5 Life Lessons and Tips for Your First Ski Season Adventure

You don’t need to know how to ski

It is not necessary to know how to ski before you get to the resort, though it may give you a slight advantage with nerves, be assured you will have plenty of time to learn once you get out there. The company you work for will also more than likely have this as a known go for their employees too and will support your learning journey with the best company to go to for lessons, maybe even discounts and organized group lessons for you and your colleagues. 

You will have a ski season romance

Whether it’s a harmless flirt with the bartender or you find the love of your life, you will experience it all. A ski season is a time to leave the person you thought you were in your pocket and broaden your horizons. Aim high. Think outside the box.

In a relationship with someone you left behind at home? No problem, I’ve seen a few relationships like this succeed and get stronger with the distance and exposure to other potentially interested people. I have also seen the opposite. But in all cases, the person on season has learned what they truly want out of a partner and relationship, they have made progress on their life goals and personal interests and have come out the other side much better for it. 

Your managers are also your friends

Being a manager during a ski season is not quite the same as what you may be used to in your current job. In my experience the managers are there for the same reasons as you, to enjoy the snow, the nightlife, the lifestyle. They may well become your friends too. You will learn to trust them. Nothing gets past the managers in chalet companies because usually the team is small enough to be like family. Don’t worry about embarrassing yourself in front of them, just make sure that you’re there on time, doing your job to the standard you’re expected to do it, without any complaining. It is 100% possible to have a night out with your managers, get only two hours sleep, turn up to work with a coffee ready for their visit and get through the day without anyone else knowing about it. 

Take all the nap opportunities you can get 

Sleep is the magic dust of life that is hard to come by on a ski season, whatever your job may be. The best advice I can give is to take a nap whenever you can- ideally in your own bed (nobody wants to find you asleep on a guest bed on transfer day, however inviting the sheets may be. 

Taking power naps after your ski session before your pre-shift shower are key to you enjoying all the parties. This also translates to the improtance of having some time or yourself to chill out, get some personal hobbies done, do some house work and feel good about spending time alone. Click here for more inspriation for what to do solo on ski seasons and why it’s so important. 

Bring some lighter layers

Yes you are going on a ski season in the winter but remember you will still be there at the end of the season while the snow melts and the sun blazes. You’re going to want a couple of short sleeve tops, a pair of shorts, sunglasses and sunscreen for those days when a picnic in the trees or a swim down at the lake is more inviting than a slush sesh in the blazing spring sun. 

These five things might have already been quite obvious to you, but let it be a reminder! TheSkinomad is full of other tips and reminders to help you get started with ski seasons as well as helping you make the most of it. Go explore to find out more! If you have some advice you'd like to share I'd love to here from you at eden.k.brown@googlemail.com or on theskinomad social media pages!

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