To be accepted into the toboggan program, you must be able to pass a skiing/boarding skills assessment showing your competency in the basics, and you must be able to competently ski/board at least blue runs.

The basic skill requirements are:

Skiing

• Side slip

• Wedge

• Smoothly transition from wedge to side slip in both directions (in a corridor of 2–3 ski lengths wide)

• Static turn (kick turn) (change the direction of your skis across the fall line by 180 degrees while standing still on a moderate slope without using poles)

• Side step and duck walk up the hill

• Long, medium and short radius turns (speed control, consistent radius, flow)

• Hockey stops–ski quickly straight down the fall line, then stop rapidly in full control.

Boarding

• Toe and Heel Side slips (straight down fall line, no lateral motion)

• Skidding turns

• Carving turns

• Falling leaf

• Static direction change (jump turn)