By Geoff Scotton Ski Improvement Clinic Coordinator, Mountain Division (geoffscotton@skipatrol.ca) 

With Labour Day in the rearview, interest in winter activities is surging. If the 2025 CSP Mountain Division Ski Improvement Clinic at Kicking Horse Mountain Resort is part of your plans, don’t delay registering if you hope to attend. 

This clinic is aimed at CSP members, along with friends and family. There is pricing available for youth (13 to 17) and children (6 to 12), and additional one-day lift tickets available for adult, youth, and children. The event provides top-level ski and snowboard skills improvement in a relaxed, convivial environment focused on learning and enjoyment. 

The clinic includes four days of group lessons in either skiing or snowboarding, five days of lift access and a celebratory banquet, all at the world-class venue of Kicking Horse, in Golden, B.C. Both Week 2 (early February) and Week 3 (late February) have sold out. About 30 spots remain in Week 1 (January 19 to January 24, 2025). 

Don’t delay taking advantage of this great event that brings patrollers, their friends and their families together from across Canada for some superb instruction at an amazing mountain amid a terrific social atmosphere. This event is organized and administered and has been offered at cost by the CSP Mountain Division annually since 1977. 

Attendees receive group ski or snowboard instruction for more than 20 hours across four days (Monday to Thursday), in groups of similar competencies to optimize learning. The Thursday night is a highlight wrap-up banquet, with a day of unprogrammed skiing/boarding on the Friday.  

Along with instruction and skills improvement, there’s a full and fun social agenda, and attendees also have access to great discounts on food, retail goods and many other offerings. Also, awesome swag! This event has become very popular and has sold out since 2015, even with a tripling of capacity to three weeks from one. 

Event and registration information can be found on the CSP Mountain Division website, at https://www.skipatrol.ca/mountain/. We hope you will join us. 

Time is running out to register for the 2025 Mountain Division Ski Improvement Clinic

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