Kids (3-6) Mini Mountaineers – Group Ski Lessons

Mini Mountaineers meet at 10:00am at the Myoko Snowsports Kids Centre inside the Gondola Station building at Arai Snow Resort.

Your child’s instructor will check their ability and then match each day’s program to give them the the best possible experience, together with the other children in the group. If you have any special requests please let you child’s instructor know and they will be glad to accommodate. Supervised lunch is included each day from 12:45pm to 1:45pm in our Kids Center.

Yes. All children must be toilet trained to participate in the Mini Mountaineers program. Please contact the Lotte Arai Resort hotel team from information about child care options for any children not yet toilet trained.

We try to offer as much consistency as possible by keeping the same instructor with the same group each day. It is possible occasional changes may occur due to our weekly roster change-over, or if your child progresses at rate different to the rest of the group.

Mini Mountaineers is run throughout Arai Snow Resort according to their ability level.

A valid Arai Snow Resort lift pass is required for all participants. Lift tickets are free for children aged 3 to 6 years, and are available for purchase for children aged 7 years and up. Please collect your child’s lift pass prior to dropping them at our Kids Centre.

Our team of instructors will welcome children inside our Kids Center and check their general skiing ability level. They will then join children into the most appropriate group to join from Level 1 (first time) to Level 5 (expert). Mini Mountaineers features a maximum of 4 children per instructor.

For the best experience we recommend all children going into the appropriate level group, even if this means being apart from their friends or siblings, however if two children would like to stay together in the same group may do so. In this case they will be placed into a group of the ability level of the lower child. The stronger level child may find the group a little slow, but their instructor will give them more challenging things to try to continue having fun and improving.

For the best learning experience 6 year old children should generally go in the 3-6 year old Mini Mountaineers program. If your child is close to 7 years old and is fairly tall for their age they may be able to join Alpine Explorers upon request. The reason for the age group separations is that older children have more muscle and cognitive development, and skiing speed is different to younger children.

Program bookings of 5 days or more may include one rest day of your choosing if you would like. Please let your child’s instructor know the afternoon prior to your rest day so they know not to expect them the following morning.

Yes almost all dietary requirements can be catered for. Please advise your child’s instructor of the details at the morning 10:00am meeting time.

Please advise our reservations team when making your booking. Please also meet your child’s instructor at 10:00am at the Kids Center and provide any relevant information to them. Epi-Pens should be placed in a zipped-pocket on your child for the duration of the program.

Both group and private lessons can be great depending on your goals and budget.

Private lessons are the best for quickest skill improvement and for meeting personal goals, but are a higher price.

Group programs are a great way to meet other skiers of a similar ability level during the program, and are a lower price.

Yes. All our instructors speak either native or fluent English and all lessons are run in English. We have a large number of instructors from around the world, as well as from Japan.

If you have a request for a private lesson in another language (French, German, Dutch, Swedish) please check with us for availability.

If you are interested in lesson programs run in Japanese please let our reservations team know and they can recommend Arai’s Japanese Snowsports School to you.

We recommend booking well-prior to your arrival to ensure availability, particularly from 20 December to mid-February. Please contact our team at arai@myokosnowsports.com if you have any questions.