Ben was on the 2014 Peak Leaders St Anton 4-week ski instructor course and went on to work the season for the Ski Schule Arlberg. We asked him for a few words on how it all went in one of the world’s best known resorts. Here’s what he had to say about why he started his journey with Peak Leaders … Peak Leaders: What made you decide on a […]
It’s fair to say that there was an air of apprehension in the breakfast room on Sunday morning. At 8am the trainers/examiners from Tirol Snowsports would be welcoming all of the new ski instructor candidates to the Arlberg-Saal. Everybody was looking forward, with partially opened arms and ears, to hearing which group they would be in for the next two weeks and whether they’d […]
Our time spent skiing Ischgl proved that it wasn’t just a great party spot, limited to sunny, wide beginner runs. Thanks to a healthy amount of pre-season snow falling at the end of November, combined with the huge snow-making operation in Ischgl lots of the more-challenging runs were already open, and more importantly could be skied by the groups in the second week. The […]
As if by magic, a day before the course in St Anton was due to start the whole of the Tyrol region was covered by a thick blanket of snow, the first substantial snowfall of the year. This proved the perfect welcome for the trainees, many of whom are at the start of a winter season as ski instructors! The majority of trainees arrived […]
Winter 2013/14 in the northern hemisphere is shaping up to be another busy season for the team at Peak Leaders HQ. Not only do we have many different instructor courses running between now and the end of the season, but we’re also preparing for another season of above-average snowfall. The Swiss, French and Austrian Alps are already looking like a winter wonderland and it’s […]
