Whether it is weekly fitness and strength sessions, Freestyle skiing, race days or video analysis the trainees have left no stone unturned! So congratulations to all the Peak Leaders for working so hard over the 9 weeks and all of the coaches wish them well on their next adventures. A lot of people are going to some amazing locations all over the world – Japan, […]
The Peak Leaders have now completed the level 1 exam and following a few more weeks of training, they are now ready to take on the BASI level 2 ski instructor qualification. Here’s what they have been up to over the past few weeks! After some well earned celebrations over the weekend, the trainees initially moved into a week of shadowing, freestyle and avalanche awareness […]
After three solid weeks of training in perfect weather and fantastic snow, our trainees headed into week four of the course ready to take on the BASI Level 1 ski instructor assessment! But before they got stuck into the BASI Level 1, the trainees took the weekend to let their hair down in Saas Fee, starting with some Friday night drinks at Nesti’s ski bar. […]
And just like that the first 3 weeks of training have shot by… It’s been getting colder over the last two weeks and we’ve had a couple of awesome powder days. It certainly feels like winter is on the way now! Conditions on the glacier have been ideal for training and the Peak Leaders trainees have worked hard both on their technical and teaching skills […]
Saas Fee Peak Leaders 2019 is go! A whole new bunch of Peak Leaders trainees have arrived in the world famous Swiss resort of Saas Fee to spend the next 9 weeks training to become BASI ski instructors. Early season conditions have been fantastic, everyone has settled in to their new surroundings super fast and the Peak Leaders are raring to go! The trainees spend […]
Saas Fee is one of those resorts that seem to be under the radar of most skiers – and we are very happy about keeping this amazing Swiss secret… In fact we think Saas Fee the best place in Europe to qualify before the season kicks off. And that’s why we run our Peak Leaders ski instructor training course in Saas Fee every autumn. As […]
It’s game time! The Peak Leaders have been working hard for the past 7 weeks to get to this point and now only the BASI level 2 exam lies between them and their dream job! The trainees now have to put into practice all the skills that they have spent the last few weeks learning and perfecting. Will and Jake have given everyone their final […]
Wow, 7 weeks have now passed and the coaches Jake and Will have been making the final preparations on the hill with the trainees before sending them off onto their BASI level 2 exam next week. It has been an very productive week and we have seen some fantastic changes in everyone’s skiing and teaching performances which is great to see with next week’s exam […]
Another week has flown by in Saas-Fee and the Peak Leaders are edging closer to the BASI Level 2 exam. Saas-Fee has been hit by some crazy snow storms this week leaving us with stacks of snow both up the hill and even down in town, winter is definitely here! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Peak Leaders (@peakleaders) on Nov 5, […]
Last week the snow storm hit Saas Fee and covered the quaint village in a blanket of snow making the whole resort look like a real winter wonderland … and in October! View this post on Instagram A post shared by Peak Leaders (@peakleaders) on Nov 2, 2018 at 12:42pm PDT The ecstatic arrival of the massive dump of snow, unfortunately made it difficult for […]
