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The Pine Knob 2024 Student Club Program
for Skiers and Snowboarders
Are you looking for an exciting and affordable way to get your children involved in skiing and snowboarding? Look no further than the 2024 Pine Knob Ski and Snowboard Clubs! Our program offers discounted lift tickets and rentals for children ages 7 through high school seniors, as well as lessons for all abilities. Plus, parents can join the club and receive the same discounted rates as their children on club nights.
But that’s not all! Skiing and snowboarding are fun and exciting ways for families to spend time together while also helping children develop important skills like balance, coordination, and perseverance. And with our amazing snow-making capacity, we’re not dependent on natural snow at all.
So why wait? Sign up for the 2024 Pine Knob Ski and Snowboard Clubs today and give your children the gift of a lifetime!
Below you will find information for new families interested in joining the program.
But that’s not all! Skiing and snowboarding are fun and exciting ways for families to spend time together while also helping children develop important skills like balance, coordination, and perseverance. And with our amazing snow-making capacity, we’re not dependent on natural snow at all.
So why wait? Sign up for the 2024 Pine Knob Ski and Snowboard Clubs today and give your children the gift of a lifetime!
Below you will find information for new families interested in joining the program.
What is a Ski and Snowboard Club?
Our club program is for families that would like to get their children involved in skiing and snowboarding for a discounted price. Our program involves a minimum of a membership and six student lift tickets. Lesson series for all abilities are available as well if needed. Access to chairlifts are dependent on the child demonstrating specific skill to protect them and the skiing public. The patch program description can be found at www.pineknobskischool.com in the student club section.
Tickets and rental forms will be available on your club’s meeting night. Your sponsor will let you know what dates they will be at the resort.
Our club program is for families that would like to get their children involved in skiing and snowboarding for a discounted price. Our program involves a minimum of a membership and six student lift tickets. Lesson series for all abilities are available as well if needed. Access to chairlifts are dependent on the child demonstrating specific skill to protect them and the skiing public. The patch program description can be found at www.pineknobskischool.com in the student club section.
Tickets and rental forms will be available on your club’s meeting night. Your sponsor will let you know what dates they will be at the resort.
When does it happen?
Ski clubs run per the schedule of the sponsor for your club. Typically we have enough snow to begin meeting in December at some point. Your sponsor will keep you informed of when they will officially start the club. We are dependent on cold weather to be able to open. We have an amazing snow making capacity if we get cold weather. We are not dependent on natural snow at all!
Ski clubs run per the schedule of the sponsor for your club. Typically we have enough snow to begin meeting in December at some point. Your sponsor will keep you informed of when they will officially start the club. We are dependent on cold weather to be able to open. We have an amazing snow making capacity if we get cold weather. We are not dependent on natural snow at all!
Where do you meet your sponsors at Pine Knob
On your club night you will meet your sponsor in the “Pinery Room”. This is located on the second floor across from the bar.
On your club night you will meet your sponsor in the “Pinery Room”. This is located on the second floor across from the bar.
Who can join?
Any child from seven years old through seniors in High School can join. Parents can also join the club and receive the same discounted rates as their child on their club nights.
Any child from seven years old through seniors in High School can join. Parents can also join the club and receive the same discounted rates as their child on their club nights.
Why join a ski club?
Membership gives your child the opportunity to receive nearly 50% off discounted lift tickets and rentals if needed, Monday through Friday non holidays by showing your membership card at the ticket window.
On your club nights you will check in with your sponsor and pick up your six pre-purchased tickets and rental forms.
It is a chance for you to get together with other kids and parents from your school and let them enjoy skiing together.
Discounted group lessons are available for an additional fee. The lessons will be a series of six lessons with the same instructor and group of kids.
Membership gives your child the opportunity to receive nearly 50% off discounted lift tickets and rentals if needed, Monday through Friday non holidays by showing your membership card at the ticket window.
On your club nights you will check in with your sponsor and pick up your six pre-purchased tickets and rental forms.
It is a chance for you to get together with other kids and parents from your school and let them enjoy skiing together.
