Verbier Ski Instructor Course – Week 9

  At the start of the week of BASI level 2 exams it’s fair to say that all of the trainees were quite nervous about what to expect during the two-week course/assessment. After an introduction from BASI trainer Alex Leaf on Sunday evening, where he talked the guys and girls through the course and distributed the BASI workbooks, it was time on Monday morning to […]

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Verbier Early Season Ski Instructor Course – Week 1

  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?!  […]

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Argentina Ski Instructor Course – Week 8

  The trainees felt the pressure at the beginning of the week as they were half way through their BASI Alpine Level 2 exams here in Patagonia. They had plenty of feedback and time at the weekend to relax and make the necessary changes to their skiing before kicking-off week 8 with some exceptional weather. With some new snow the pistes were perfect for all […]

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Argentina Ski Instructor Course – Week 2

  Week 2 of the Peak Leaders Ski Instructor course in Bariloche has been a great week for skiing. Over the weekend a storm hit Bariloche with rain and wind. However this rain fell as snow on the slopes of Cerro Catedral. Unfortunately for the first two days the wind persisted and was too strong for us to go too high up the Mountain, so […]

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