Becoming a skiing instructor

Kiwi, I'm not a fan of long term plans.....

You can learn a lot of German in a short time. In my first season,our house owners spoke no English, and breakfast was accompanied by a liberal addition of dictionary and "learn Deutsch" books. Since then, I have made a point of staying in places where English is not spoken

You might investigate with the course directors what their expectations would be, and the reasonableness of starting off bare feet.

You can get a long way with a handful of verbs, many of the words are similar, and most of the technical words are the same.

Get on with it!

This sounds just what I am after. Thanks !