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Should I Plan a Gap Year? Result season is upon us and whatever the outcome there are many options to sift through and decisions to be made – including planning a gap year. Through it all [...]

A little over a year ago in a college in Guernsey, a lecturer was discussing gap year options with a class of students. That’s when Scott Howitt’s attention was caught by the opportunity to [...]

It’s time for the best summer ever.. a summer in the Adventure Capital of the World! Do you love to ski, love to travel and love to spend time in the outdoors? If you answered yes to these [...]

Internship Vs. Course – The Big Debate In the last 3 years the popularity of ski instructor internships has soared and we are now inundated with applications for level 1 internships in [...]

Welcome Back Snowbombing Canada Snowbombing was the talk of the town all season in Sun Peaks. Everyone who’s anyone was after a ticket – and every bed, sofa and even floor space in [...]

Help! I failed my A-Levels, what now? The dreaded, or celebrated day is here – and whatever your results, you still have options and it is not the end of the world if you didn’t quite [...]

“Some people return from their gap year with hazy memories, a dodgy tattoo and a maxed out credit card, but I came back as a qualified ski instructor with awesome experiences, a better CV and no [...]

Level 2 Success & Snowbombing! What an end to the season! The season has gone by in the blink of an eye… and every year it surprises us when April rocks around. WOO HOO – [...]

New Arrivals, Hockey, Australia Day and New Instructors! January always packs a punch for Winter Sports! This January began with a level 1 CSIA course, then level 2 training started with a bang [...]

Lets Go Blazers! Ice hockey is part and parcel of Canadian culture, which is why every year we host a trip to watch our ‘home team’ Kamloops Blazers play at the Sandman Centre. [...]

Ringing in 2017 with a BANG (and a little bit of torchlight) New Years Eve is one of our favourite times of year at Sun Peaks Resort. This year was no exception – an epic evening of big [...]

Smiles, snow and even some sun! It’s been an incredible start to the 2016/17 season, and, after a blessing from the snow Gods, our level 1 ski and snowboard training in Sun Peaks started on [...]

Is university right for me? Every year we get an influx of people calling us just after results day. Some students have had a change of heart and are looking for a gap year, and others are [...]

Should I Plan a Gap Year? Result season is upon us and whatever the outcome there are many options to sift through and decisions to be made – including planning a gap year. Through it all [...]

This week sees us waving our BASI level 2’s off in to the world of work. After 10 weeks of training, the guys and girls on the BASI ski instructor course in Courmayeur will pack their bags [...]