Zermatt

Zermatt - one of  the best European ski resorts! It is described as having 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.

You'll also have a highly qualified, Peak Leaders group leader on site with you throughout - their job is to ensure that you get the most from your course through regular meetings with you and your local providers and instructors. Whatever your reasons for coming away with Peak Leaders, be assured that by the end of the course your skiing or riding will have improved dramatically and you will be able to tackle terrain you wouldn’t have believed possible! Along the way, you’ll have plenty of time to party with people who’ll become friends for life.

Switzerland is the birth place of winter sports and carries a strong tradition of skiing. Going to Zermatt / Switzerland means experiencing a stunning and efficient journey; starting with the train to the resort and ending with the peak gondola at the top of the mountain.   Furthermore Switzerland and especially Zermatt is an international place with people from all over the world coming to experience the iconic Matterhorn. It has, however, stillmanaged to maintain its Swiss-like mountain-village atmosphere.

Course Outline - 10 weeks

• Welcome talk & mountain familiarization tour & team building 
• Personal Development planning
• Instructor level 1 preparation & video sessions
• Level 1 exam
• Tuning Clinic
• ILM Module
• First Aid Course
• Freestyle Introduction
• Ski  Patrol introduction
• Avalanche Awareness
• Backcountry introduction
• Level 2 prep
• Ski School Shadowing (on selection)
• Advice & help on Job seeking
• Level 2 exams
• End of course party