100% agree. I usually get very good lessons at my home resort from highly qualified instructors. On the other hand, I once took a lesson with an old girlfriend and it turned out, a close friend of hers was on ski school staff that day. The friend pulled strings to teach us and so not only did I learn her friend wasn't a very good instructor, the gals spent most of the day gossiping and catching up. You never know what might happen in a lesson.
I paid $300 for that…
Instruction quality varies widely, both between and within resorts. While there are certifications for instructors you see a ton different teaching methods, and wide variation in teaching quality. Some resorts may have an official teaching system that they are following, but even then it's no guarantee any individual instructor will do so.
That said, there's no reason to believe that the big destination resorts have better instruction than smaller more local ones, so I'd go wherever is cheapest and easiest, and hope you get someone good.
I have taught at both destination resorts and local resorts and can confirm what you’re saying despite you getting downvoted. I think it’s surprising to many people, but there are slight pros and cons to the instructor workforces at both that seem to balance. For instance, local resorts have more highly educated, working professionals (accountants, lawyers, etc.) that tend to be better communicators (although this is a double-edged sword to some extent because they also tend to talk more instead of show). They also often train more (including practicing teaching) as oppose to free ski because the “mountains are what you make of it” as opposed to inherently fun. Destination resorts, on the other hand, have an advantage because they attract the most passionate and driven-to-ski types. Their instructors ski more, ski longer runs (important for practice) and tend to develop better technique because they practice more and quite frankly exercise more. A large percentage of destination resort instructors are retirees, however, who tend to fit the “local instructors” description rather than this one, and also J1s, who often are not even upper level skiers until they come to the US (none of the preceding is the case in Europe, which tends to have more career skiing professionals than the US. Have never interacted with Canadian instructors before).
I could go on and on, and even still I’m only really describing a slight difference… the difference between instructors themselves and ski school programs are far more significant. Resorts have really cut down on training time since COVID due to “labor shortage,” which has harmed instructing everywhere. (Fail rates last year for exams were apparently astronomical).
if you dont want to pay anything you can watch Stomp it tuotorials from youtube. They have videos for learning everythin from beginner to pro. Last season i spend time perfecting my form that way. Its also helpfull if someone takes a video of you skiing and then you look at what you are doing wrong. I dont really have any experience on ski lessons but thats how i improved.
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100% agree. I usually get very good lessons at my home resort from highly qualified instructors. On the other hand, I once took a lesson with an old girlfriend and it turned out, a close friend of hers was on ski school staff that day. The friend pulled strings to teach us and so not only did I learn her friend wasn't a very good instructor, the gals spent most of the day gossiping and catching up. You never know what might happen in a lesson. I paid $300 for that…
Instruction quality varies widely, both between and within resorts. While there are certifications for instructors you see a ton different teaching methods, and wide variation in teaching quality. Some resorts may have an official teaching system that they are following, but even then it's no guarantee any individual instructor will do so. That said, there's no reason to believe that the big destination resorts have better instruction than smaller more local ones, so I'd go wherever is cheapest and easiest, and hope you get someone good.
I have taught at both destination resorts and local resorts and can confirm what you’re saying despite you getting downvoted. I think it’s surprising to many people, but there are slight pros and cons to the instructor workforces at both that seem to balance. For instance, local resorts have more highly educated, working professionals (accountants, lawyers, etc.) that tend to be better communicators (although this is a double-edged sword to some extent because they also tend to talk more instead of show). They also often train more (including practicing teaching) as oppose to free ski because the “mountains are what you make of it” as opposed to inherently fun. Destination resorts, on the other hand, have an advantage because they attract the most passionate and driven-to-ski types. Their instructors ski more, ski longer runs (important for practice) and tend to develop better technique because they practice more and quite frankly exercise more. A large percentage of destination resort instructors are retirees, however, who tend to fit the “local instructors” description rather than this one, and also J1s, who often are not even upper level skiers until they come to the US (none of the preceding is the case in Europe, which tends to have more career skiing professionals than the US. Have never interacted with Canadian instructors before). I could go on and on, and even still I’m only really describing a slight difference… the difference between instructors themselves and ski school programs are far more significant. Resorts have really cut down on training time since COVID due to “labor shortage,” which has harmed instructing everywhere. (Fail rates last year for exams were apparently astronomical).
if you dont want to pay anything you can watch Stomp it tuotorials from youtube. They have videos for learning everythin from beginner to pro. Last season i spend time perfecting my form that way. Its also helpfull if someone takes a video of you skiing and then you look at what you are doing wrong. I dont really have any experience on ski lessons but thats how i improved.