Elective Training
Elective Training
The Okemo Ski + Ride School offers a robust training schedule of almost daily opportunities for both skiers and riders. These are unpaid, voluntary activities.
Training Sign-Up
Registering for training beforehand is highly recommended. We limit clinic attendance to maintain a high standard of learning, and priority will be given to those already registered.
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Weekly schedule - 2025/26 winter season
With near daily training opportunities, there’s a lot to choose from! In addition to our regularly scheduled weekly training, pop-up clinics on particular topics or amazing clinicians such as Eastern Education Staff or PSIA-AASI National Team Members are added throughout the season.
POD Training
Starting in January, we have a weekly schedule of regular standing clinics that you can attend to help you on your development pathway. POD Trainings are offered as full-day, five-hour clinics.
Green POD
Available to all uncertified instructors as a way to prepare for certification or up your game! Starts at 10:00am.
Ski Opportunities: Fridays (Jackson Gore start) and Sundays (Clock Tower start)
Snowboard Opportunities: Tuesdays (Jackson Gore start) and Sundays (Clock Tower start)
Blue POD
Available to all Level 1 certified instructors to prepare for Level 2 certification or continue to refine your skills. Starts at 10:00am.
Ski Opportunities: Wednesdays (Jackson Gore start) and Sundays (Clock Tower start)
Snowboard Opportunities: Wednesdays (Jackson Gore start) and Sundays (Clock Tower start)
Black POD
Available to all Level 2 certified or higher instructors to prepare for Level 3 certification, trainers pathway or reach a higher level of mastery. Starts at 10:00am.
Ski Opportunities: Thursdays (Jackson Gore start) and Sundays (Clock Tower start)
Snowboard Opportunities: Wednesdays (Jackson Gore start) and Sundays (Clock Tower start)
Okemo Tech Talk Webinar Series
Okemo Tech Talks are a webinar series for ski and ride instructors featuring experts from around the Vail Resorts and PSIA-AASI network. Live webinars are available every other Tuesday during the winter season and once monthly during the summer. The recording archive is available on the Okemo Tech Talk page.
Freestyle
Drop in to the Okemo Parks with our freestyle clinicians to either learn the basics or get big air in one of the only halfpipes available on the East Coast. Okemo has been the home of multiple freestyle examiners and FS3-certified skiers and riders.
Opportunities:
Friday at 10:00pm, full day.
Sunday at 1:00pm, half day.
Saturday Morning Warmup
An exclusive perk to Okemo Ski + Ride School instructors, a morning warmup opportunity to get first tracks and feel out the conditions before the general public is available most Saturdays at 7:30am. Staff must be scheduled to work that day and ready to load the chair and punctual ahead of the loading time.
