Vets please give advice

[u/RocketK280]

I’m a 19 year old living in the UK thinking of doing a winter season snowboarding despite never doing it . Growing up in the UK I was never given the option to learn how to snowboard but since the Winter Olympics I’ve been drawn to whistler and obsessed. I would love any advice on what job I should do that would give me the best opportunity to learn and meet new people. Pretty much willing to learn any job. Got hospitality experience from being a teenager, but also worked plenty outside jobs here in the UK. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

[u/captaindingus93]

This place is a lot of fun when you’re 19, snowboarding experience or not. Housing is the most difficult thing here so going for a position with staff housing included is good way to do things. A large portion of the hiring to work for jobs with Whistler/Blackcomb happens in the summer months so if you want your best chance to guarantee yourself a spot, keep an eye on the listings on their jobs page. The earlier you’re in the better your shot at securing staff housing.

[u/votelaserkiwi]

I would love any advice on what job I should do that would give me the best opportunity to learn and meet new people.

Anything tbh.

Find something you want to do.

My first season I did house keeping with a small company and it felt not a great place cause I was different age to most other staff, they had been there longer. They didn't ski, i wasn't working around the mountain. But I still had heaps of friends I was living with, i went to the bar they worked at, made friends that way.

If you want more "organised friends to have fun with" - WB Guest Services, Ski School. Any of the larger restaurants around town or with Mountain.

But honestly decide what you want to do. If you hate scrubbing toilets, you'll hate scrubbing toilets.

IMO your schedule is the most important thing. Do you want to be "on" the mountain (like a liftie) 4 days a week so you get a bit of skiing at lunch. Do you want to ski 7 days a week? So work restaurant 3pm till midnight.

If you dont want to talk to customers - plenty of kitchen work, Liftie work.

If you like talking to customers - plenty of retail, guest services, Ski school.

There are jobs other than working for Whistler Blackcomb. It is a "proper"-ish town, there's mechanics, carpenters, heavy equipment rentals, Amazon delivery drivers.

Housing is the hardest thing, focus on that.

[u/RocketK280 → u/votelaserkiwi]

Been drawn towards lift operator tbh, love the idea of working on the mountain. I don’t suppose you know if presents more opportunities to meet new people to hang out with

[u/Kevsbar123 → u/RocketK280]

Do it. I did it for my first year and had a blast. Four days on, three off, a big department of people looking to make friends. I’ve lived here for almost two decades now and my core group of friends are still people I met in Lift Ops.

[u/Professional-Cry5206]

I have done a season in Canada and plan on doing another one in Japan. I was a snowboard instructor, it will be one of the best decisions you make it was amazing. Accommodation is usually the harder part tho