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Location

Les 2 Alpes, France

Duration

6 weeks

Qualifications

BASI 2

Style

instructor

Ability

Intermediate

Advanced

Expert

Travel To

Grenoble, FR

Got your BASI Level 1 and want to go further? Six weeks in Les 2 Alpes, one of Europe's highest resorts, is where you turn that into a Level 2 qualification. Glacier training, freeride progression, and coaching from experienced BASI pros, with a proper Euro après scene running alongside it. However you got your L1, this is the course that finishes the job.

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Course Spec

Terrain

Groomer

Powder/Trees

Backcountry

Freestyle

A blend of instructor training and freeride coaching across varied terrian. You’ll progress fast — from carving groomers to slashing powder.

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Novice

Intermediate

Advanced

Expert

For BASI Level 1 holders ready to push their riding and teaching further, and earn their Level 2 high in the French Alps.

Age

18-29

30-39

40-49

50+

Perfect for gap years and post-uni adventures. If you’re passionate about snowboarding and the mountains, you’ll fit right in.

Nationality

UK + Europe

AUS + NZ

N. America

Other

Join a global crew of riders from all over the world. No borders — just a shared love for snow, adventure, and good times in the mountains.

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Full Course Story 6 weeks in Les 2 Alpes, France

Your Level 1 is the starting point. This course is where you build on it. Our 6-week BASI Level 2 course in Les 2 Alpes is aimed at riders ready to take that next step, whether you’re working toward an instructor career or setting yourself a personal goal for the season.

Level 2 can only be trained and assessed on snow, whatever route you took to get your Level 1, on mountain, dryslope, or indoors at one of the UK’s domes. It’s an on-mountain qualification: proof you can ride and teach with confidence across real, variable mountain terrain. That’s the whole point of this course, six weeks of high-altitude training and varied terrain, with coaching built around getting you exam-ready.

Les 2 Alpes is one of Europe’s highest resorts, which means reliable glacier access and a freestyle scene that’s earned its reputation, plus the après to match. You’ll be based in a chalet-style hotel on the main street, close enough to the lifts to walk, and right in among the town’s best bars and hangouts.

Training runs in focused weekly blocks under our coaching team, moving between technical drills, freeride sessions, and teaching practice. Shadowing time in real snowboard schools rounds it out, giving you the riding and the confidence to pass your Level 2 and start instructing for real.

Running this as a Nonstop season also means it’s not just about the training. Our MORE Program fills the calendar with weekly socials and extra adventures, from après at Pano Bar to parapenting and beyond.

Six weeks, serious terrain, and a real step forward in your riding.

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Here's how the six weeks shake out in Les 2 Alpes. This is a guideline, but expect progression, epic terrain, and good times along the way.

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You land in L2A, settle into the crew, and ease back into life on snow. Early sessions are about knocking off the rust and getting reacquainted with your skiing before training properly ramps up, with some freeride and park laps to mix things up.

Training sharpens up as you lock in the technical foundations behind Level 2 — precise turns, terrain adaptability, and reading the mountain properly. Teaching practice continues alongside, with more focused feedback to refine how you deliver a lesson. By now, L2A starts to feel like home, from fresh lines to sunset après at Pano Bar.

You’ll join qualified instructors on the hill to complete shadowing hours, watching real-world lessons in action and picking up the detail that only comes from time with working instructors. Coaching continues in parallel, with personalised feedback to fine-tune both your riding and your teaching.

Training continues to build, with teaching practice and coaching sharpening both your riding and how you deliver a lesson. You’ll might also spend a day ski touring beyond the resort boundary, adding a bit of variety and building general mountain confidence alongside the core training. By the end of the week you should be feeling genuinely exam-ready.

The big one starts here. The BASI Level 2 exam is split across two five-day blocks, and this is the first — a full-on week of riding, teaching, workshops, and feedback.

The second five-day exam block wraps things up. Bring it all together, and pass, and you’ll be qualified to teach around the world, from Japan to New Zealand. Then it’s time to celebrate: an unforgettable end-of-season party with your Nonstop fam.

Here's how the six weeks shake out in Les 2 Alpes. This is a guideline, but expect progression, epic terrain, and good times along the way.

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Resort

Situated in the heart of the French Alps, Les 2 Alpes is one of Europe’s highest and most snow-sure resorts, linked to off-piste paradise La Grave. Boasting glacier skiing, a finely-tuned terrain park and legendary après, we love L2A for its buzzing alpine feel.

