Mint Snowboarding are the only dedicated snowboard school in the Portes du Soleil region (home of the very familiar and Brit friendly resorts of Avoriaz and Morzine of course) and offer snowboard lessons for all abilities of rider, from wide-eyed beginners looking to get their first turns in right through to guys struggling to get that last 180 on their backside 7’s.

For 2013 Mint are teaming up with the Big B so that beginners will get all the benefits of Burton’s highly acclaimed ‘Learn to Ride’ gear within small group lessons or individually tailored private lessons. For the more advanced guys and girls, Mint offer top-level freestyle coaching, backcountry courses and tailored shred camps to keep even the most experienced riders challenged.

Mint are also collaborating with Peak Leaders in 2012/2013 to offer the first ever gap year course in Morzine, allowing keen shredders the chance to bag an internationally recognised instructor qualification – in addition to getting absolutely trolleyed on Mutzig at Robbo’s of course.

For more info on all this and more head to the Mint Snowboarding website, or follow them on Facebook.