Snowsports Staged 4 Activity Badge

Snowsports Stage 4 Activity Badge

How to earn the badge:

Before you attempt Stage 4, you need to have completed all the requirements to gain Snowsports Stage 3 in your chosen discipline. You then need to complete the following:

1. Show you understand what equipment to carry for the different two types of activity you may undertake (a single lesson, day on the hill, expedition in the woods, off-piste experience, session at a snow park)

2. Show how to look after yourself and others in the event of not being able to return down the mountain, or being stranded on a route

3. Show your ability to use a ski map or resort map and identify where you are on the map

4. Plan a half days activity, considering location, group, equipment and abilities, this should include a plan B in case of bad weather, etc.

5. Participate in a snowsport activity different from that which the other requirements have been completed in, this could be something completely new or an activity you’ve not done for a while such as skiing, snowboarding, cross country skiing, ski touring and slalom

6. Choose and complete two of the following:

• Demonstrate your ability to safely descend a black run
• Perform a sequence of turns in fresh snow, leaving even tracks behind
• Complete a day’s cross country ski trip, planning your route before you go
• Complete a cross country timed route and then improve your time over a two further attempts

You can do this stage by taking part in a snowsport activity on either a natural or artificial slope. But it is encouraged to experience both environments as part of this badge.