All Ability Levels are color coded with vests
- Red – First Time
- I am brand new to the sport, or it has been more than one year since my first lesson.
- Orange – Novice
- I’ve taken a lesson before, but I am still working on stopping and turning reliably. I may be ready to ride the chairlift in my last lesson before moving to Green.
- Green – Green
- I can turn both directions and stop every time I try on Buttercup.
- Yellow – Green/Blue
- I can ride/ski comfortably on all green terrain and am ready to try easy blues. Working on getting out of wedge on skis or edge slipping on a snowboard, can make short closed turns.
- Blue – Blue
- I can ski/ride comfortably on all blue terrain.
- Black – Blue/Black & Black
- I can ski/ride on easy black runs and up.