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Base Camp guarantee that you’ll be taking part in one of the best instructor training programmes available.  

The courses

Base Camp courses include everything from teaching and technical skills, to work experience and group management. Your course offers a full and varied programme that’s designed to increase your skill base and give you internationally-recognised qualifications so you can work around the world.

Courses are suitable for those who want to work as an instructor, or those who simply want to improve their game. You can get world-class coaching in:

  • Skiing
  • Snowboarding
  • Mountain biking
  • Scuba diving
  • Kitesurfing
  • Surfing
  • Paramotoring
  • Skydiving

Additional courses are included where relevant, such as first aid or mountain safety. Training is in small groups, so you get one-on-one time with your instructor. You are also given work experience and group management, to fully prepare you for your new career.

Locations

  • Banff,Canada
  • Whistler, Canada
  • Meribel, France
  • Val d’Isere, France
  • Verbier, Switzerland
  • Barilcohe, Argentina
  • Cornwall, UK
  • Emporia Brava, Spain
  • Dahab, Egypt
  • Utila, Honduras

How long?

2 weeks to 6 months. During the winter most courses are 4 to 11 weeks and seasonal accommodation lets are 6 months.

Prices

Ski & snowboard instructor courses:

  • 4 weeks from £3,295, or
  • 11 weeks from £6,595

Summer courses:

  • Mountain bike camps — 4 weeks from £2,595
  • Kitesurfing — 2 weeks from £1,495
  • Scubadiving (PADI Rescue Diver) — from £2,995

Special offers

 

Val d'Isere 11 Week Course

Free accommodation from the start of the season to the start of the course, or from the end of the course to the end of the season.

 

Val d'Isere 4 Week Course
Free week of accommodation from the start of the season to the start of the course if you book before March 09.


Banff 11 Week Course
Free Tri-area bus and lift pass for Lake Louise, Sunshine Village and Norquay


Whistler 11 Week Course - Jan Start
A once in a lifetime opportunity to combine your season with the Winter Olympics


Whistler Seasonal Accommodation
A once in a lifetime opportunity to combine your season with the Winter Olympics

 

All Summer Courses

Refer a friend and if you both book on the same course you will both receive £100 discount off your course fees.

About Base Camp Group

Base Camp were the very first company to ever run a ski and snowboard instructor course in Europe, and the first to work alongside the British Association of Snowsports Instructors (BASI) in its 40-year history.


Base Camp has trained over 1,400 clients. They also work with governing bodies, to ensure you get a practical, useful qualification that will give you a great start in your new career.

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