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Peak Leaders Ski & Snowboard Instructor Courses

Peak Leaders offer ski & snowboard instructor courses in world class resorts across the globe including Canada, Europe, Argentina & New Zealand...

Gulmarg

Love powder? You'll love Gulmarg! Using excellent Indian connections, Peak Leaders are offering a 2 week off piste ski and snowboard trip to the Himalayas followed by an optional 1 week adventure tour. This is an exceptional trip and your experience of India will be enhanced by our choice of accomodation....firstly a house boat on Lake Dal followed by the Highland Park Hotel in Gulmarg. You will quickly find yourself riding some of the best powder in the world. If you have more than 2 weeks spare our 1 week adventure tour is the perfect way to see even more of NW India.... including some feisty rivers!

Indian Adventure

Optional Adventure week in India - rafting, hiking sightseeing and lots more.

Whistler Mountain Bike Performance Camp

The Mountainbike Performance Camp is an ideal for people wishing to prepare for the Instructor Development Camp or for people who just wish to take their riding to the next level in one of mountainbikings most famous resorts. Whether you're on a gap year, time out or career break; whether you want to get into the outdoor leisure industry or just improve your riding, you'll have high quality Peak Leaders and Whistler Blackcomb staff there to help you quickly improve your all mountain riding skills and understanding.

New Zealand

Winter in Queenstown is one long party that kicks off with the opening of Coronet Peak ski resort. Queenstown is the "adventure capital of the world": you can bungee jump, heli-ski, sky-dive, luge, horse-ride, ice-skate, jet boat - and of course ski and ride till you drop! The list goes on and on. With time off, everyone scrambles to all these activities whenever they can.

Whistler Mountain Bike Instructor Development Camp

Become a qualified mountain bike guide in the world famous Whistler Bike Park through the Whistler Blackcomb Instructor Development Programme (IDP) and be a part of the Kokanee Crankworx Freeride MTB Festival! Spend weeks 1 to 4 in the park and surrounding area. Riding 5 days a week with the Whistler Blackcomb pro coaches who will guide you through the IDP levels 1 and 2. On these 3 and 4 day practical based courses, riders will cover topics such as Teaching & Guiding Theory, Riding Skills, Theory & Demonstrating and Client Safety & Satisfaction in both cross-country and downhill settings. With daily evaluations, video analysis & feedback, it's also the best value coaching course out there.

Argentina

Buenos Dias! Peakleaders in Argentina offer more qualifications, certifications and included extras than ANY other instructor course. This is one of our favourites and with good reason. Your Argentina course offers a unique opportunity in August and September to become a BASI (British Association of Snowsport Instructors) ski or snowboard instructor in the spectacular Andes of South America. You\\\'ll be amongst some of the nicest people on the planet and thanks to coaching from Argentina\\\'s and BASI\\\'s finest instructors and examiners, your technique and all-mountain skills will dramatically improve.

Instructor courses in Switzerland resort.

Verbier Mountain Bike Technical Leader Course

Become a CTC Technical Mountain Bike Leader in the Swiss Alpine resort of Verbier, the home of some of the most varied and challenging mountain biking in Europe! This Award focuses on guiding on technical terrain in more remote locations and improving techniques. As well as progressing your personal riding skills and coaching ability to get the best out of your clients.

Australia Adventure

The course in Australia is the perfect end to a winter in New Zealand. You can relax, soak up the sun, and experience Tropical Northern Queensland at its finest. Available as a an additional module to the New Zealand course or as a stand alone multi activity trip, the Australia course is set in a tropical wonderland, with lush old growth rainforest, rich tropical reefs, and adventure activities like nowhere else.

Saas Fee

Welcome to Saas Fee! Saas Fee is a fantastic all year round resort. The village is circled by 13 4000 metre peaks and is known as the pearl of the Alps. We've got the best coaches to prepare you for your Level 1 exam. This is usually in Week 3 of the course, meaning you still have plenty of time to develop you skiing or snowboarding for your Level 2 exam. Included in the cost is a first aid course and avalanche awareness, ski/snowboard maintenance clinic.

St Anton

The mountains of the Austrian Tyrol have some of the finest skiing and snowboarding in the world. Peak Leaders have teamed up with the Arlberg Ski School in St Anton to deliver a 4 week, pre-Christmas course taking you to Austrian Ski Instructor level 1. There is a guaranteed work scheme offering employment in St Anton plus free accommodation (!) if you want to stay on for the season as an Austrian Ski Instructor. Although the course is mainly in English, you will need to have a working knowledge of German or take part in our German lessons during the course.

Banff Improver Camp

Our 4 week course is perfect if you have limited time off work and would simply like to spend a month improving your skiing or riding. You can also complete your level 1 instructor qualification and get on your way to becoming a snowsport instructor.

Whistler

Welcome to Whistler! This is the world's most famous resort and for good reason. The mountain offers some of the best skiing and riding in the world with huge snowfalls on every kind of terrain that you could imagine. Whistler Village is right at the bottom of the slopes, (very unusual for Canada), meaning that everything you need for the season is right on your door step.

Verbier

Welcome to Verbier! Verbier is one of the most famous resorts in Europe and is a mecca for off piste riding, attracting everyone from pro atheletes to A-List celebrities! Verbier is part of the 4 Valleys ski area which includes Nendaz, Veysonnaz, La Tzoumaz, Thyon and Verbier.

Banff

Reputed for it's champagne powder and lively nightlife, Banff offers the best of both worlds. With some of the most adventurous in-bounds freeride in the world and some of the most qualified and competent ski instructors in Canada, our primary training ground, Sunshine Village Ski Resort, will have you ripping up the mountain with the best of them. Combine this with the luxuries of quality hotel accommodation, downtown restaurant meals 5 nights a week included, and several other spectactular ski resorts within easy striking distance, and you're set for the time of your life.

Zermatt

Zermatt - the best European ski resort in "Where to Ski & Snowboard 05." Zermatt has an unbeatable combination of scenery, extensive high snow-sure slopes and wonderful mountain restaurants. The Zermatt course has been endorsed by BASI and the local official ski school to help create a pool of instructors for future employment in Switzerland. Ralph Schmidhalter, ski school manager, selects his top instructors to coach Peakleaders' trainees.

Myoko

Sparkly silver birch trees....pillows of snow...endless powder... sounds like an imaginary land? Thankfully it's not - it's JAPAN! Myoko is no exception with its vast area incorporating 9 resorts. Look forward to the wonderful warm welcome from the lifties (seat brushed before you sit down every time, a bow when you got off at the top!) to the noodle bar at lunchtime. While cutting through the Myoko powder you'll see the Sea of Japan in the distance - spectacular.