Advanced Training for Adaptive Ski Assistants for People with Disabilities
from 04. – 09.12.2026
This training provides practical knowledge and experience in adaptive skiing for people with disabilities in the following areas:
- Mono-Ski
- Crutch Skiing
- Skiing for the Blind
Focus areas:
- Safe handling of disability-specific sports equipment
- Safety and risk awareness in adaptive skiing
- Basics of responsible assistance for people with disabilities while skiing
- Further development of personal skiing skills
Who is this association training suitable for?
The training is intended for:
- Association members
- Individuals with good skiing experience who wish to get involved in inclusive winter sports programs
- Volunteer ski assistants
- Individuals with existing ski instructor training can use this course as supplementary awareness training for working with people with disabilities.
(This training does not extend or replace any legally regulated ski instructor qualification.)
Adaptive Ski Assistant for People with Disabilities | Mono-Ski, 3- & 4-Track skiing, Blind Skiing
Date: 04. – 09. December 2026
Costs: € 792,00
Registration: Please send an email to: info@freizeit-pso.com
Lift costs: see tickets at Planai Schladming
If you have any questions please send an email to info@freizeit-pso.com or call +43 (0) 650-901 6294
Accommodation: please organize this yourself, PSO will be happy to assist you in finding affordable accommodation
Questions: If you have any further questions about the registration, course content and schedule or payment etc. please contact Freizeit-PSO directly: info@freizeit-pso.com, +43 (0) 650 / 901 62 94.
Adaptive Ski Assistant for People with Disabilities | Mono-Ski, 3- & 4-Track Skiing, Blind Skiing
Duration: 04. – 09. December 2026, 6 days (practical and theoretical units: 5 days, practical and theoretical knowledge assessment: 1 day)
Content of the Association Training:
This training provides practical knowledge and experience in safely learning the three disciplines: Mono-Ski, Crutch Skiing, and Skiing for the Blind. The goal is to improve personal safety and competence in handling these assistive devices and to strengthen the ability to safely support people with disabilities while skiing.
Targets of the course:
- To learn the 3 disciplines mono-ski, 3- & 4-track skiing and blind skiing safely (to be able to ski on one’s own)
- to safely supervise disabled persons in the 3 disciplines of mono skiing, 3- & 4-track skiing and blind skiing
- Lesson level up to dynamic short and long radi on red slopes
- Good basic theoretical knowledge of the respective disabilities and their safety aspects when skiing
Course times: Planned daily course duration is from 8 am – approx. 6 pm or 7 pm.
Course location practice: Rohrmoos, course location theory: Hotel Schwaigerhof – Rohrmoos
Meeting place: Wednesday, 04.12.2026 at 8 am, Hotel Schwaigerhof – Rohrmoos
Training leader: Andras Simon
To bring:
- Own ski equipment. Ski length approx. 140 – 160 cm, helmet (mandatory)
- Training materials will be provided on the first day of the course
General information:
- Minimum requirement: skiing experience (proof to be clarified upon registration)
- In case of cancellation: please cancel early; travel insurance is recommended
- All content serves the practical and theoretical qualification in adaptive winter sports as an adaptive ski assistant within the framework of our association Freizeit-PSO, not as a ski instructor qualification
3- & 4-Track Skiing
Persons with amputations or a weakened body can use 3- or 4-track skiing to practise the popular winter sport and learn to ski through an individual teaching structure. Skiing with crutches is possible on slopes of all levels of difficulty.
The introductory course will start with 3- & 4-track skiing. We will train your own skills and intensively discuss and practice the syllabus. Well trained and with the first expert knowledge you are well prepared to continue with mono-skiing.
Mono Ski
Mono skiing is the ideal winter sport for people with paraplegia or other mobility problems. People with good upper body coordination (e.g. paraplegia up to approx. TH5) can ski mono and take part in mono courses. Depending on one’s own abilities, all slopes can be explored without limits. Both chair lifts and drag lifts can be used.
During the course you will learn how to do it yourself and you will also learn about the curriculum. A further part of the course will be about the adjustment and adaptation possibilities of the mono ski to the respective skier. This is particularly important, as the mono ski must fit perfectly for optimum power transmission to the snow. At the end of the course, you will be able to run mono-ski courses independently.
Skiing with visual impairment
Persons who are blind or visually impaired can learn to ski or further develop their skills through an individual guided tour method. The best method will be developed together with the participant. Skiing for the blind is possible for people with various visual impairments.
During the course we learn a lot about the different visual impairments and their effects on the respective “vision”. This is a particularly important aspect of skiing for the blind, because it is crucial for the correct guiding method. During the practice we learn on the one hand different possibilities of the Guidens and on the other hand we particularly deal with instruction methods and characteristics with the blind ski run.
Further offers
Adaptive Equipment rental
Adaptive skiing for people with disabilities
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