5-week snowboard instructor course
extra activities
It's not simply about improving your snowboarding and gaining qualifications; to supplement the skills that you develop during the snowboard coaching we organise a couple of additional courses. These mainly take place on the weekends although there will also be plenty of time for freeriding.
Cat-Boarding
One of the highlights of the Canadian mountain experience is a day cat-boarding. Held on the final weekend this fantastic opportunity provides the perfect chance to test your newly developed skills in the untracked powder of the Fernie backcountry. There will be an additional cost of $280 (Approx. £150) for this day; we highly recommend that you sign up for it as everyone comes back raving about it.
(If you don't go choose this option you will be able to ride at the resort)
A Video Guide to Cat-Boarding
Avalanche Course
With the increasing popularity of off-piste touring in the search of fresh tracks, we realise it is essential that all our clients leave Canada with a full awareness of the risks (and pleasures) of backcountry snowboarding and the required skills to travel and play safely out of bounds. Our optional avalanche course costs $80 (approx. £40) and provides training for backcountry snowboarders covering avalanche theory, route finding, stability assessment and search and rescue techniques including the use of transceivers, shovels and probes. The course includes classroom sessions followed by instruction in the backcountry.
Avalanche Course - Testing the snow layers
Cat Skiing - Fresh tracks!
Snowboard Maintenance Clinic
A comprehensive evening session covering snowboard design and construction plus tuning and maintenance techniques including base preparation, edge sharpening and waxing.
