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alexhm
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Hey Hey,

I've been skiing for years but have never done a season... hoping that's about to change! Looking into instructor courses and am leaning towards Whistler as the destination. All the companies that offer courses there seem pretty similar - so far all I have to go on is there websites... www.basecampgroup.com has been my favourite but don't want to base my decision on a website!

Has anybody been on one of these courses and if so who was it with? Was it worth the money? Was it easy to get work once you were qualified? So many questions!!

Oct 12 2009 10:01AM
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the.hellion.
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if you're going to do it in Canada then there is the Canadian Ski Instructors Alliance (CSIA). They run courses for both instructing beginner skiers and park and pipe. Depends on the resort but most should be hiring for skiing.

I'm not sure if these qualifications are useful in the US but just to let you know, from my experience after I did my level 1 I got a job the next day at my local hill (in ontario) I'm sure it'll probably be different at the bigger resorts but it's always worth a shot.

here's the website. http://www.snowpro.com/csia/e/
Oct 12 2009 10:50AM
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Franny
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Level 1 course and the easiest thing to do.
Oct 12 2009 11:02AM
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Rachy
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level 1 and level 2 are pretty easy. Most resorts require a level 1 equivalency regardless of what country its from.

I wouldn't go to whistler this year on account of the Olympics. If you wan't a full season, you wont get it there. The mountain is basically going to shut down for a month and a half and you will be selling canadian flags to people. Cool if you want to go, but not if you want to ski. I have also been informed that a majority of employee housing is going to the athletes so moving there in general will be more difficult.

I have heard great things about instructing at Copper in CO as well as Keystone and Northstar. I worked at Mt high for 4 years and loved it, came to Mammoth and hated their program. Go to the mountain forums and ask the instructors what they think of the programs, some look great but are really awful.
Oct 12 2009 12:20PM
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tbayjibber
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I've got both my level 1 CSIA and level 1 CSCF (canadian ski coaches federation aka racing) the day I finished my CSIA course I got a call from the ski hill offering me a job.  The courses are fairly easy as long as you can carve a turn reasonably well and aren't retarded about teaching.  But yeah i wouldn't go to whistler
Oct 12 2009 3:01PM
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alexhm
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Nice one - cheers for the info.

Heard that Whistler could be awesome during the Olympics - because most of the terrain is still open during the comps, only the Creekside area is getting used. So hopefully Blackcomb and some of Whistler will be completely empty as most tourists will want to be watching the events. The village will be hectic for sure though, bt I dont really care about that.

Im thinking of doing a course with this company called BAsecamp. Accomodation is all sorted so I wouldn't be kicked out during the olympics - I heard that rumour too. Even heard they were planning massive cruise ships in squamish for olympic staff??! surely not - must be bullshit.

Oct 13 2009 7:55AM
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