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 Gap Sports - A Day in The Life of a Ski InstructorA gap year day in the life of Sam Platt, a brand new Gap Sports ski instructor, in Canada 2006.Having passed the exams we are now all officially ski and snowboard instructors and have been given jobs - two weeks work by the Mont Sainte Anne ski school. It was a really proud moment to put on our blue instructors jackets for the first time and after spending a great gap year being trained by other Mont Sainte Anne instructors it felt extremely satisfying to finally become one of the team! Over the last few weeks we had all become good friends with the instructors at the mountain so when we turned up for work everyone was really happy see us. At 9.15 we were allocated to our groups who we were to instruct for the morning. I was given a class of young children who had never skied before. They were great kids and all really keen to learn. The hardest thing about my job was trying to stop them charging down the slope without me! By the end of the morning they were all getting down the bunny slope without a problem and it was really satisfying to know that I had taught them that. At 12 I met up with some other instructors to talk about our new jobs, relax for 45 mins and have some lunch. At 12:45 we all went to the ski school to be given our jobs for the afternoon. I was given two beginner skiers from America. They were both really cool people and we ended up having a great afternoon on the slopes. They both really enjoyed it and the tip I received at the end was definitely a bonus! At the end of the day a load of the instructors met up to kick back over a cold Canadian beer - what a gap year this was! I would definitely be interested in continuing to instruct after my gap year in Canada. Although the pay is not amazing it is a very satisfying career and the lifestyle and close knit community is definitely worth it. A summary of a week It’s been an awesome week. Everyone has become really good friends now and we all have such a laugh. This week we’ve been working at Mont Sainte Anne as ski and snowboard instructors. It has been an awesome experience and has made me seriously consider continuing with ski instruction as a career. I’ve managed to gain work experience instructing both group and private lessons consisting of adults and young children. The job has been both challenging and rewarding, and also lots of fun. On Friday, after we’d finished our week of work, we all went to the local bar and met up with a load of the local instructors. It was a nice feeling to kick back and relax with some beers after our week of work. It was a great night and it did end up involving a number of beers and some interesting moves on the dance floor! On Saturday we all went dog sledding and camped overnight in a big Shaputan out in the woods. It was awesome! The dogs were brilliant and we all got to drive the dog sleds, which was loads of fun. Once we got to the Shaputan we sat down to enjoy some local Canadian beers and a few Canadian specialities were served for dinner, including a cheese fondue and maple syrup in the snow! It was a great laugh and some of us even got the chance to sleep in an igloo, which was pretty exciting, as well as a little cold! The next day we all woke up to a cooked breakfast and then snow shoed back to the main base. It was an excellent walk, as the sun was shining and we were walking through fresh powder snow and the views were breath taking. Once we arrived back to the chalet we all collapsed into bed for a few hours and enjoyed an evening of pizzas and DVDs. All in all it was an excellent week and so far has been the highlight of an excellent gap year. Some of the other activities we did
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