How To Organize Your Ski & Snowboard Trip

How To Organize Your Ski & Snowboard Trip

 

Thank you in you advance for your hard work and organization. This step-by-step checklist is designed to help you successfully organize your school or group’s trip and to help us to effectively prepare for your arrival.

* New for 2024/25 – Schools On Snow Atlantic/ Écoles Sur Neiges . This webpage was developed with educators from across the region. Trip organizers will find useful resources for teachers, parents and students, including lesson plans aligned with Atlantic Canada curricula, in French and English.

Schools on Snow Atlantic is an initiative led by the Atlantic Canada Snow Resort Association (ASRA) in collaboration with the Canadian Ski Council. Our aim is to promote and facilitate snow resort activities for all students, ensuring equal access for everyone. We provide Atlantic Canada curriculum-aligned lesson plans, as well as resources and strategies to support educators and students on school trips. Our goal is to remove barriers to access and make winter sports education more inclusive.

STEP 1 – Book your trip by calling 902 798 9501, extension 0.

  • School trips book Monday to Friday, on the half hour, beginning at 9:00am and ending at 6:00pm. Group trips are booked Saturday and Sunday on the half hour, from 9:00am to 4:00pm. 4 hours is the trip recommended duration. This allows for lesson time, break time and plenty of fun time on the snow. When you book, we’ll need to know the hour you plan to arrive, number of students, grades, ages and when you plan to leave. *Please note that all participants must be 8 years old or older at the time of the trip to participate.
  • When booking please notify us of any participants with special requirements. We offer lessons for students with physical, cognitive and developmental challenges. We’ll do our best to accommodate all requests. Please refer to Adaptive Skiing and Snowboarding section for more information.

STEP 2 – Distribute all appropriate waivers, forms and trip resources.

  • Parental/ Group Member Release and Rental Form – To be completed by the student’s parent or guardian, or the participant if they are 19 or older.  Along with release of liability language, this form provides information required for the correct setup of rental equipment. There is a provision for multiple dates if your group is coming more than once. Please ensure all dates are listed. This form must be used in conjunction with the school’s permission form.
  • School/ Group Rental Form – One for each participant renting. Print on a standard letter (8.5”x11”) sized piece of paper and cut into 2 separate forms. These forms should go home with the Parental Release and Rental Form to be completed by the parent or guardian.
  • Optional: Download lesson plan(s).

STEP 3 – Compile information and collect forms for all participants.

Ensure you have:

STEP 4 – The day of your trip.

When you arrive.

  • To ensure the most efficient processing, have a representative arrive 15 minutes before the booked arrival time to take care of payment and processing.
  • All participants must arrive at the scheduled arrival time. Those who do not arrive on time will not be eligible for the group rate or group lift, rental and lesson.
  • Please make sure you have payment and all Parental/ Group Member Release and Rental Form and  School/ Group Rental Form for each participant.
  • Have fun!