Ski and snowboard instructors by country
Every country skis differently — the terrain, the season, the price of a lesson and even what the law asks of an instructor all change when you cross a border. Pick a country to see its resorts, its instructors and what you should know before booking.
Book a qualified instructor in Baqueira, Sierra Nevada, Formigal or any of Spain's 30 ski resorts — from the Pyrenees to Andalusia.
Book a qualified instructor in Grandvalira, Pal Arinsal or Ordino Arcalís — the largest linked ski area in southern Europe.
Book a state-qualified instructor across 74 French resorts — the Trois Vallées, Chamonix, Paradiski, the Pyrenees and beyond.
Book a registered maestro di sci across 57 Italian resorts — the Dolomites, the Aosta Valley, Piedmont, Lombardy and the Apennines.
Book a qualified instructor in Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Germany's other alpine and Mittelgebirge resorts.
Book an instructor in Bariloche, Las Leñas, Chapelco or Cerro Castor — Southern Hemisphere skiing from June to October.
Book an instructor in Valle Nevado, Portillo, Nevados de Chillán or Corralco — Andean skiing an hour from Santiago.
Book an instructor across 21 New Zealand ski areas — Queenstown, Wanaka, the Canterbury club fields and Mt Ruapehu.
Book a Swiss Snowsports qualified instructor in Zermatt, beneath the Matterhorn, with glacier skiing all year round.
Book a qualified Skilehrer in St. Anton am Arlberg, the birthplace of modern alpine ski technique.
Book a PSIA-AASI certified instructor in Aspen Snowmass — four Colorado mountains on one lift ticket.
Book a CSIA or CASI certified instructor from Whistler and the BC interior to the Canadian Rockies and Mont-Tremblant.
Book an instructor in Niseko United on Hokkaido — the most consistent powder snow on earth, from December to April.