Teach All Season. Train For Level 3.
A full season at Sun Peaks for qualified Level 2 instructors. You teach for the Sun Peaks Sports School and train with Level 4 trainers, with the training built around your work.
Level 3 is where your own skiing moves on again: steeper terrain, harder snow and more detailed feedback. Our CSIA Level 3 ski internship at Sun Peaks puts the job, the housing and the training in one season.
From 20 November · your first 2 weeks
Arrive And Settle In.
Your transfer from Kamloops, 14 nights of accommodation two per room, 10 dinners and your season lift pass are included, so you can find your feet before the season gets busy.
December to early April
Teach And Train.
- A paid instructor job at Sun Peaks, 12 to 13 weeks of work
- Around 20 to 25 hours a week, at around $21 CAD an hour
- Level 3 training with Level 4 trainers, built around your work
- Staff housing at around $650 CAD a month, paid from your wages
February
Level 3 Modules.
6 days of structured CSIA Level 3 modules, on top of your 22 days of training. Exams are not included: you book and pay for your Level 3 exam separately. The certificate depends on you.
Your Internship, In Full.
The money, laid out straight. You should be able to budget the whole season from this page.
For qualified Level 2 instructors
Level 3 Internship
A full development season, not ski loads and hope.
Price
£5,200
Hold your place with a £300 deposit
Hold my place Or WhatsApp us about Level 3- Length
- Full season
- Start
- 20 November 2027
- You need
- CSIA Level 2 and an IEC Working Holiday visa
- Level 3 training
- 22 days, plus 6 days of modules
- Coaches
- Level 4 trainers
- Job
- Paid instructor role at Sun Peaks, 12 to 13 weeks, around 20 to 25 hours a week
- Pay
- Around $21 CAD an hour
- Accommodation
- First 14 nights included, then staff housing around $650 CAD a month, paid by you
- Meals
- 10 dinners over your first 2 weeks
- Exams
- Not included, booked separately
- Finish
- Early April 2028
What you earn back.
12 to 13 weeks at around $21 CAD an hour, averaging 20 to 25 hours a week. Your wages should cover food and accommodation, with a bit spare.
Not Level 2 yet?
Start with our ski instructor internship at Sun Peaks, Level 1 and 2 with a full-time job. Or compare all our ski instructor courses.
How Booking Works.
Small steps, spread out. Talk to us early if you need to adjust, rather than going quiet.
01
£300 deposit holds your place
Paid into our ATOL-bonded account, so your money is protected.
02
£1,000 deposit, 20 weeks before you fly
Due 20 weeks before you fly. For a late November start, that means early July.
03
Balance 12 weeks before you fly
The final balance, due 12 weeks before you fly. For a late November start, that means late August.
04
Pay it your way
Pay each amount when it's due, or spread it in equal weekly or monthly standing orders that run until 2 weeks before you fly.
Visa not approved? You can have a full refund, or move your deposit to a course that doesn't need a working visa.
What Past Interns Say.
The detail behind the winterWant To Go Full Snow Geek?
The detail behind the winter, for anyone who wants to know exactly what they are signing up for. Open whichever catches your eye.
How Your Season RunsLate November to early April, in five stages
Your Training22 days of Level 3 training plus 6 days of modules
Your Training.
22 days of Level 3 training plus 6 days of modules, coached by Level 4 trainers and built around your work.
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22Through the season
Days of training
Coaching on steeper terrain and harder snow, with detailed feedback on your own skiing, spread through the season around your work.
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6February
Days of modules
Structured CSIA Level 3 modules, on top of your 22 training days and built into your season rather than crammed at the end.
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4Your coaches
Level 4 trainers
The top of the CSIA tree. At Level 3 you are working on small margins, and they are the people who can see them.
Exams are not included. You book and pay for your Level 3 exam separately. What does Level 3 let you teach? Our CSIA Qualification Guide explains it in plain English.
Where You LiveOne home all season, in staff housing
Where You Live.
One home all season, in staff housing in the lower resort village. You move in on day one and you don't move again.
Top, the Burfield staff house. Below, life in Sun Peaks village.
All season
Staff Housing, Lower Village.
Simple, space-efficient apartments with a kitchenette and a small dining and lounge area. It is the same staff housing as our Level 1 and 2 interns, and you all live together right from the start.
Your first 14 nights are included, two per room, with 10 dinners over your first two weeks. After that you stay put and pay the rent from your wages, at around $650 CAD a month.
