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How best to use 12 weeks skiing….
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I'll start by apologising for I am a very lucky woman - my nice (?!) employers have agreed to let me have next January, February and March off work.

I want to use this time to ski (and have a break from it all and have fun) – but more importantly, as this is a once-in-a-lifetime chance, to improve my skiing.

I'm having a bit of trouble deciding exactly what to do because I'm anxious to make the best of the time, and I'd love some help from you guys if you're willing.

I'm favouring Canada as a destination but am not sure whether to do instructor training (c11 weeks) to give me focus and have everything neatly arranged, a shorter improvement course (c6 weeks) and then practise, or just book accommodation and ski/do shorter courses. Companies I've looked at so far include Non Stop Ski, Base Camp Group, and Peak Leaders.

I can get down most stuff upright but not always with style nor always anywhere resembling the fall line, gone all the way through ski school, done a couple of off-piste courses, currently ski 4-5 weeks a year.

I would be soooo grateful for any thoughts from all you knowledgeable folk Smile
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 Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person

If you are serious about skiing day after day and push yourself, you will improve and the locals will respect seeing you out everyday, you'll end up a better skier and you'll recieve advice from them, too.
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 Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?
Well, the person's real but it's just a made up name, see?

You could try Whistler, and get yourself the pass that allows unlimited access to lessons, then do the Supergroups, Dave Murray camp and Extremely Canadian courses that run through the season
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you must have a great boss snowHead
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 Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.

snow_rat,
I've been doubly lucky and spent 2 seasons just skiing (and drinking!) in Whistler.
As nbt says get the unlimited lesson pass (platinum pass) then do Dave Murray Camps Monday Tuesday Wednesday, then Extremely Canadian the other days (didn't like supergroups much). The coaches that do both courses are a great bunch (on and off the mountain). Best CA$4000 (a bit more this year) you could spend.

I had no intention of doing instructor training - I'm sure it's good for you, but I reckon the combination of focused technical training plus pushing yourself terrain wise is likely to improve your all-round skiing faster (and IMO is much more fun). You also get to ski with a huge number of different people, so it's really social - lots of them are now friends who we ski with every year. I am also _really_ not cut out for instruction Little Angel

I managed to ski pretty much everyday last season as I was only there for 3 months (except for a few days out travelling to France (to go skiing of course)), but it was a bit more relaxing the year before when I took a day off every week and gave me time to chill a bit and do some stuff I'd not had time/motivation to do whilst at work.

Careful though - once you start doing seasons it's difficult to stop, a week holiday after that is almost not worth bothering about!! wink
No season this year (just 4 weeks skiing) and all I spent last week doing (when I was in Whistler) was how I could do another one!!
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Thanks x lots for the replies

pinhead you've not seen me ski, the locals might point and laugh!

nbt Ah, I hadn't heard of this pass. Another option, and a good one. Would mean sorting accommodation separately which is a slight pain but I'm sure can't be hard. Skied in Whistler last season and loved it.

jase2472 Smile Well, it's not like they'll be paying me

stuarth Lucky indeed! That pass idea has my interest, though the structure and companionship of a long course does also appeal.
Where did you stay in Whistler?
I hope you get to do another season soon!
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