Snowboard instructor training course (Level 1 & 2)

Train to become a qualified snowboard instructor

If you have ever thought about becoming a snowboard instructor or wondered how to gain the certifications needed for a snowboard instructor job, Snow Trainers deliver everything you need.  Spend 12 weeks in Colorado, USA and train for internationally recognised qualifications while riding Colorado’s famous deep dry powder.

An amazing winter experience

Snow Trainers want to make sure you have a fun, rewarding and memorable experience on our courses which is why we chose Copper mountain for our USA course. With an average snowfall of 282 in / 710 cm, 22 lifts and 2,450 acres/985 hectares of terrain to play on you are sure to have an amazing time. And if that’s not enough, we have also included an amazing day of Snow-cat riding so you can hit the back-country and have the slopes to yourself!

Snow Trainers students will also have access to the Copper employee cafeteria to buy discounted lunches, saving you money and making you really feel like one of the team at Copper Mountain.

Next to Copper is the one-of-a-kind indoor freestyle training facility – Woodward. We give you the option of an add-on pass so you can practice your moves on a trampoline and into the foam pit before you take it to the park. Once you get back on the mountain they also have air-bag jumps in the park so you can make sure you have everything 100% perfected before you take it to a real snow landing. 

What's included:

Professional Snowboard Training
48 days of training (includes the Level 1 and 2 exams and Level 2 prep course) by qualified AASI-RM trainers and examiners. Head trainer is Tony Macri, owner of Snow Trainers and chief examiner for all of Colorado!

Ski Lift-Line Priority
When training you will also have snowboard school lift-line privileges which means more time riding and less time waiting. Another one of the major bonuses of training with Snow Trainers!

Access to employee cafeteria
Cheap 3 course lunches plus a drink!!

Video Analysis and Evening Sessions
Video sessions to develop your own riding and work on the necessary analytical skills for your exam.

Accommodation 
12 weeks of accommodation in Frisco (between Copper and Breckenridge). Your accommodation is fully furnished and within walking distance to multiple restaurants, bars, and shops.

Transport 
Free local bus to and from the mountain and around town.

AASI-RM Membership, Exam Fees and Technical Manual
Exams included are the AASI-RM Level One and Level Two certifications, plus the Level Two prep course and Children's Specialist 1 certification.

Season Lift Pass 
Season pass for Copper Mountain and associated mountains.

Freestyle Training
Sessions focusing on developing your freestyle skills in the park and pipe. This is run by a freestyle specialist who is a freestyle examiner for the AASI Freestyle Accreditation.

Snow-cat trip in the Steamboat Springs back-country

Snow Trainers Team Apparel

Employment Assistance and Advice

Airport Transfer on arrival
Denver Airport to your accommodation.

Tuning and Equipment Clinic

Optional extras:

Woodward pass (indoor freestyle training facility)

Vail Resorts pass (Vail, Breckenridge, Keystone, Beaver Creek, Arapahoe Basin)

USA’s best snowboard trainers

Snow Trainers coaches are Trainers and Examiners for the AASI-RM, not just high level snowboard instructors. Who else would you want to be trained by other than the actual coaches who run the certifications and set the stadards? Your trainers have many years of experience both instructing and training students to become instructors. They still work for Copper Ski and Ride School so they know what you need for the exams and also what's required in the real world of instructing. Another bonus of being with Copper instructors is that you get VIP treatment at the lifts - no long queues for you!

Our head snowboard trainer is also one of our owners - Tony Macri. Tony is the chief snowboard examiner for the AASI in the Rocky Mountains, and he is the guy who sets the standards for all instructors qualified in Colorado, Arizona and New Mexico.