Ages and Details

Our founder has six children all under fourteen years old so he fully understands the complexities of taking little ones abroad in the winter. His knowledge and experience on a series of luxury ski holidays with childcare was a key factor in designing the Venture Ski experience and selecting Sainte Foy as the ultimate family friendly resort. 

The Children

The Venture Ski childcare team - all qualified and experienced nannies, have a special programme of activities for all young ages. We group children into similar ages, always remaining flexible for families and children who would rather play together than split up into age groups.

As a rough guide, we view under-2 year-olds as infants, 3-4 year-olds (usually pre-ski school age) are our "cadets", 5-7 year-olds, the "juniors" who you may have in ski school or with a private ski instructor for a couple of hours each day; and then the "tweens" - 8 years-old and over - we know they are too cool for a crèche, but we have some great activities (including occasional hosted trips round the ski slopes) for competent youngsters with parental permission.

Our Childcare Philosophy

We never seek to do "just the minimum". We work at all levels of our service to fulfil our mission to give all guests an unbelievably memorable holiday. So for example, our childcare staff ratios are well above statutory limits. Our minimum staffing ratios are:

• Infants: One member of staff for every two children under 2 years. 
• Cadets: One member of staff for every four children aged 3 - 4 years.
• Juniors: One member of staff for every five children aged 5 - 7 years.
• Tweens: One member of staff for every eight children aged over 8 years.

Please note that these are minimums, and it is rare that we have more than 10 children in any one period. With five carers on the team, plus their own chef to prepare home made wholesome food you can see that we ensure that children at Venture Ski can expect the holiday of a lifetime too!