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Vertical

7,545 ft

Skiable Area

2,000 km

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Nightlife

Les 2 Alpes is one of Europe’s highest and oldest resorts, linked to off-piste paradise La Grave. Situated in the Massif des Ecrins, the ski area is split into 7 sectors, featuring the largest skiable glacier in Europe, a revered terrain park, plus freeride zone Le Fee. Rising to 3,600m on the Mont de Lans glacier, the slopes are snow-sure, descending to 1,300m for a 2,300m vertical drop.

L2A’s high altitude ensures great snow coverage across the mountain. The resort isn’t known for its powder with around 3 metres of snowfall per season but, like any mountain in the Alps, when the powder Gods are on your side, the days can be epic and there’s plenty of vertical for long powder laps.

Located at 1,650m, L2A’s main village is friendly and lively, with many shops, bars and restaurants to spend your time off the slopes. Deux Alps sits on a high plateau in the valley, known by locals as ‘le plateau’, with a buzzing alpine energy that runs through the streets. The après is big and the traditional village of Venosc provides a pleasant contrast.

For seasonaire life, the vibe is buzzing and the après scene is one of the most vibrant in the Alps. L2A is a party resort, renowned for its mountain-top après at the Pano Bar. L2A also plays host to music festival Rise, which takes place in December each season, bringing together DJs and people from around the world for wild celebrations.

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This is where your Level 1 becomes a Level 2. Our coaches, a mix of BASI-qualified pros and French-certified locals, guide the whole progression, combining high-performance coaching, freeride work, and instructor training across some of the Alps' best terrain.

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By Ability

Coaches

BASI Trainers

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Yes

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Coaching runs Monday to Friday, moving through technical drills, piste work, and off-piste sessions. You’ll work across every kind of terrain, from carving groomers to powering through bumps and steeps to riding fresh snow, all building toward your Level 2 assessment.

You’ll ride in coaching groups of no more than 10, split by ability and goals. That keeps feedback direct and personal, and keeps the crew tight all season.

You’ll train under BASI-qualified pros and French locals who know Les 2 Alpes inside out and have put plenty of instructors through this exact process. Rotating between coaches means different perspectives, different teaching styles, and a broader read on the terrain.

The course moves through advanced training, time shadowing in snowboard schools, and hands-on teaching practice, building toward the 10-day Level 2 assessment, your route to teaching internationally.

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Activities

There's more to this block than the hours on the hill. Our MORE Program fills the space around training with local adventures, proper nights out, and the kind of moments you'll still be bringing up months later.

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Les 2 Alpes gives you plenty of reasons to step outside the training day, whether that’s a tandem parapente flight over the glacier, riding inflatable donuts across the snow, or joining the pisteurs at sunrise to help open the mountain.

Life in L2A doesn’t stop when the lifts do. Après at Pano Bar, nights in town, group dinners, and low-key hangouts keep the weeks moving. You’ll turn up not knowing anyone and leave with a season’s worth of stories and a group chat that won’t quiet down.

The season’s yours to shape. We’ll run you through how it all fits together when you arrive, then it’s down to you to pick your moments and make the most of what’s on.

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BASI Level 2

Level up with the 10-day BASI Level 2 course — your global instructor ticket.

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Soirree Pizza and Hot Tub

Unwind with pizza and beers at this après hot tub hangout.

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Open the Pistes

Join the pisteurs at dawn, watch the sun rise, and ride first tracks.

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Night E-biking

Cruise snowy trails under the stars on a guided e-bike night ride.

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Dinner at Kanata

A cozy alpine dinner with sunset views at the legendary Kanata restaurant.

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Night Snowmobiling

Power through alpine trails on a nighttime snowmobile ride under the stars.

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Moonlit Glacier Descent

Charge down the glacier under moonlight — fast, raw, and far from ordinary.

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Ski in La Grave

A cult resort — ride 2,000m of legendary freeride terrain in this ultimate untamed playground.

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Husky Dog Rides

Ride through alpine terrain with a fearless team of huskies.

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Grenoble Day Trip

Explore Grenoble, catch a game, shop, and party with your crew.

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Snowshoeing

Explore off-grid alpine trails on a social snowshoe adventure.

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BASI L2 Snowboard Instructor Course

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