ABILITY LEVEL

At The Camp of Champions we instruct all levels of snowboarding and skiing, except absolute beginners. You must be able to start, stop and turn. You need the basics before you arrive to get the most out of your camp experience. Camp is all about learning tricks. We do not have any non-park terrain.

Ability Level Rating

When you register for camp, we ask what ability level you're at. Our old system went as high as "ready to learn 540's" But more ad more camperr were ready to learn to spin 7's, 9's 10's, so it was time to step up our ability levels. The new scale rates abilities from levls one through to six.

Level 1

Can easily link turns, rides/skis blue rated runs in the winter. Never ridden a jump, rail, box or half pipe before. Ready to start riding small jumps, rails and boxes, and/or learning grabs.

Level 2

Comfortable riding small jumps (10 - 15 ft), performing grabs and sliding on “ride-on” rails and boxes. Ready to start learning 180's, tweaking grabs, jumping onto flat rails/boxes, and riding the half pipe by learning kick turns on the walls).

Level 3

Comfortable spinning 180's on small jumps, tweaking grabs, jumping on rails and boxes and turning on half pipe walls. Ready to spin 180's on medium jumps (15 - 30 ft), learn 360's, jump onto down rails/boxes and getting air in the half pipe.

Level 4

Comfortable spinning 360's on medium jumps, sliding down rails and boxes, getting air in the half pipe. Ready to learn 540's on medium jumps, grab while spinning, spin on/off down rails/boxes, slide kink rails/boxes, and how to maintain consistent speed and amplitude in the half pipe.

Level 5

Comfortable spinning 540's on medium jumps, spinning on/off rails, sliding kink rails and boxes, and maintaining consistent speed and amplitude in the half pipe. Ready to spin 540's on large jumps (35 - 50 ft), learn to spin 720's, spin on/off kink rails, start spinning in the half pipe.

Level 6

Comfortable with 720's on large jumps, spinning on/off both kink and down rails, spinning in the halfpipe. Ready to learn 900's and up, take spins to X-large jumps (50+ ft), switch spins on/off rails, connect multiple spins in the half pipe while maintaining speed and consistently high amplitude.

Am I Too Old or Too Young?

The youngest age we accept is 12 years old. The average age is 14-17 years old. We're also seeing more and more adults coming to camp as they realize camp is even more fun when you are an adult and Whistler is twice as fun when you are an adult. If you think "I'm too old to go to a camp" think again. It doesn't matter what your age is. It's all about your attitude. Just by looking at this site we know you have the attitude. Come to camp, change your life.

Read more about our Adult Week during Camp A.

Am I Good Enough For Camp?

Don't be freaked out by some of the photos and video clips on the site. They are all campers and coaches. We just selected these to inspire you and show what's possible at Camp of Champions. Every one of our coaches is a dedicated professional. They all look forward to summer and they all love to teach. There isn't one person on our coaching staff that isn't stoked to get on the hill, ride, and instruct campers all day, rain or shine.

Come Prepared

Simply coming to Camp of Champions won't make you a better rider; you have to come prepared. We suggest to set goals with your coach. Commit to trying these new tricks and ride with your coach as much as possible to learn from our super friendly and approachable coaching staff.

Please Note:

We do not accept absolute beginners who have never been on a mountain bike before.

We do not accept absolute beginners who have never been on snow before. There is aboslutely no terrain for "Just riding" The COC terrain is all jumps and features.