Ski Instructor Course Whistler | Snowboard Instructor Course Whistler | Canada.

course dates and prices

10 week ski or snowboard instructor course

20 Nov 2010 - 29 Jan 2011
Alta Vista Chalet
£7650 (without flights) or £8250 (with flights)

Limited availability:
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Whistler Blackcomb usually opens up a week earlier than its official opening date - as it has done for the previous winter seasons. Therefore, you could get out on the hill and start skiing or snowboarding straight away. For this programme indoor sessions with the instructors can take place at the start of the course, but the day the resort opens, you can enjoy the fresh powder and have the mountain to yourself.

The 10 week ski or snowboard courses will include 5 days per week of instructor training (Mon-Fri) with Sat & Sun free.

For details of optional work placements back in Switzerland after the 10 week programme, please see the information below.

12 week ski or snowboard instructor course

05 Feb - 30 Apr 2011
Alta Vista Chalet
£7850 (without flights) or £8450 (with flights)

Limited availability:
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The 12 week ski or snowboard courses will include 4 days per week of instructor training (Mon-Thurs) with Fri to Sun free. The 12 week programme also includes a free week of skiing or riding at the end after the level 2 course/exam (which takes place in Week 11). This is a great way to relax, wind down and have a bit more fun at the end of the course.

For further details on the prices and packages, please click this link to the packages page.

the ski or snowboard instructor training course

Our ski and snowboard instructor courses have been running at Whistler Blackcomb for over a decade. For the 2010/11 season, we are running 2 courses back to back so you now have the option to do a 10 week early season course (with an optional paid work placement back at a Swiss resort) or a 12 week course later in the season.

Whistler is widely regarded as one of the best ski resorts in the world with the largest ski school, and it was also a venue for the 2010 Winter Olympic Games. This programme will enable you to enjoy everything that Whistler has to offer post Olympics and the opportunity to gain your Level 1 & 2 instructor qualifications through the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance (CSIA) or Canadian Association of Snowboard Instructors (CASI).

For the duration of your ski or snowboard course, you will stay at the comfortable and spacious Alta Vista Chalet, which has a great location and all the amenities for you to have an enjoyable time in Whistler.

You must be able to ski or ride with confidence and control on intermediate terrain to undertake the course.

Both courses include a CSIA Snowpark Certification or CASI Park Instructor course. This will to help develop your freestyle skills and give you the opportunity to gain a further qualification that enables you to teach at an entry level in the snowpark. Alternatively, you may wish to do a First Aid and/or AST Level 1 Recreational Avalanche Course instead.

optional paid work placements after a course

If you are keen to do a course and then have a paid ski or snowboard instructor job afterwards, we can placements through SkiBound, a company that specialises in schools skiing.

Therefore, if you undertake the 10 week November programme in Whistler, you can then return to Europe to work as a ski or snowboard instructor at a Swiss resort such as Verbier over the February half term and/or Easter holidays. This placement scheme provides a unique opportunity for you to experience two world class ski resorts in one season! You do need to successfully pass the Level 2 in order to be eleigible for the placement.

There are 16 positions available in Verbier alone and these will be offered on a first come, first served basis to those who book an early season courses in Whistler, Val d'Isere – Tignes or the course in Verbier itself starting in November. There are also placements available at other Swiss resorts too.

As the placements are limited, we strongly recommend that you put down a booking deposit as soon as possible. We need to inform SkiBound of the people we have down by 30 September 2010 (subject to positions still being available) so please contact us on 029 2066 0200 before this date if you are interested. The work placements are just an added bonus for people who train and qualify as a ski or snowboard instructor through us.

You do not have to do the work placements after the course as you may wish to stay on in resort, do some extra travelling or simply return home. The instructor placements just provide an added opportunity for those who want to use their ski or snowboard qualifications after an early season course to do some paid ski or snowboard instruction and get some more experience.

resort description

Situated in the rugged Coastal Range of British Columbia, Whistler Blackcomb is a young, vibrant resort with an international flavour. With two unbelievable mountains side by side comprising long trails, glaciers, extensive snow bowls, incredible parks and pipes, and a reliable snow record, Whistler is the ultimate skiing and boarding paradise. The resort is distinctively West Coast style, with a friendly, relaxed mood and a plenty of shops, bars, clubs and restaurants to keep you occupied throughout the season.

resort details

• Whistler and Blackcomb are two unbelievable mountains side by side
• Consistently ranked in the top 5 for North American resorts by ski industry magazines
• Over 8100 acres of skiable terrain, rising a mile above the valley of Whistler
• More than 200 trails serviced by 33 lifts
• Impressive Peak 2 Peak Gondola
• 3 glaciers – the only resort in North America where you can ski or ride on a glacier
• 12 alpine bowls
• Incredible parks and pipes
• Largest above tree line terrain and bowls in North America
• Venue for the Winter Olympics in 2010
• Long ski season until mid-June
• Whistler Village has an amazing array of après-ski and nightlife

additional activities

There are many optional activities you can do in Whistler including heli-skiing, cat-skiing, tubing, snowmobiling, ziplining, dog sledding, fresh tracks and more! You can also travel down to Vancouver to watch an NHL ice hockey match.

accommodation

You will stay at the spacious and comfortable Alta Vista Chalet in Whistler which can accommodate up to 24 people doing the instructor programme together. The chalet has a superb location on Archibald Road, close to Whistler's Alta Lake and 2km's from Whistler Gondola Building.

The chalet has a jacuzzi hot tub, two large desks with fantastic views from the upper BBQ deck, a spacious living room and dining area, and all bedrooms are en suite with heated floors. The chalet has a homelike feel and finished to a high specification.

With chalet hosts preparing your breakfasts and evening meals six days a week, this chalet provides an ideal retreat and a perfect base for your ski or snowboard instructor training course in Whistler.

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