Endless Winter - Your Guide to Working in a Ski Resort

Imagine walking out of your front door and hitting the slopes before work starts for the day. Or, doing an early shift and being able to spend hours mastering your snowboard technique afterwards. In the evenings, there's endless partying with a tight-knit bunch of friends from around the globe.

Every winter thousands of people of all ages head to the snow to spend their time skiing and snowboarding. Some of them love it so much they wish they could stay. With the help of Endless Winter-your guide to working in ski resorts, you can make this dream a reality. This guide provides information on the types of jobs available and the countries in which you can find them. There are hundreds of website addresses and phone numbers to help you land a job.

PART I

1 Introduction—Why do a season 7
2 Which job 9
Bar staff 11
Chef 12
Chalet staff 13
Resort staff 15
Nanny 16
Office jobs 17
Other jobs 18
Ski and snowboard instructor 20
What do I receive? 21
3 Which resort in which country? 23
Which resort—big or small 23
Which country? 23
4 How to find a job 25
Make contacts
Ski holiday companies
Recruitment agencies
Travel brochures
Ski Expos and hiring fairs
On the spot
Resort websites
Work and travel programs
Seasonal recruitment websites
Specific country ski websites
General ski websites
5 Get organised for the season 33
What to take 33
What to expect 35
Fitness and Health 35
6 FAQs

PART II

Northern Hemisphere ski centres
Canada 47
United States of America 59
Europe 79
Austria 82
France 90
Germany 103
Italy 106
Switzerland 112
Spain 118
Andorra 123
Scandinavia 126
Norway 126
Sweden 131
United Kingdom 135
Japan 141
Dubai 149

Southern Hemisphere ski centres
Australia 151
New Zealand 159
South America 165
Argentina
Chile

Index

If you're serious about doing a season or two, then you need Endless Winter - your guide to working in ski resorts around the world.