
Gap Year Ski Courses
From student to ski instructor
Choose freedom, adventure and challenge with a gap year in the mountains.
If you’re a keen skier or snowboarder, you’ve probably already considered a ski season. A year out is a great time to do it.
We host and support students every season on gap year courses, so we’re here to help you have the time of your life and do something constructive too.

Join one of courses to get qualified, then choose to hone your all mountain skills, take an instructor job for extra teaching experience, or get stuck into learning about avalanche safety backcountry skiing.
Check out our courses below or give us a call to discuss your options. We’ll help make your year out the best experience of your life.
ALLTRACKS Gap Year courses: time well spent
Our courses offer you the best of both worlds – a great time doing something you love which results in a practical qualification to boost your skill set.
Read on for other 5 great reasons to spend your year out with Alltracks.
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We’re Gap Year experts
ALLTRACKS has been running Gap Year courses for young people for almost 20 years, so we’re a safe pair of hands. A proud member of the Year Out Group means we subject ourselves to rigorous external assessment so you know you can trust us. What’s more, we’re one of the only providers to be both ATOL and ABTOT Bonded so you’re financially protected, whether you book flights through us or not.
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You’ll gain internationally recognised qualifications
Canadian and British Ski Instructor qualifications are recognised at many resorts across the world (although not all), opening the doors to numerous future possibilities. Your credentials will be highly respected at international ski schools, giving you a great way to ski and save well into the future.
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We can help you find paid work
Although an instructor job is not guaranteed after all our courses, we’ll train you up and give you a foot in the door to start earning right away. Many of our students go on to work on the mountain, so you not only get paid, but you’ll be able to practice those new skills and stay among your new group of friends too. The opportunities of employment vary according to which course you choose, so do contact the team to chat through the options. It’s important to understand that some years there are more applicants than jobs after the regular instructor courses, and job offers can come at short notice. If you’re absolutely set on working straight afterwards, go for one of our internships which have a 100% success rate in working immediately after the training course.
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You’ll learn skills for life
Off the slopes, you’ll find your hard work pays off in other ways too. Beyond your flash new ski technique, you’ll have learned how to live, learn and work in a new environment. What’s more, instructor training will improve your communication skills as you figure out how to teach in an adaptable and engaging way – crucial for virtually all management jobs.
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You’ll be having a ball
Let’s not forget the main aim here – you’re signing up to a season in the snow, taking your all-mountain skiing to expert level, making new friends at one of the world’s best ski resorts and having experiences you’ll remember forever. ALLTRACKS Gap Year courses bring like-minded people together for the time of their lives, and we know you’re going to love it.
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Ski Instructor Courses
Escape to the mountains for the time of your life, and leave with professional CV enhancing qualifications and excellent ski technique.
You’ll transform your skiing regardless of the terrain, from groomed pistes to deep off piste runs.
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Off Piste Courses
Revolutionise your skiing in all types of terrain and enjoy everything the mountain has to offer – from technical carving to mastering moguls and deep powder.
Our ski camps help you transform your skiing within a community of like minded people, all intent on having the best time.
High level, technical coaching is combined with lots of ski mileage and plenty of fun too – for a ski experience that will stay with you forever. -
Ski Improvement Courses
Revolutionise your skiing in all types of terrain and enjoy everything the mountain has to offer – from technical carving to mastering moguls and deep powder.
Our ski camps help you transform your skiing within a community of like minded people, all intent on having the best time.
High level, technical coaching is combined with lots of ski mileage and plenty of fun too – for a ski experience that will stay with you forever. -
Ski Instructor Internships
Live the dream and spend the entire ski season in the mountains.
Our internships are a short instructor training course followed by a paid instructor job allowing you to ski and earn throughout the season.
You too can make the mountains your home.