Discounted group lessons are available for an additional fee. The lessons will be a series of six lessons with the same instructor and group of kids.
How Student Clubs Work
We are excited to welcome you back to Pine Knob and hope you come out and enjoy winter with our student program.
We have made a couple of changes this year.
We have made a couple of changes this year.
- Buy now, pay later options. In-house payment plan and Apple and Google pay buy now pay later.
- Club sales are to begin by September 15 to alleviate the Christmas season cash crunch.
- Your members will purchase six lift tickets but can use them any club night that you are at the hill. You pick the start date and end date of your program. If you start on the second week of December and run through the last week of February, your members will have ten weeks to use their pre-purchased lift tickets.
- Club sponsors are responsible for tracking their member's lift ticket usage. The office will deduct each ticket or rental not returned from your club total. For example, if you have ten members, you would have 60 lift tickets total, and as each student uses a ticket, you would subtract from their six pre-purchased tickets total.
The program includes lift tickets and a membership card. Additionally, you can pick a package of rentals and/or three or six group lessons. The lessons will begin the first week of January and run through the third week of February.
We will be limiting the number of student memberships. Please sign up as soon as you are able. It is first come, first serve based on staffing and available hill space.
All student club members must have certain patches to ski specific hills. If you choose not to participate in the six-week lesson program, private lessons are available for a $10 discount, which is $80/hour versus the standard $90. Student club members with experience who are new to the program can take a free evaluation run to determine their patch level. Then they will need to take private lessons to earn higher patches. Any student not in our lesson program can participate in the evaluations, even if not new to the program.
We will be limiting the number of student memberships. Please sign up as soon as you are able. It is first come, first serve based on staffing and available hill space.
All student club members must have certain patches to ski specific hills. If you choose not to participate in the six-week lesson program, private lessons are available for a $10 discount, which is $80/hour versus the standard $90. Student club members with experience who are new to the program can take a free evaluation run to determine their patch level. Then they will need to take private lessons to earn higher patches. Any student not in our lesson program can participate in the evaluations, even if not new to the program.
Definitions
Some clubs may be running for more than six weeks. No matter what length of membership program your club selects, lesson programs run for three or six weeks. All options must be added to the initial membership purchase.
- Student Club - 15 or more students led by a club sponsor
- Club Sponsor - Leader of the student club
- Responsible for marketing to your potential club members
- Responsible for keeping track of each member's ticket usage.
- Picking up lift tickets and rental forms each week and returning unused items to the office. Unused tickets not turned in at the end of the night will be counted as tickets handed out, and removed from your club's balance. All unused tickets must be returned the same night.
- Communicating with your Club Members about when and where you will be seated at the resort for your members to pick up their tickets and related materials.
- Student Lift Tickets - Beginner area magic carpet and rope tow ticket. Tickets will be picked up from your sponsor in the Pinery on your club nights. They can be used on chairlifts if the appropriate patches have been earned, purchased, and are visible to the lift operator. On non-club nights, lift tickets can be purchased with a student membership card at the resort lift ticket window. Tickets/Rentals can only be picked up from your Club Sponsor on your club night.
- Patches - Patches are earned by students when they achieve specific skiing or riding skills. Patches can be purchased at the ski school desk for $5.00 each with instructor approval of skill level. (See attached chart for descriptions of skill levels and which lifts can be used by each patch level.)
- Adult Membership Card - Can be purchased for $30 M-Thur $35 Friday. For discounted rates, it allows parents/guardians to accompany their student members on their club night. $32 M-Thur, Friday $35 all area lift tickets, and $32 M-Thur, Friday $35 rentals are available for purchase on student’s club night at the resort ticket window. Show your membership card at the resort ticket window on non-club nights for ten $5 off discounts which can be used whenever the resort is open. Adult ticket and rental packages will be available if desired.
- Student Membership Card - On non-club nights, you can purchase lift tickets and rentals for $32 each M-Thur, Friday $35 after 3:00 p.m. on non-holidays. Students can use membership cards before their club begins and after it ends. Show your membership card at the resort ticket window on weekends and holidays for $5 off discounts, which can be used whenever the resort is open. See the resort website for Holiday dates. Membership includes one complimentary skill evaluation.
