One of the best ski schools in the world! My 6 year old had his first experience here and got to level 3 in 5 days. Staff all wonderful and we cannot rate them highly enough
Whistler has an excellent ski school for kids. My little one loved it and as completely tired out every night and yet raring to go in the morning. The instructors had time and patience and knew how to have fun. Would recommend the kids Ski School to anyone.
We signed our 11-year old twins for a 3-day package lesson. The whole process was great in that they really cater to the needs of the kids in their care and as the instructor/child ratio is 1:4, this meant that our twins were well cared for (our daughter is a type 1 diabetic so, we are always overly-cautious). Meals and snacks were included, another helpful logistical feature. Our kids loved their instructor, Cristian, who was born in Chile but has lived in Whistler for 15 years.
Our 9 yo did the 5 Day Adventure Camp. She had never seen snow before and by Day 5 had advanced to Level 3 and could confidently ski green slopes and negotiate gondolas and chairs. The school is super well organised, instructors are excellent and the kids have fun. Lunch is included at the Whistler Kids facility at Olympic Station. Kids are all fitted with a GPS tracking device in case they get lost they can be easily traced. The bonus is that parents are sent a feed from that device at the end of each day that shows exactly how far, how high and where their kids have skiied! An excellent program - highly recommended as it is great fun for kids (and bliss for parents!!)
My family went to Whistler in December. We put our kids in lessons at Whistler Kids for one day. My kids had never skied before.Whistler Kids exceeded our expectations. The instructors were knowledgable, professional and so organized.I've written a full review about our experience here: http://www.mybabystuff.ca/2015/01/whistler-kids-ski-school-review/
My 2 boys age 8&10 enrol the ski school for 3 days last dec 21,,everything is great until the third day of school,the instructor waiting for the line for chairlift to help each kids to sit with strangers adults,until my youngest son 8 years old told us that 2 adults sitting with him on the chairlift did not put down the handrails,thank god nothing happen,,I would advice parents to talk to the head running on this ski school to make sure those young instructor to advice the stranger adult sitting with the young kids on the chair to make sure to put down the handrails,,very scary,we felt they safe and protect with the younger instructor but it's not.
The instructors were great and the adventure programming was "awesome" according to our children Definately gives the kids a total experience
This is our second trip to Whistler with our kids and both times we put the kids in ski lessons. They advanced two levels in three days and can't wait to go again. We spotted them on the mountain and they truly are learning how to ski.
First and foremost a HUGE thank you to the Whistler Kids Team and Dan in particular.We spent the last week ivisiting WB, our 12 yr old son had a few lessons prior to the trip and was really looking forward to the week.We prebooked online and getting him sorted with the passes etc was a breeze and can be done from any WB Ski School location, we visited the one in the village even though his lessons were in Creekside.First morning, the WB Team are beside the Creekside Gondola waiting for students, Dan introduced himself as our sons instructor, he was extremely nice and also apprehensive that our son was a little nervous. He put him at ease quickly by saying he was looking forward to teaching him and that he was going to have a great week.After the first day it was evident that our sons equipment was not up to snuff, the Head Instructor advised that they would look into getting our son better gear from the rental shop for the next day so he could learn and have more fun, we decided to buy new gear it wasn't necessary but we were very thankful they offered.With the new gear our son had an absolute blast, he hasn't stopped talking about his trip and even asked when we will be returning so he can continue learning from Dan. We highly recommend this facility for kids, after skiing the week and seeing the Whistler Kids students and instructor all over the resort it was apparent that every instructor was trying to make sure the kids were having fun and learning as well.Thank you Dan and Whistler Kids
The staff at Whistler Kids are great, our little one hates separation, but they were so good with him it gave me peace of mind & ultimately he had great fun in the snow! We have been twice with our little man doing both ski & board lessons.