Week 1 of our 2015 Argentina ski instructor course is off to a great start! Thanks to a combination of amazing snow conditions, incredible accommodation at El Retorno, and a great bunch of new trainees the crew in Bariloche are loving life in the Southern Hemisphere. Our course leader, Steve, sends this update … Every Bariloche blog needs the lake view! Winter paradise in Argentina Our 2015 Argentina ski instructor […]
Here at Peak Leaders we don’t offer ‘internships’ or other forms of ‘work/train’ scenarios. Why? Because we believe our courses prepare you for the real world. So we want your new qualifications and endless enthusiasm for teaching customers to be rewarded with a real job. That’s why we seek out and partner with companies that are as passionate as we are about helping you, as new instructors, #startyourjourney Winter job opportunities with Les Elfes International […]
Booked on your gap year or career break. Turned up. Tuned in. Partied hard but skied or snowboarded harder. Passed the exams. Now surely that first day in uniform with your group will be easy. Or maybe not… Here’s a guide to 10 Things Ski & Snowboard Exams Don’t Teach You 1) The Number One Question to Ask at the Start of a Lesson How good a skier? What […]
Colo Ziffer, our intrepid Patagonian mountain guide and long time Peak Leader liason in Bariloche, has sent a pre-season blog on all the happenings in South America for our ski instructor gap course in Argentina. Holà Colo here from a cold and snowy Cerro Catedral! Cerro Catedral looking snowy already With not long to go until the start of the Peak Leaders ski instructor gap […]
Whistler is known as a MTB mecca. And this summer Whistler has up’d its game once again. New trails and new features make 2015 at Whistler look like the best yet. Check out what’s been happening from the man himself, Whistler Bike Park Manager, Brian Finestone here What do we offer at Whistler? Well, if you’re MTB-obsessed, you’ll be in heaven. Our 3-week or 5-week […]
