VIP SKI Confidence Week

Val d'Isère | April 2027

You know how to ski. But knowing you can ski something and actually feeling confident enough to enjoy it aren't always the same thing.

This isn't a week about learning how to ski. It's about helping you enjoy the skiing you can already do.

That's why we're teaming up with Kate Casali, The Ski Mindset Coach, for a special VIP SKI Confidence Week in Val d'Isère.

Whether it's you, your partner or someone else in your family who's struggling with confidence, Kate's support starts with the individual, understanding what's getting in the way and helping them find a way forward that works for them.

Kate’s mindset support complements good ski instruction; it does not replace technical teaching or guiding.

Ski confidence can change for all sorts of reasons, whatever your experience or ability. Perhaps you recognise yourself or your partner here:

• You know you can ski it, but your head tells you otherwise - particularly on steeper, icy or unfamiliar terrain.
• You've lost confidence after an injury or fall and haven't quite found your way back.
• You used to ski more confidently than you do now - even though your ability hasn't disappeared.
• You feel pressure to keep up with friends, family or stronger skiers in your group.
• You overthink your skiing, worrying about falling, holding people up or what might go wrong.
• You and your partner used to ski together, but a difference in confidence increasingly means spending your days apart.
• You've become more cautious over time, even though you've been skiing for years.
• You still love ski holidays but aren't enjoying the skiing as much as you used to.

11 April 2027  |  Val d'Isère   |  7 nights
£1,368pp – book now and save £100pp with our launch offer

No. 6 Bellevarde
Outdoor hot tub  |  Piste-side  |  Complimentary ski guiding  |  Pool & spa access
A piste-side chalet sleeping 12 guests in six en-suite bedrooms, No. 6 Bellevarde is a wonderfully relaxed base for the week. Gather around the log fire for canapés and Champagne after skiing, unwind in the outdoor hot tub, or enjoy access to the nearby pool and spa.

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You can have the technique to ski a run and still stand at the top thinking, I can't do this.

You can have skied for 20 years and suddenly find yourself more cautious. You can know that you don't need to keep up with your friends yet still feel under pressure when they're disappearing down the mountain.

Or perhaps it's your partner who's lost their confidence. You used to spend your days skiing together, but now you find yourselves choosing different runs, or increasingly skiing apart. Helping them rediscover their confidence could mean rediscovering something you both loved doing together.

Confidence isn't the same as ability.

That's the premise behind our Confidence Week. Rather than teaching you how to ski, Kate helps you explore what might be stopping you enjoying the skiing you already have.

Sometimes a loss of confidence creeps up gradually. Sometimes one difficult experience changes how you feel about skiing almost overnight. Whatever the reason, it doesn't necessarily mean you've lost your ability to ski.

Kate isn't there to change your ski technique. She's there to help with what happens between the turns – the thoughts, fears, expectations and pressures that can affect how you feel on the mountain.

And because what's happening in your head is personal, her approach isn't one size fits all.
Someone returning after an injury may need something completely different from someone feeling pressure to keep up with friends. A strong skier who freezes on steep terrain isn't experiencing the same thing as someone who's simply become more cautious over time.

Kate takes the time to understand what's getting in the way of your enjoyment, before helping you develop practical ways to manage those thoughts and feelings on the mountain.

It's not about telling you to be braver.

It's about understanding why you feel the way you do and giving you the tools to approach your skiing differently.

For some skiers, losing confidence can start to affect whether they want to ski at all. Kate recently worked with a woman who had become so convinced she'd lost her confidence for good that she thought she might have to hang up her skis altogether. During her holiday, something changed. Before she'd even gone home, she'd booked her next ski trip.



That’s what this week is about. Not pushing you onto harder runs or telling you that you should be able to ski something. It’s about helping you rediscover the enjoyment that apprehension, pressure or self-doubt may have started to take away.

This isn't an intensive coaching retreat. It's still your ski holiday.

You'll stay with VIP SKI in Val d'Isère, enjoy our chalet hospitality and food, and spend your days on the mountain however you choose.

The difference is that you’ll also have access to Kate’s expertise before you travel and one evening in resort, helping you understand your own ski confidence and explore how the preparation translates into your experience on the mountain.

Kate's support begins before you leave home, giving you time to understand what's affecting your confidence and arrive in Val d'Isère with a personal focus for your week.

Before you travel

In Val d'Isère

Success won't look the same for everyone.

It might mean skiing a run you've been avoiding.

Feeling comfortable telling your group you'll meet them at the bottom rather than following them somewhere you don't want to go.

Getting back on the mountain after an injury without spending the whole day worrying about falling again.

Or simply spending more of the day skiing alongside your partner again, rather than taking separate routes down the mountain.

Or it might mean finishing the week thinking less about whether you're skiing well enough and more about how much you're enjoying being in the mountains.

Because you don't necessarily need to become a better skier to have a better ski holiday. 

Sometimes, you just need to rediscover the confidence to enjoy the skier you already are.

At VIP SKI, we talk a lot about Skiing Made Easy. We already take care of many of the practical things that can make a ski holiday feel complicated - from complimentary Geneva transfers and ski hire to lift passes, ski school and chalet hospitality. But not every barrier to a brilliant ski holiday is practical.

Sometimes it's standing at the top of a run thinking, I can't do this.

Sometimes it's watching your group disappear ahead and feeling you ought to follow.

Sometimes it's knowing you're capable of something, but not quite being able to convince yourself.

Our Confidence Week with Kate is about making that part of skiing a little easier too.

VIP SKI Confidence Week
11 April 2027 | Val d'Isère
7 nights at No. 6 Bellevarde
£1,368pp – save £100pp with our launch offer
Places are limited, with Kate's Confidence Week programme available to a maximum of six guests.

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