work where the ride begins

You’ve ridden for a few seasons, comfortable with black runs but never hosted a season, though you have planned trips for friends/ family on your own and you understand the basics of trip logistics. You don’t have to be the strongest rider in the group, but you are sound with organisation and you’ve got a good sense of social skills and genuinely like to be around people and helping them to progress in their skiing or snowboarding journey.

• Morning check-ins with the guests
• Coordinating off mountain tasks and logistics, including driving guests to different points in the itinerary
• Proactive support for the riding team – spotting what’s needed before you’re asked
• Shadow senior hosts on-mountain where suitale
• Riding with beginner level groups will be your main role on the slopes
• Socialising with guests after the slopes
• Learn how to read terrain and show guests around according to their skill level
• Work together with the rest of the team to plan the itinerary around the weather conditions for the week

• Riding: ⟦minimum standard: e.g. confident linked turns on all groomed terrain up to black slopes, comfortable in variable snow, able to ride switch⟧. This is the level where we allow the most flexibility for exceptional social skills, but never into a role where you’d lead a group unsupervised.
• Operational initiative and competency: can you handle rentals, attendance, guest groupings and rooming without being chased or prompted?
• Social: guest cohesion, reading a room, noticing the person having a bad day who hasn’t said so – and bringing them into the fold, breaking the ice
• Bonus: riding footage with your application is optional and materially helps
• You don’t need to have hosted before. You do need to ride at a standard we can trust with guests, and you need to be someone people want to be around for two weeks straight, or more.

• Weekly allowance
• Accommodation for the trip duration (decided by us)
• Lift pass for the trip duration
• Meals, location dependent
• Pre-trip training block
• Access to gear deals and team discounts on wax & tune services
• Allowed to use private cars during day offs (decided by lead host)
• All of the above for recce week (prior to guests arriving): Every new team member does a 3–5 day Reccee for pre-trip training and team-building block — the TRS service standard, scenario handling (guest fatigue, cash-flow uncertainty, group splits), riding-group management, and how we actually work together. This is mandatory when selecting your dates, so please factor it in.

• Flights and train tickets to location (if any)
• Personal equipment
• Personal & meal expenses
• Travel insurance

• Progression is assessed in roughly 5-week blocks. You’re expected to be meeting Host-level standards within one block to continue with us for the next season.
• Early promotion during the current season is possible from week two, authorised by the Lead Host on demonstrated competence — not time served.
• Promotion to Host unlocks independent group leadership, resident placements, and the Host pay band.

• Application form: pick the track that fits you (new applicant, or experienced host/instructor). Riding footage is compulsory.
• Expectations call (30 min): what the role actually is, what the pay actually is, what you’re actually after. Either side can say “this isn’t it”, no hard feelings.
• Group interview: a real activity with other candidates and our team. We’re watching how you operate around people, because that’s most of the job. Peer feedback counts.
  Selection: the hiring team reviews you against the role and the season’s team balance, with the peer assessment from stage 3 factored in.
• Final selection: role, level, location and terms confirmed
• Everyone who applies hears back from us once all rounds are closed: accepted, deferred, or not this season. Where we can be useful, we’ll tell you what would change the answer next time.

Placement is decided by us on your level, the location’s difficulty, and team balance. Places are limited by trip capacity and we build teams around level and group balance. State a preference in the application form and we will take that into consideration.

• Applications open: 23 August 2026
• Applications close: 10 September 2026
• Interviews will begin from 11 September onwards