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Monthly Archives: January 2011

Half Way to a Red Jacket

Posted on January 30, 2011 at 4:02 pm

BASI level 1,Done! The week got off to a cold start but the -28 temperatures did not faze the Zermatt team. We wrapped up and got stuck into it. All participating trainees passed with flying colours which means we are now officialy half way to our Red Ski School Jackets. Here are some photos of [...]

Refuelling

Posted on January 25, 2011 at 5:54 am

Every person who spends time in a resort town or a mountain town eventually learns the little tricks that make a ski-based existence possible. BYO instant coffee in a Ziploc bag to avoid buying overpriced coffee on the mountain… So-called “soups” that can be made entirely from the free condiments available at the on-mountain restaurant [...]

Week 1 in Banff

Posted on January 21, 2011 at 3:42 am

Welcome to the first blog from the trainees here in Banff.  Lizee Graham and Andy Wright reporting on their experience here. You could tell that everyone was nervous when we all met at Calgary airport, must say we are pretty much a mixed bunch, and with dinner having its awkward moments the ice was soon [...]

All new arrivals

Posted on January 21, 2011 at 12:33 am

  This years Peak Leaders course in Banff has got off to a flying start,  quite literally for some! We arrived just in time to a big snow storm that later closed the main highway,  and the snow theme continued for the whole week,  and with high’s of minus 16 and lows of minus 26 in [...]

Week 1 under the Matterhorn

Posted on January 15, 2011 at 10:57 pm

Week 1: On the evening of 3rd January, we were sat around the North Wall bar for a post-dinner drink, trying to remember the names of each of the other people sat around us. Even though we’re now only nine days in, that seems like it was a long time ago. And a lot’s happened [...]

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