Astún Official Ski School

The Astún Official Ski School (EOEA) is the resort's own school, run by the company Estación Invernal Valle de Astún (EIVASA), which also owns the website and online shop that Astún shares with Candanchú. It gives ski and snowboard lessons at the Astún base, at the head of the Aragón valley, during the snow season, and presents its instructors as qualified teachers. For questions about which lesson to choose, call 974 372 000.

What lessons it gives

Private lessons last one or two hours and are for one to five pupils; anyone sharing an instructor must have the same level and the same age group, adult or child. The 9:00 and 15:00 slots are the cheapest. Children aged 5 or under can only take individual private lessons, of one hour at most.

Weekend group lessons add up to five hours, three on Saturday from 12:00 to 15:00 and two on Sunday from 10:00 to 12:00, for pupils aged 6 and over. In skiing they cover levels A, B and C; in snowboarding, only beginners from age 8. If the group does not reach the minimum, the lesson is reduced to one hour a day. The school also organises eight-hour courses at the Immaculate Conception holiday, Christmas, Epiphany and Easter, and a Monday-to-Friday course with ten hours of lessons from 12:00 to 14:00 and a lift pass.

What is included and what is not

Single lessons do not include the lift pass or equipment: skis, boots and poles are extra, and can be hired at the resort itself or in Jaca. The all-inclusive one-day packages, on a Saturday or Sunday, do include three hours of lessons, lift pass and equipment; the weekly course includes the lift pass. Each group-lesson pupil must carry their own ticket.

Booking, cancellation and meeting point

A lesson is not reserved until it is paid for, at the resort offices or by card in the online shop. Under-14s cannot book on their own: their legal representative does it. The school may change the time or the instructor if there is no availability. Cancellations and changes are only accepted with five days' notice before the first lesson, and money is only refunded for justified force majeure, minus costs. If slopes or lifts close because of the weather there is no compensation; if the whole resort closes, you take the unused tickets to the school office to move the lessons to another day. You must arrive early at the school's meeting point with the tickets printed or collected at the office. The website does not say which languages the lessons are given in.