All-Season Ski & Freestyle Academy
Training terrain and facility planning workbook
How to use this workbook
Work through only the modules relevant to the project. Record confirmed decisions, unresolved questions and information still needed. The live Academy can save the same decisions into Your Facility Plan and My Apollo Project.
This is a planning workbook, not a construction drawing, professional design, accreditation or approval document.
Define the training programme first
Start with disciplines, athlete levels, coaching format and operating hours before deciding what terrain or surface should be built.
□ Is the priority learn-to-ski, moguls, freestyle or a mixed facility?
□ What athlete levels must the programme support?
□ How will coaches run sessions and manage progression?
Match terrain to the user level
Use slope gradient, length, transitions and progression zones to support the actual training goal rather than copying a generic ski hill.
□ What skill progression should the terrain support?
□ Where do beginners, intermediate users and advanced athletes separate?
□ Is one slope enough or are several zones required?
Plan the synthetic surface as a complete system
Treat the modular surface, supporting base, anchoring, transitions and edge details as one project-specific build-up.
□ What surface pathway fits the intended training use?
□ What base and anchoring system will support the modules?
□ How will edges, transitions and replacement areas be handled?
Coordinate drainage and wet-assist services
Plan falls, water movement and any irrigation or misting services before the slope geometry and surface installation are frozen.
□ Will the slope operate dry, wet-assist or snow-over?
□ Where does water drain at the bottom and edges?
□ What pumps, water supply or service routes are required?
Design learn-to-ski slopes around coaching
Plan gentle progression, instructor visibility, repeatable routes and safe access so beginner sessions work operationally.
□ Can instructors see and reach learners easily?
□ How will users return to the top between runs?
□ Where do equipment handling and waiting areas sit?
Shape mogul terrain around rhythm and repetition
Use bump spacing, line choice, gradient and run-out to support repeatable technique work rather than a one-off feature.
□ What training level controls the mogul geometry?
□ How much run-in and run-out are required?
□ Where can coaches observe and give feedback safely?
Plan freestyle as a complete movement path
Coordinate approach, takeoff, landing and run-out as one specialist system rather than treating the jump or landing in isolation.
□ What athlete level and approach speed drive the geometry?
□ Are takeoff and landing profiles matched?
□ Is the run-out long and clear enough for the intended use?
Separate advanced performance terrain from general training
Only add cross, half-pipe, big-air or specialist zones where the programme, site and specialist design capability justify them.
□ What discipline and athlete group require the advanced terrain?
□ Can the site safely support the required geometry?
□ What specialist design and local engineering input is needed?
Plan safety zones, run-out and circulation
Keep riders, coaches, spectators and service routes separated from active movement zones while preserving clear emergency access.
□ Where are the active run-in, landing and run-out zones?
□ Can users move between zones without crossing training lines?
□ Where do coaches, observers and staff stand?
Coordinate support infrastructure and tow pathways
Plan slope access, surface lifts or tow concepts, viewing, fencing, storage and equipment-handling areas as part of the facility.
□ How do users return to the top efficiently?
□ What support areas are needed for equipment and coaching?
□ Where do fencing, viewing and service access fit?
Build for maintenance and staged expansion
Protect access to the surface, drainage and services so the facility can be maintained, repaired and expanded as participation grows.
□ How will worn or damaged modules be replaced?
□ Can drainage and services be accessed without major disruption?
□ What logical second-stage zones should be protected in the site plan?
Build the all-season ski project brief
Bring programme, slope geometry, surface, drainage, services, safety, support infrastructure and future stages into one coordinated review package.
□ Which disciplines and user levels are confirmed?
□ Are site geometry, services and run-out constraints documented?
□ What local civil, structural, safety, installation and approval responsibilities remain outside product supply?
Facility Plan summary
Use this page to consolidate the project before moving into the Sports Project Brief.