On Monday morning of the seventh week in Verbier a minibus picked all of the trainees up by the chalet and the group made their way over to sunny Crans Montana for a day skiing, this was part of our Ski Safari. The drive through the local vineyards was quite a change of scenery, we even saw some palm trees on the way up! […]
Last week in Verbier was an eventful one with the trainees being a step closer to becoming an instructor. The BASI trainer Duncan, who has been a big hit with the group, put them through their paces on the BASI Level 1 assessment. Despite being excited and slightly apprehensive about an intense week ahead the guys and girls had an awesome time. Not only […]
Last week all the new Peak Leader trainees landed in the world famous resort of Verbier, Switzerland! Full of excitement and enthusiasm they arrived at the chalet in ‘drips and drabs’ after what seemed for some a fairly eventful journey. One trainee ended-up taking another trainees flight, due to cancellations, which consequently left the other trainee without a flight for a few hours………you follow?! […]
Who doesn’t want to be abetter skier? Well we thought we’d ask Emma Cairns, one of our most experienced and knowledgable ski trainers, to list 10 ways that the average person can use to improve their skiing this winter. Emma learnt to ski before she could walk and has been training our trainee instructors in Verbier, Saas Fee and Argentina over the past few […]
Last week all of our trainees in Saas Fee took another toward becoming Snowsports instructors as they began their BASI Level 2 course/assessment. All of the guys and girls were very excited and eager to get started and once the course kicked-off were straight in to teaching in mock lessons. All of you skiers and snowboarders out there will be pleased to hear the […]