- Rooms
- 2 per room
- First 14 nights
- Included, with 10 dinners
- After that
- Same room, around $650 CAD a month, paid by you
- To the village
- 25 minute walk on a forest trail, or a regular bus
- Couples
- Can share
Why Sun Peaks Is Built For ThisA big mountain to train on, and the hours to work
Why Sun Peaks Is Built For This.
A big mountain to train on, and one of the busiest resorts for work, so the hours are there.
The mountain
Three Mountains To Find Your Limits.
Canada's second largest ski area, with steeps, bumps, glades and over 2,000 hours of sunshine a year. It's big and ski-in, ski-out, the kind of place where you can put in a serious season and still have a life outside it.
- Ski area
- 4,400 acres, second largest in Canada
- Snow
- About 6m a year
- Sunshine
- Over 2,000 hours a year
- From Kamloops
- About an hour
The ski school
Your Employer For The Winter.
You work as an instructor for the Sun Peaks Sports School. The job is yours once you pass the ski school's interview. Your housing and training are in place either way.
Teaching alongside your training gives you the mileage to train smart rather than thrash about. Expect around 20 to 25 hours a week at around $21 CAD an hour, for 12 to 13 weeks.
Getting ThereFlights, transfers and arriving at Sun Peaks
Getting There.
Fly with us and your transfers are included. Book your own flights and the transfer is still included, as long as you arrive within the time window we send you.
Fly into
YKA
Kamloops
Transfer to
Sun Peaks
Included
What's Included And What's NotNo surprises halfway up a mountain
What's Included And What's Not.
Included
- 22 days of CSIA Level 3 training with Level 4 trainers, plus 6 days of modules
- A paid instructor job at Sun Peaks, once you pass the ski school interview
- 14 nights of accommodation on arrival, two per room
- 10 dinners over your first 2 weeks
- Your room in lower village staff housing, arranged for the whole season
- Season lift pass
- Airport transfers from Kamloops
- In-resort support from our team and partners
Not included, budget for these
- Level 3 exambooked separately
- Return flightsaround £750
- Travel and medical insurance£900 to £1,200
- Staff housing after the first 14 nightsaround $650 CAD a month
- Food outside the 10 dinnersaround $150 to $200 CAD a week
- Equipment, if you need it£450 to £1,200
No surprises halfway up a mountain.
Who It's For, And Who It Isn'tWho this suits, and who should look elsewhere
Who It's For, And Who It Isn't.
Be honest with yourself. We'd rather lose a booking than put someone on the wrong course.
Great for
- Level 2 instructors comfortable skiing the whole resort, and ready to be pushed
- Up for proper feedback, the useful kind, not the ego kind
- After a full-season rhythm, with training and work balanced sensibly
- Serious about your long-term development as an instructor
Not for
- Anyone still building parallel turns on steeper runs
- Anyone who struggles in chopped-up snow or on steeps
- Anyone after a holiday-style trip. This is a full season, and it's work as well as skiing
- Anyone who takes coaching personally. Our coaches will not tiptoe around you
Who Can Apply.
Two things, both required. Different passport? Talk to us, there may still be a way.
- You hold CSIA Level 2
- You have a Canadian IEC Working Holiday visa in place before you fly. That means aged 18 to 35 with a UK, Irish, Australian or New Zealand passport
Other Ways To Do A SeasonNot at Level 2 yet, or want a different shape?
See it for yourself
A Proper Development Season.
Other Ways To Do A Season.
Not at Level 2 yet, or want your training in a different shape? There is probably a version that fits.
Ski Instructor Internship · Sun Peaks
CSIA Level 1 and 2 with a full-time instructor job. The first step to this one. See the Sun Peaks internship ›Ski Instructor Internship · Big White
The Hybrid option includes 9 days of Level 3 training alongside Level 2. See Big White ›Ski Instructor Internship · Panorama
Our main training hub. Standard and Hybrid, with staff housing in Invermere. See Panorama ›All Mountain Performance · Revelstoke
Big-mountain performance and freeride coaching, for strong skiers. See the course ›Still weighing it up? Compare all our ski instructor courses.
In Their Own Words.
From floundering at Level 2 to chased at Level 3. Instructors who did it, and the examiner who coaches it.
“I got my Level 1 and 2 in my first season, came back for the Level 3 internship, and had my Level 3 in two seasons. It was a struggle and a surprise, but I got through it.”
“Three seasons on I'm a full-time ski instructor, and I've taught in Australia too. The ones who turned up to training were the ones who passed.”
George
CSIA Level 3, Sun Peaks
“Level 3 opens up a lot more opportunities. I feel more confident about my career path and where instructing is going to take me.”
Freddie
Level 3 intern
“Level 2 you can be quite laid-back about. Level 3 you really have to get down into it, and I enjoy that. It really gets the cogs turning.”
