SKIING FOR THE DISABLED

Ski independently or accompanied , with family, with friends or with a class. !



The French Ski School of Les Houches and the « Loisirs Assis Evasion » (seated leisure activities) offers ski instruction or outings in a seat on skis (tandemski) to anybody with reduced mobility or for the mentally disabled .

WHAT ?/WHO ?

Unaccompanied seated skiing : paraplegic, amputees ­ lower limbs

Unaccompanied upright skiing : amputees ­ upper limbs, blind, partially-sighted , deaf or mentally disabled.

Accompanied seated skiing : for the more severely disabled and those that can not be unaccompanied, an instructor takes control of your seat. Hemiplegic, elderly.

TEN YEARS OF EXPERIENCE

With a large range of specialised equipment , these highly qualified instructors have been experienced in dealing with disabled skiers for ten years Appropriate equipment is available free of charge.

The instructor in charge at the ESF is M. Lionel Mailly
tel : 04 50 47 21 57 (from 6 p.m to 9 p.m)

Summer Activities - All- terrain wheelchairs for use on the pistes and tracks