- Skill evaluation - Complimentary for new members who do not have patches but already can ski down beginner terrain, turn and stop, and ride a chairlift by themselves. It can be used by any club member to evaluate skills for patches if not involved in our student lesson package.
- Student member private lesson - $80 private lesson ($10 off our retail price for private lessons). Use the promo code at checkout for a discounted price. Patches can be earned during private lessons. Available any time the resort is open during ski school hours.
- Student group lesson - Three group lessons for $120, Six group lessons for $200, starting the first week of January. Each week you will be with the same instructor and group at the same time. Sign up when registering for the program. Students will be assigned to a group of similar abilities. They may be moved to another group that better fits their skills. (We will have seven weeks of lessons, the first week will be a skills assessment and patch evaluation. In weeks two through seven the students will be formed into similar ability groups and assigned instructors for the duration of the program.)
Some clubs may be running for more than six weeks. No matter what length of membership program your club selects, lesson programs run for three or six weeks. All options must be added to the initial membership purchase.
Student Program
Membership Card Monday through Thursday Clubs and six lift tickets (No rentals or lessons included) $224.00
Membership Card Friday Clubs and six lift tickets (No rentals or lessons included) $245.00
Option 1: Six Student Group Lessons (First-week Jan.-second week Feb.) $200.00
Option 2: Three Student Group Lessons (First-week Jan.-third week Feb.) $120.00
Option 3: Rental package Skis, boots, poles, or snowboard and boots. $192.00
Option 3: Helmet rental package $90.00
Membership Card Monday through Thursday Clubs and six lift tickets (No rentals or lessons included) $224.00
Membership Card Friday Clubs and six lift tickets (No rentals or lessons included) $245.00
Option 1: Six Student Group Lessons (First-week Jan.-second week Feb.) $200.00
Option 2: Three Student Group Lessons (First-week Jan.-third week Feb.) $120.00
Option 3: Rental package Skis, boots, poles, or snowboard and boots. $192.00
Option 3: Helmet rental package $90.00
SEASON PASS HOLDERS
Monday through Thursday Clubs
Option 1: 6 Student Group Lessons + Membership card $232.00
Option 2: 3 Student Group Lessons + Membership card $152.00
Friday Clubs
Option 1: 6 Student Group Lessons + Membership card $235.00
Option 2: 3 Student Group Lessons + Membership card $155.00
Monday through Thursday Clubs
Option 1: 6 Student Group Lessons + Membership card $232.00
Option 2: 3 Student Group Lessons + Membership card $152.00
Friday Clubs
Option 1: 6 Student Group Lessons + Membership card $235.00
Option 2: 3 Student Group Lessons + Membership card $155.00
After the lesson, the students are released out on the hill where their lesson ends and are responsible for making their own arrangements to meet with their parents or guardians.
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Patch Program
All club members (students 7-18 years old) agree to participate in a progressive lesson program. Lift tickets are restricted, meaning it is a beginner area ticket (Wonder Carpet lift and Rope Tow) until lessons are passed and patches are purchased. The patches indicate to our lift operators when students are proficient enough to ride on the chairlifts. Skiing and riding with a parent does not entitle a student to ski wherever their parent takes them (unless they have bought a regular price lift ticket). The child must pass the appropriate lesson. |
Explanation of the Patch Levels
The Student Club Program teaches students how to ski or snowboard so they can have fun and be safe participating in a lifelong sport. Students must have specific patches to use certain lifts.
If you want your child to be part of our lesson program you need to sign up now. If your child is new to the program with experience skiing or snowboarding and you don’t choose to do the lesson package they can come to a free evaluation and see what level they are at.
If they do not earn the patch they want, they will have to take private lessons to earn more advanced patches or stay on easier runs until they improve and pass an evaluation for a higher patch.
