Update from our ski instructor course – this week has been varied yet intense! On top of the daily training sessions with Emma and Jake from Element Concept, we’ve been learning about Avalanche Awareness and beginning the shadowing sessions with Kandahar Ski Club, meeting Les Elfes International and still managing to find time for the pub! View this post on Instagram Not a bad day […]
The third week of our Saas Fee ski instructor course in 2016 has delivered brilliant results on the BASI Level 1 Alpine exam and created many happy new ski instructors! Before we look at how the week went, let’s meet some more members of this year’s group: Ben View this post on Instagram Got them Monday blues…. Blue skies that is! #peakleaders A post shared […]
Week 10 of the Verbier 10 week ski instructor course and the trainees may have finished the course, but are in fact just beginning their onwards journey, whether that’s staying in Verbier as a Ski Instructor, trekking Kilimanjaro or another gap year we wish everyone the best of luck, and thanks for another epic course! The finish is near…but it’s not the end! At the end of last week, Jon sat down with all […]
Week 8 of the Verbier 10 week ski instructor course and the final week at that! The group will do their BASI Level 2 exams, but not without some epic events thrown in for good measure! Here’s group leader Charlie with the update… What a week it’s been! On Monday, our future ski instructors headed off at the crack of dawn to hop on Verbier Transport’s mini-bus, excited…clutching […]
Week 7 of the Verbier 10 week ski instructor course and the group are enjoying massive dumps of fresh snow, not for the ‘fair weather’ hearted! Here’s group leader and ski instructor Charlie with the update… It’s STILL snowing! Here in Verbier we’re now into a second week with Element Ski School and more days seeing snow than not – and we aren’t talking just a smattering […]
