Amy, Big White is a great place for a person to learn or in your case re-learn to ride from what I hear. If Paolo is reading this, he can chime in as he has ridden there. I hear it is a fairly gentle slope with a lot of area and has a family oriented atmosphere. Kelowna is a fun town and the weather there enjoys a lot of bluebird days. The snow tends to be a drier continental type of snow than we have here in the Cascades.
My thoughts about lessons: I am an instructor and it is my opinion that you should not do 10 straight days. A big portion of learning to snowboard is practice and repetition. In about 90% of cases, it works the best to take a beginner lesson or two to the point that you know how to properly link turns on the bunny hill (you may not always do it, but you will know how you are supposed to do it correctly) Take a few days just riding and practicing. In this time you will become more comfortable with everything from skating to getting off the chair as well as making turns on gentle terrain. Also what will happen is you will begin to notice trouble areas where things just don`t work like they should. Then it`s time to take another lesson to iron out these tough spots.
Once you are riding reasonably well and can consistently link turns correctly in good form on easy terrain, it will be time to step it up and take intermediate lessons to learn more advanced techniques for doing steeper terrain and exploring some off piste riding. From this point on, you can progress onto more challenging riding and take the appropriate lessons.
I think committing to 10 days of lessons is not money well spent and you will short cahnge yourself by doing so. A 3 day learn to ride package is great, then pick and choose your follow up lessons. Also, make sure to plan for a private lesson or two to focus on your specific needs. It is more expensive but well worth it.
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