First Chair Carver
Corduroy before coffee.
You set an alarm on holiday and nobody is surprised. The best snow of the day is the first hour on a freshly groomed red, and you plan to draw clean lines on all of it before the crowds arrive. By the time your friends find their gloves, you have six runs done.
How a First Chair Carver skis
Not science. A fair guess.
- Speed
- 85 / 100
- Air time
- 10 / 100
- Lunch break
- 25 / 100
- Après
- 35 / 100
The badge
Story size, 1080 × 1920.
From our database
Resorts that fit a First Chair Carver
Picked from the 258 resorts in our database by one rule: the highest share of intermediate pistes among ski areas with at least 100 km. A ski area shared by several villages is listed once.
Your ski length
The Ski Size Calculator opens with carving skis selected. Add your height, weight and level to get a length and the range around it.
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The Resort Finder asks five questions about your level, your group and what matters to you, then matches them against the same resort data.
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More skier types
Each type has its own page with a badge and the resorts in our database that fit it.
Powder Hound
Gone at the first snowflake.
Park Rat
One more lap. Then one more.
Kilometre Collector
Every lift, every valley, one day.
Après Captain
Skis hard until the terrace opens.
Scenic Cruiser
Long blues, big views, no rush.
Steep Seeker
If it is not black, it is a transfer.
Family Sherpa
Four pairs of skis, one pair of arms.