{"id":2746,"date":"2012-05-13T19:06:55","date_gmt":"2012-05-13T19:06:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ultimatesk2stg.wpengine.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/val-thorens\/ski-schools-guiding"},"modified":"2024-11-05T15:41:07","modified_gmt":"2024-11-05T15:41:07","slug":"ski-schools-guiding","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.ultimate-ski.com\/ski-resorts\/france\/val-thorens\/ski-schools-guiding\/","title":{"rendered":"Ski Schools"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"jumplinks\"><ul><li><a href=\"#section-val-thorens-ski-schools-guides%c2%a0-1\" title=\"Val Thorens Ski Schools &amp; Guides\u00a0\">Val Thorens Ski Schools &amp; Guides\u00a0<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>\r\n<h2 id=\"section-val-thorens-ski-schools-guides%c2%a0-1\">Val Thorens Ski Schools &amp; Guides\u00a0<\/h2>\r\n<p>As always in France, the ESF dominates despite a patchy reputation for disinterested instructors and large class sizes. However, this is by no means always the case. 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