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STAFF
“Super-mum, The key to Ski le Gap’s success lies without
we love you.” doubt in its superior staff. During the winter
– Gapper Yearbook season, Ski le Gap has a team of over 60
members of staff to tend to your every need.
Meet a few of them:
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SAFETY
You are out here to have the time of your life, not to worry
about injuries and illness. So we provide a complete safety
programme for you including:
• All residential staff trained in First Aid
• 24-hour on-site staff
• 24-hour emergency student phone
• 24-hour emergency vehicle
• Two medical clinics within five minutes drive
• Emergency safety education for students
• A professional nurse is available to see students with
minor ailments – colds, sore throats etc.
• Loads of TLC
Our philosophy
For most of our students the gap year is the transitional time
between school and adulthood. The team at Ski le Gap understands
the delicate balance between encouraging independence and
setting common-sense limits and expectations. All our regulations
are based on responsible community living.
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SKI AND
SKI PROGRAMME
The aim of both courses is twofold: to take you
SNOWBOARD
to the limit of your personal skiing ability and
to prepare you for your examinations.
Intensive instruction is given by top-level ski
PROGRAMMES
instructors from the Canadian Ski Instructors
Alliance (CSIA). This is not a ski holiday; the
emphasis is upon working towards a CSIA
qualification. The average CSIA pass rate is
60%; the pass rate for the Level I certificate at
Ski le Gap over the past ten years has been 100%.
The reason for this outstanding achievement is the
quality of our instructors’ coaching combined with
the intensive structure of the teaching programme.
The lift pass is valid for 7 days a week; students
receive instruction during the week and freeski
on the weekend. Weekly videos, clinics, seminars,
technical lectures, individual daily goals and
targets ensure that we stretch students to their
maximum potential.
After completing this course, qualified skiers have
taught at ski schools in Europe, Australia, Canada
and the USA.
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SNOWBOARD PROGRAMME During the first week you are put in a ‘mentor’
group and although your teaching groups will
The passion to ride change, the coach who is your mentor will
stay the same. The aim of the mentor group is
The way to improve your riding skills is to ride to create a special bond with a small group of
with the best of the best! Our coaches are at the people. The mentors become friends; they check
top of the snowboard world in both qualifications on your progress; they introduce you to the local
and skill – they are riders…riders who love to share nightlife and they know how to have fun!
their passion, their knowledge and their enthusiasm
for this sport.
Our full-time snowboard instructors programme
began in 1997 and our pass rate since then has
been 100%. The lift pass is valid 7 days a week;
you receive instruction during the week and ride
free on the weekends.
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Park and Pipe Certification: This means getting up early (always a bit of a
challenge!) and being the last to sweep the trails
This programme will teach you switch skiing, grinding the rails, at the end of the day. The experience of being part
jumps, how to attack the mogul fields and how to ride the super pipe: of the first response team is unique, challenging
YOU’LL LEARN HOW TO DEFY GRAVITY! – and unforgettable!
Come ski with the best: they’ll teach you all about adrenaline-rush riding.
CSCF Level I:
Canadian Ski Coaches Federation – Level I Race Coaching
The goal of this course is to teach the components of race coaching for
children aged 6 – 11 at entry-level in the racing world. You will be taught
ski techniques, coaching tactics and aspects of sports psychology.
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GAP-EXTRA:
2-WEEK EXTENDED PLAY
At the end of the season many This is what to say to persuade your parents:
They want to get the most out • Gain more advanced certificates – the success rate for
those who decided to take their LEVEL II CSIA in this
of spring skiing, sunny days & session has been 95%
sunbathing weather…so they • Cross-over and perfect a new skill – ski or snowboard
stay for another two weeks • Train for LEVEL I Freeski or Freestyle
– the Extended Play option. • Spend the time riding the glades and soaking up the
Spring sun
• Teach for the Tremblant Ecole de Neige
OR
• Outstanding skiers: take the opportunity to train for
your Level III
There is a limited number of places for the Gap-Extra
programme. You get the best of both worlds: the high
energy and sheer excitement of partying with other Gappers
combined with the relaxed focus of these two special weeks.
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ACTIVITIES
canal – it’s totally awesome
and another of those ‘truly
Canadian’ experiences!”
– Kat McKechnie
QUÉBEC CITY
Carnaval d’hiver
The magic of ice castles, ice sculptures and parades is captured in
North America’s biggest Winter Carnival. Participate in the winter
sports – ice-skating, tobogganing, tubing, or wander around the Ice
Palace and watch the parade.
MONTREAL
Montreal is one of the few really bilingual cities in the world.
After midnight, the downtown core is unsurpassed for its lively
nightlife – up-beat discotheques, jazz bars, blues cafés and
brasseries. Special attractions: Vieux-Montréal, Old Port,
the Underground City (22 kilometres of underground shopping)
and Mont Royal.
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4-WEEK
INTENSIVE TRAINING
(NOV – DEC)
Is skiing/snowboarding your passion?
Is becoming an instructor your main focus?
Then this is for you…
A 4-week intensive instructors course with the emphasis upon training,
training, training…
This is not for beginners! This 4-week programme takes place
from late November to just before Christmas.
This programme is a highly focused course that gives students the
opportunity to gain their instructor’s certificate at the very start of
the season. This is a unique opportunity for anybody who wishes to
work in the ski/snowboard industry.
After the programme you can stay in the area and work at one of the
local resorts. We have an excellent reputation in the region and the
schools respect the training that all our students receive. However, no
instructor is ever guaranteed work as the leisure industry relies totally
on snow conditions – and tourists!
“Instructors were
the best, my fellow
Gappers were awesome
and Norm’s cookies
were out of this world!”
– Ed Smith
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