Use the descriptions below to find the next patch level or to decide what level your student is if they are new to the program. It is easy to overestimate your student’s ability, they often regress over the summer and can have problems with new equipment. Just because they have been with you to bigger resorts or have been on all the runs at Pine Knob, this does not mean they will pass their evaluation to use all the runs at Pine Knob. If your student has skied or snowboarded for a long time without lessons, they will most likely need lessons to earn higher patches. They must demonstrate control and the proper technique at each patch level.
If you want your child to be part of our lesson program you need to sign up now. If your child is new to the program with experience skiing or snowboarding and you don’t choose to do the lesson package they can come to a free evaluation and see what level they are at.
If they do not earn the patch they want, they will have to take private lessons to earn more advanced patches or stay on easier runs until they improve and pass an evaluation for a higher patch.
Use the descriptions below to find the next patch level or to decide what level your student is if they are new to the program. It is easy to overestimate your student’s ability, they often regress over the summer and can have problems with new equipment. Just because they have been with you to bigger resorts or have been on all the runs at Pine Knob, this does not mean they will pass their evaluation to use all the runs at Pine Knob. If your student has skied or snowboarded for a long time without lessons, they will most likely need lessons to earn higher patches. They must demonstrate control and the proper technique at each patch level.
Skiing Patch Levels
1- Green Patch - is earned by first time skiers when they can stop, link turns together, and use the rope tow. Students will need to use an athletic stance and turn their feet, not their shoulders.
2- Yellow Patch - is earned when students can link turns, turn to a stop, and use the first chairlift.
3- Brown Patch - is earned when students can link turns to a stop, have skis parallel in the second half of the turn, and they can use chairlifts 5 and 6 on Quicksilver.
4- Blue Patch - is earned when students can link turns to a stop and have skis parallel earlier in the first half of the turn.
5- Red Patch - is earned when students can turn on steep slopes, with skis parallel, and using pole touches.
6- Orange Patch - provides access to the terrain parks and can be earned after the red patch or the black patch. They also need to know additional safety points and park etiquette.
7- White Patch - is earned when students can make medium-size parallel turns with pole touches through advanced terrain.
8- Black Patch - is earned when students can make smaller-size parallel turns with pole touches through the moguls and on the wall.
2- Yellow Patch - is earned when students can link turns, turn to a stop, and use the first chairlift.
3- Brown Patch - is earned when students can link turns to a stop, have skis parallel in the second half of the turn, and they can use chairlifts 5 and 6 on Quicksilver.
4- Blue Patch - is earned when students can link turns to a stop and have skis parallel earlier in the first half of the turn.
5- Red Patch - is earned when students can turn on steep slopes, with skis parallel, and using pole touches.
6- Orange Patch - provides access to the terrain parks and can be earned after the red patch or the black patch. They also need to know additional safety points and park etiquette.
7- White Patch - is earned when students can make medium-size parallel turns with pole touches through advanced terrain.
8- Black Patch - is earned when students can make smaller-size parallel turns with pole touches through the moguls and on the wall.
Snowboarding Patch Levels
1- Green patch - is earned by first time snowboarders when they can make a toe and heel side turn and use the rope tow.
2- Yellow patch - is earned when students can link toe and heel side turns with a traverse and turn to a stop on chair one.
3- Brown Patch - is earned when students can link turns far enough to control speed without a traverse using chairs 5 and 6 on Quicksilver.
4- Orange Patch - provides access to the terrain parks and can be taken after the brown or black patch. Introduction to tricks on the ground, boxes, rails, and jumps. Students learn park safety and etiquette.
5- Black Patch - is earned when students can link short and medium radius carved turns on Phase One.
2- Yellow patch - is earned when students can link toe and heel side turns with a traverse and turn to a stop on chair one.
3- Brown Patch - is earned when students can link turns far enough to control speed without a traverse using chairs 5 and 6 on Quicksilver.
4- Orange Patch - provides access to the terrain parks and can be taken after the brown or black patch. Introduction to tricks on the ground, boxes, rails, and jumps. Students learn park safety and etiquette.
5- Black Patch - is earned when students can link short and medium radius carved turns on Phase One.
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