Inside the Life of a Ski Instructor at the Arlberg

Discover the unique lifestyle of ski instructors at the Arlberg.

Ski, aprés ski, repeat. Ski instructors often engage solely in either activity, living blissfully between slopes and clubs. To an inexperienced eye, this might be an accurate representation of seasonal work—an idea that falls short of the profession's scope. Reducing seasonal work to these two factors alone does not do it justice.

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Ski instructor life: The family 

Being a guide carries much more significant meaning than just that. Working as a ski instructor means sharing your passion for skiing and snow, putting in countless hours of effort and encouragement to help a guest make progress and celebrate improvements. This allows you to become part of their journey and have the chance to make their vacation a truly memorable experience — making your passion theirs.

Aside from that, I would like to have the opportunity to immerse myself in a world where people share a common passion. A world in which snow sports may not mean everything but a lot — a lot more than they do for most people. It’s a world in which skiing is not just a hobby, a sport, or something that accompanies you for a few years. Without sounding overly sentimental, it’s a world in which skiing has become a way of life.

The series of articles, “The Life as Ski Instructors at the Arlberg”, offers a close insight into an instructor’s life, providing a peek behind the scenes of the typical season experience in one of Austria’s most breathtaking ski resorts.

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Ann-Marit Micheel – Ski instructor from Germany

Picture Kristof Stursa

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