Snow in August
It’s an obsession I talk about every year, but the first snow is always a massive landmark in planning for the winter. Of course this is just a storm in August, and a lot of it will melt
What are the different ski instructor qualifications?
Qualifications: How on earth does it all work? Good question. You wouldn’t be alone if you looked at all the ski instructor qualifications out there and wondered what on earth all lists of letters and number mean: BASI, ISIA, IASI,
Why is experience so important?
It’s all about experience. It sounds pretty obvious. But after teaching in Verbier for years (both Emma and Guy are well into their second decades here) experience is something we don’t always see when we look at ski instructors in
What’s a Brevet Federal?
Off-Piste ski instructor qualifications There are loads of qualifications from all over the world, and there is no doubt that there are a lot of excellent systems out there training ski instructors. But here in Verbier there is a really
Another day off – another powder day
Jake and Will seem to have the knack of booking a day off to go free-riding just when a storm hits. You can set your clock by it (or your barometer). So if you want to know what our two
February powder day with Melody Sky
Now that the half term weeks have died down we’ve had chance to get a few things sorted – not least of all going through the amazing photos from Melody’s day with Jake and Will in the powder in Bruson.
Verbier Powder
Snow hits Verbier (again) The snow might have decided to start falling a little late this season, but it’s been making up for it over the last few weeks. We’ve had another massive fall at the weekend with over 50cm
Snow is back in Verbier
After weeks and weeks of hanging about and waiting for winter to get going, the last 24 hours has seen Verbier change into a skiing Mecca again. We’ve had over half a meter of snow and probably more – although
Snow in Verbier – and there’s more to come
After a summer that seemed to linger for months the weather has suddenly changed and winter has decided to make an appearance. Temperatures have plummeted here in Verbier over the weekend, and snow has been falling all the way to
Verbier weather report | 24 March 2016
Yes, we haven’t played weatherman for a while so here’s a slightly sunburnt update on the weather in Verbier. In short it’s really sunny BUT the snow is really good. Yes, the season may have started late but it just