursday 31st March
Fifth Day of Skiing! Speeding around the mountain. Maybe try a snow park?
Friday 1st April
Last day of skiing! Slalom races and prize giving at the end of the day. Tea in hotel and then depart at 6pm.
Saturday 2nd April
Travel through the night to Calais. Get ferry to Dover. Arrive back at CCHS in the afternoon/ early evening.

11. Typical Day What will you be doing? Morning
7:30 wake up. Breakfast at 7:50. Depart hotel at 8:30. Meet ski instructors at 9am.
Lunch
Having skied all morning. Stop and have packed lunch on mountain (around 12pm)
Afternoon
Skiing until 3pm. Come down from mountain, drop skis/boots/poles in bus and put on trainers/boots. 1 hour in Saalbach town centre to shop/have a coffee.
Evening
Return to hotel. Shower and change. Tea at around 6:30pm. Depart for evening activity. (Bowling/ice skating/pizza night)

12. Ski Lessons 4 hours of lessons at Telford dry ski slope before we go
(Monday 7th and 14th March 4-6pm)
5 hours of lessons a day in Austria with an instructor
In groups of 12 (you can ski with your friends)
You don’t have to have any experience of skiing! (but a lot of determination)

13. What’s included in the Trip?
Return coach travel
6 day lift pass
6 days of ski instruction
Ski-boot, skis and helmet hire
Accommodation and all meals (breakfast/lunch/dinner)
Travel insurance

14. Evening Activities Also included in the Price: Ice Skating Bowling
Disco
Pizza Night

15. Staffing
Miss Simpson
Mr Turnbull
Mr Howes
Mrs Slaughter
Miss Perry

16. What to bring? Food – food for travelling (sandwiches/drinks/snacks)
Pillow/blanket- provided in hotel (but nice to travel with)
Medication – please inform us via the form that you will complete 2 weeks prior to departure.
Money- (Euros) All meals when you get there provided. You may want a few pennies for service station stops/drinks on the mountain/drinks in the ice rink & bowling alley/buying snacks in the town.
Phones/ipads/ipods- nice to keep in touch, but you will need to be responsible for them.

17. Passport /EHIC Card
In date (with at least 6 months left until expiry date). We will collect these 2 weeks prior to departure.
EHIC Card (European Health Insurance Card) allow 7 days for posting. (do not pay for the card!)

18. Clothing / Equipment
Sub 32

19. Check List Apres Ski On the Slope Jeans Hoody/jumper
Sensible shoes/trainers/boots
Coat/jacket
Gloves
Hat
On the Slope
Ski Jacket
Salopettes
Ski Socks
Goggles/sun glasses
Hat
Ski Gloves
Skins/base layer
Fleece
Neck warmer
Sun cream
Back pack