Week 3 of the Morzine 10 week ski & snowboard instructor course and the trainees have finished their BASI Level 1 exams…woohoo! Now everyone is working on developing BASI level 2 technique, avalanche training, more snow antics across borders and another awesome Morzine Penguins game! Here’s group leader Tom with the update… Stress of exams over with…phew, and now Lesley from BASS Ski School filmed our skiers for video analysis, highlighting some real […]
Morzine and the Portes du Soleil is the perfect resort to spend a 10-week ski instructor training course. What’s included? A lift pass to one of the largest ski areas on the planet, 25 hours on snow development a week, BASI Level 1 & Level 2 exams and resources, BASI Trainers and BASI Level 4s training you on the hill, first aid course, avalanche awareness […]
Winter rolls on… Saas Fee’s group has departed and Verbier’s crew has arrived for 10 weeks of snow, skiing and partying in the fabled mecca of Freeride – Verbier! We’re here… Last Sunday marked the beginning of another Verbier Peak Leaders gap course. The group (8 skiers in total) met each other that evening and very quickly everyone was talking excitedly about the next 10 weeks, what they wanted to […]
How does the Peak Leaders Saas Fee pre-season course stack up against other gap/career breaks? Course leader Steve takes a look back at the full 10 weeks of the Saas Fee ski instructor and snowboard instructor course… Different countries, different cultures Just 10 weeks ago, a group arrived in Saas Fee, Switzerland, to begin the Peak Leaders ski and snowboard instructor training course. The Peak Leaders 2015 crew […]
Week 1 in Austria and our group has already had bluebird skiing, bowling and the Beach Boys!?! Here’s the first of the updates from group leader Tom on the St Anton ski instructor course 2015… Herzlich willkommen in St Anton! The crew arrived late Friday night, excited to get started on the 4 week ski instructor course in St Anton, but pretty tired from a day’s traveling. Once rested, the next […]
