Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp

(5 week option course including Crankworx £3650)

Experience some of the best riding in the world in Whistler.

Our 4 week Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp, includes all  training and instruction you require to do Whistler Blackcomb's Instructor Development Programme Levels 1 and 2.   As well as riding almost everyday you will do extra skills clinics and have plenty of time to party with people who'll become friends for life!

If you've not got much riding experience or want to spend more than 4 weeks in Whistler, how about our 4 week Mountain Bike Performance Camp? These courses are stand alone, you can choose to do one or the other, or do both and get the best of both worlds! Click for more info on the Whistler Mountain Bike Performance Camp.

         Photo Paul Morrison

Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp, outline...

Become a mountain bike guide in the world famous Whistler Bike Park through Whistler Blackcomb’s Instructor Development Programme (IDP) and be a part of the Kokanee Crankworx Freeride MTB Festival!** Spend weeks 1 – 4 in the park and surrounding area. Riding a minimum of 20 hours per week with Whistler Blackcomb's pro coaches who will guide you through the IDP levels 1 and 2. On these 3 and 4 day practical based courses, riders will cover topics such as Teaching & Guiding Theory, Riding Skills, Theory & Demonstrating and Client Safety & Satisfaction in both cross-country and downhill settings. With daily evaluations, video analysis & feedback, it's also the best value coaching course out there.

As well as improving your personal riding skills you will also be trained in bike maintenance and 1st aid. And have the option of doing the Institute of Leadership and Management NVQ Level 4 Award in Leadership.

After completing the Level 2 course, you will spend week 5 helping at the Kokanee Crankworx Freeride Festival, the biggest gathering of gravity fuelled mountain biking of all disciplines anywhere in the world!**

** Please note:  The Kokanee Crankworx Festival takes place from the 7th to the 15th August and so is only available as part of the 2nd Instructor Development Camp, starting July 12th.

Here's a quick video of the crew by the end of the course in the park. For some more photos and a feel for the course, check out the 2009 Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp blog.

Who are the Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camps for?

Peak Leaders' Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camps are designed for people who love mountain biking and would like to make a career out of it, working in Whistler Blackcomb Bike Park. We recommend that you are of a fairly high personal riding standard before embarking on the Instructor Development Programme. You must be comfortable on fast single track and have confidence and control on steep sections and drops and jumps. The Level One course will equip you to guide beginners on gentle terrain and give you the core guiding skills that you will develop in Level Two. The Level Two course focuses more on guiding on technical terrain including jump style trails and down hill techniques, as well as progressing your coaching ability to get the best out of your clients.

If you feel that you would like to do the Instructor Development Camp but are not confident that your personal skills are good enough, why not do our Whistler Mountain Bike Performance Camp first. That way you will be in the best possible position to get the most out of the IDP Levels 1 and 2. Click for more into on the Whistler Mountain Bike Performance Camp.

 Photo Randy Lincks

WEEK 1

• Welcome to the Whistler Bike Park, a tour of the area showing the possibilities.
• Group skills assessment
• Basic bike set up, daily checks
• Green routes, single track,
• Bike maintenance knowledge check
• Risk assessment Talk

WEEK 2

• 2 days coaching
• Single track/ blue routes
• IDP level 1 course 3 days

WEEK 3

• Black routes
• Core skills jumps and drops
• Cornering and braking
• 1st aid
• ILM NVQ level 4

WEEK 4

• 1 day coaching – final skills check
• IDP level 2

WEEK 5

• KOKANEE CRANKWORX (available only as part of the 2nd camp, starting 12th July)