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Ski & snowboard camps

Your complete camp guide

One clear path through planning, opening and running your camp. Choose a part, then take it one chapter at a time.

By Bookify Camps · How we prepare this guide

Part 1 · Chapters 1–6

Shape your mountain camp

Agree the resort plan, choose your season and build suitable skill groups.

  1. Choose the mountain business you are actually building2 min read
  2. Find out who will buy and what worries them2 min read
  3. Secure the resort relationship before selling lessons2 min read
  4. Set a season and backup plan you can explain2 min read
  5. Define ability with actions, not labels2 min read
  6. Sell the right inventory, not just empty places2 min read

Part 2 · Chapters 7–9

Prepare people, base and gear

Check instructors, warm spaces and a rental process that works.

  1. Choose and check the teaching team2 min read
  2. Build a base area that works in wet boots2 min read
  3. Treat rentals as a scheduled operation2 min read

Part 3 · Chapters 10–12

Plan the cost of the trip

Work through cash, supplier costs, passes and clear package prices.

  1. Set up a realistic startup and cash plan2 min read
  2. Work through a mountain-specific budget2 min read
  3. Price bundles, passes, and changes clearly2 min read

Part 4 · Chapters 13–18

Teach and move on the mountain

Plan lessons, lifts, conditions, patrol handovers and separated riders.

  1. Design lessons with useful, modest goals2 min read
  2. Build a day that includes all the hidden time2 min read
  3. Manage lifts and moving groups with care2 min read
  4. Make cold, visibility, and fatigue decisions early1 min read
  5. Plan injuries and patrol handovers before opening2 min read
  6. Write a separated-rider plan with the resort2 min read

Part 5 · Chapters 19–23

Care beyond the lesson

Prepare care, food, travel, stays and the limits of specialist activities.

  1. Protect children during care, changing, and communication2 min read
  2. Arrange food, medicine, and personal care1 min read
  3. Add buses and daily travel only with a full plan1 min read
  4. Add overnight stays as a separate layer2 min read
  5. Keep racing, parks, and backcountry work separate1 min read

Part 6 · Chapters 24–30

Welcome customers and run the season

Set fair terms, explain the offer and review each part of the operation.

  1. Write terms for the problems that really happen1 min read
  2. Build a booking page that prevents mistakes1 min read
  3. Find customers through specific trust1 min read
  4. Communicate before, during, and after camp1 min read
  5. Manage the camp with a mountain scorecard1 min read
  6. Close the season and grow only what works1 min read
  7. Follow a staged launch plan1 min read