Innes
From Scotland, Level 3 intern at Sun Peaks
“A whole season here at beautiful Sun Peaks, with a combination of teaching and training with some of the top Level 4 examiners in Canada.”
Jason Simpson
Level 4, and an examiner in the Canadian system for over 30 years
Before You Decide, Take These.
Free guides for internship skiers. Read the comparison and cost guides before anyone's price list, ours included.
Internship Comparison Guide
How much of your winter is training, exams, shadowing, paid work and free skiing. A realistic breakdown rather than brochure fluff.
Read the guide ›
Ultimate Internship Guide
Training, exams, accommodation, resort jobs, visas and costs, plus what life is actually like on a Canadian instructor internship.
Read the guide ›
Resort Comparison Guide
Big White, Sun Peaks, Panorama or Revelstoke. Mountain size, snowfall, accommodation, nightlife, terrain, and who each one genuinely suits.
Read the guide ›
CSIA Qualification Guide
Level 1 gets you in the door, Level 2 makes you employable, Level 3 makes it a career. What each one lets you teach, and what the exams ask of you.
Read the guide ›
Skiing Ability Guide
Work out your real level, what each course expects on day one, and whether to train now, arrive early or pick a different programme.
Read the guide ›
Real Cost Of A Season
The course fee is the headline, not the total. Flights, insurance, food, kit, the visa, and the money you have to land with.
Read the guide ›
Course Price Calculator
Course fee, flights, insurance, food, kit and spending money. Move the sliders and watch the real total, with no hidden extras.
Read the guide ›
How To Book
When to secure your place, what happens if you leave it late, and how to avoid losing the resort, room type or programme you wanted.
Read the guide ›
Visa Pool Entry Guide, Part 1
When to enter the IEC pool, what to do while you wait, and how visa timing affects booking, flights, insurance and resort work.
Read the guide ›
Insurance Guide For Internships
The cover you genuinely need for an internship, and the gaps that catch people out. We are not brokers, so this is advice rather than a sales pitch.
Read the guide ›
Girls On Tour
A big sister chat to calm those nerves and answer the common concerns of travelling on your own.
Read the guide ›
What Nobody Tells You
Jet lag, supermarket prices, and the quiet week in January when your hours drop. The bits that never make the brochure.
Read the guide ›
Travel And Flights Guide
How we get you from your door to the slopes. Baggage allowances, booking windows, transfers, and why an ATOL certificate is worth having.
Read the guide ›
Fitness Guide
Arrive stronger and fitter for long training days, exams, cold weather and the occasional ego check from Canadian terrain.
Read the guide ›
What To Take
A packing checklist for the whole season. Ski gear, travel essentials, documents, tech and the things people always forget.
Read the guide ›
Clothing Essentials
Base layers, ski socks, gloves, helmets and après layers. What to wear for a full Canadian winter, and what not to bother buying.
Read the guide ›Straight Answers.
The questions experienced instructors ask us, answered honestly.
Where will I live?
In staff housing in the lower resort village, two per room, alongside our Level 1 and 2 interns from day one. Your first 14 nights are included. After that you stay in the same place and pay around $650 CAD a month from your wages.
Is the job guaranteed?
Yes, once you pass the ski school's interview. Your accommodation and training are in place either way. The job is earned on the day.
What do I need before I apply?
Two things: CSIA Level 2, and a Canadian IEC Working Holiday visa in place before you fly.
Am I good enough for Level 3?
If you hold a solid Level 2 and you're comfortable across the whole resort, you're in the right ballpark. Level 3 exposes the problems in your skiing that Level 2 let you hide, so expect to be pushed. The people who pass are the ones who take honest feedback and do the work.
Will I pass Level 3 this season?
We can't promise that, and anyone who does is guessing. Level 3 is a real step up, and more people fail it than Level 2. People fail for one of two reasons: they turn up underprepared, or nobody tells them the truth about their skiing in time to fix it. We deal with both.
Are the exams included?
No. Your 22 days of training and 6 days of modules are included. The Level 3 exam is not, and you book and pay for it separately. Ask us for the details.
Which airport do I fly into?
Kamloops. Your transfer to Sun Peaks is included, as long as you arrive within the time window we send you.
Am I protected if something goes wrong?
Yes. We are ATOL bonded and you get an ATOL certificate when you book.
How do I pay?
A £300 deposit holds your place. Then a £1,000 deposit is due 20 weeks before you fly and the final balance 12 weeks before you fly, or you can spread it in equal weekly or monthly standing orders that run until 2 weeks before you fly.
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