Instructor Resources
Join the Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/wbsnowschool2324/
Recognize your Peers
Recognize your co workers for work well done with an On The Spot. Each OTS will automatically forward to the person's supervisor/manager so they can see what a great job they did!
On Hill Resources
- Snow School Safety Manual
- SS Trail Map: Whistler Map, & Blackcomb Map and for Run Progression Lists, click here for Whistler Runs, and Blackcomb Runs
- Grooming Report: Grooming reports daily in the winter - Grooming Report
- Special/rarely groomed snow school favorites - whistler runs snow school
- Lifts: Open lifts and carpets vary day to day due to staffing shortages from exclusions. Please check the WB Lift Status
Teaching Resources
Privates
Drills & Skills
The Minis Handbook: An excellent resource for teaching 3 and 4 Year olds
Building Class Groups
Trying to establish groups that are the best fit for engagement, safety and learning is a challenge. Questions to ask our guests can help us connect and create groups based on their previous experiences and goals.
Benchmarks & Progress Levels for Kids
Get to know our Kids Snow School levels: How to place children in the right group and what you can teach at each level.Click HERE for current and past report cards, and to watch videos to learn what the benchmark skill levels are for levels 3-6 in our Kids Programs.
Click here for a great guide to assess the right level.
Skill Development for Higher Levels (Kids)
Click Here to see a series of videos aimed at Introducing kids to a variety of skills in levels 3-6.
Teaching Children with Additional Needs
Click here or use the tab on the right for information that will help when teaching children who have additional needs.
Teaching Adults Level 1-4
Avalanche Skills Training Videos
The following videos were shot on an Avalanche Skills refresher session led by Ben Biswell. Thanks Kawasaki for videoing!
**Please note that these videos are meant to be a refresher or interest videos - they do NOT certify you. You should always take the course before heading into the backcountry. Ask your supervisor how you can get a discounted rate on an AST1 course.
Snow Pit
Compression Test 1
Compression Test 2
Compression Test 3
Avalanche Search