 Poster: A snowHead
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Hello everybody
I'm thinking of heading over to Canada / USA in late February / early March, hopefully for two weeks. I'd like to do at least a week of some sort of all terrain course, to try and improve my general technique and also get to grips with off piste if conditions allow. My off piste is rubbish, probably down to fundamental flaws with my basic technique, and because of this I'm not overly keen on trees! But I guess they're unavoidable (excuse the pun) in North America. At the moment I'm looking at resorts around Utah, Colorado and BC.
As I'll be travelling alone I'm thinking of looking for hostel accommodation, so I'll not be spending every night sat in a motel watching telly. Has anyone got suggestions for courses / resorts / places to stay - any or all of the above?
Cheers
PJ
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Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
Obviously A snowHead isn't a real person
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Interior BC has a reasonably active hostel scene as does Banff and Lake Louise. Not so sure about the US given that motels are so cheap can mean hostelling opportunitis are more limited.
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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?
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You need to Login to know who's really who.
You need to Login to know who's really who.
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I know a couple of people who have done Dave Murray camps, who raved about them
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Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
Anyway, snowHeads is much more fun if you do.
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You'll need to Register first of course.
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Hi eversolazy
This is the best thing you can do. Contact section8 who are based in Canada Vancouver (small friendly company) . Tobin there is highly qualified for all of this. They are great and they know there stuff.
Here is an article he wrote for us http://www.snowjobz.co.uk/working-as-a-ski-instructor.html
Give him a call on http://www.section8ski.com/contact-us/
he is a really good friend and really knows the mountain as he lives there and is part of the tourist board.
This is not an advert for him or us as all our articles are free. But Reading what you are looking for he is your best bet. Also he can sponsor you you if you wish to work in Canada for the following season.
Just let him know snow jobz pointed you in his direction he will know who it was. If you want me to get him to call I can ... he is best to get in touch with after 6 pm
good luck
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Thanks all, that's given me a lot to look into.
Courses are a lot more expensive than their european equivalents aren't they! How do they compare to the all terrain coursed in the alps?
I hadn't really considered Whistler, but it's definitely high on the list now.
Cheers
PJ
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You Earn more mony from what i know as a BASI
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