If you are one of the many that have fancied trying your hand at Skiing but for some reason just never seemed to have got around to going...

...or if you have wanted to try for a while but have hesitated as you thought it will cost you too much to try something new, then try this great offer from The Association of Snowsports Countries (ASC), that massively reduces the cost of venturing into the sport. Fresher’s Ski Week 2011 ensures every participant will not only get amazing value, but one lucky couple that enters the free prize draw on our website: www.freshersskiweek.com will be jetting off to a ski resort, in the country of their choice, for one week next year completely free*.

Following on from its success last year, the ASC’s ‘Fresher’s Ski Week’ is back once again to entice more first time skiers onto the slopes for a period of one week, (either the 22nd of January or the 19th of March 2011), to learn to ski for free in one of more than 25 great resorts on offer in Andorra, the Aosta Valley in Italy, Canada, Finland, France, Norway and Switzerland.

Just book your holiday with any of the six participating tour operators, Crystal Ski, First Choice Snow, Frontier Ski, Inghams, Ski Norwayand Thomson Ski and your tuition, lift passes and equipment hire will be thrown in for free.

This amazing offer is open to over 745 genuine first timers, on a first come first served basis. Participants only have to pay for the standard cost of the package holiday and will then be given free tuition, free lift passes and free equipment hire, in a bid to attract more new people into the sport.

Simply go to www.freshersskiweek.com and click through to the web links that lead to the participating resorts in the seven countries taking part, then decide which of the range of great resorts appeals and suits you best, choose a tour operator and pick up the phone. Remember that there are over 745 holidays on offer, so even if your first choice is not available, staff at the tour operator’s offices will be able to advise you on an alternative destination. Every holiday offers amazing value and will be a great place to learn and to start you own love affair with the mountains.  

We can roll-out this initiative thanks to the valued support of the participating tour operator partners who are working with us once more to grow the market. Our tour operator partners this year are: Crystal Ski; Thomson Ski; First Choice Snow; Inghams; Ski Norway and Frontier Ski.

We have also joined forces with two other organisations that share our aim of attracting new people into the sport; Snowsport England and SnowCamp, and we have also linked-up with discount retailer TX Maxx once again and are delighted to have Ellis Brigham Mountain Sports incorporating The Snowboard Asylum Mountain Sports stores joining us. For more information on all our valued partners and a full list of the participating resorts please refer to the editor’s notes section below.

For more information on this unique initiative go to: www.freshersskiweek.com