Should I book private ski lessons?
ARE PRIVATE SKI LESSONS OR GROUPS THE BEST SOLUTION IN VERBIER? This is a real dilemma for a lot of skiers. Should I get a lesson? Should I get a group lesson or a private lesson? Are private
Will the Swiss go into Lockdown?
Published on: November 22, 2021 Good question. Austria has just announced a so-called Circuit Breaker lockdown to deal with rising cases and hospitalisations. Meanwhile other nations are looking at stricter measures to combat a rising tide of Covid.
Travel update for Switzerland
Published on: June 18, 2021 SWISS TRAVEL RULE CHANGES: SWITZERLAND CONSIDER EASING RESTRICTIONS FOR THE UK As the Covid rules have continued to shift there has been a feeling that – for travel as well as normal day-to-day
Changes to Covid rules in Switzerland
Published on: December 04, 2020 COVID SAFETY CHANGES: SWITZERLAND IS OPEN FOR BUSINESS Yesterday and today have been busy (and tense) days for news on skiing. As a result we have some big news for Verbier – as
The first snow of the season
After months of blistering temperatures in Verbier (and everywhere else it seems) we’ve had a real change in the weather and the first snow has fallen nearly as far down as resort. The even better news is that there is
Ski school training – and powder and a photoshoot…
Yes, we have a pretty amazing job and this season it seems more than ever like the best job in the world. So, in that spirit, we had our annual pre-season ski school training on an amazing powder day and
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
Powder video and Verbier camps
Jake’s been busy skiing the amazing powder over in Zinal but with all the snow forecast in the next ten days the Verbier camps should be amazing. So enjoy the video (but sorry for the whooping noises…) and if it
Ski Instructor Training Video, Saas Fee 2015
After a brilliant two months the Peak Leaders ski instructor trainees are starting their Level 2 exams this morning and to celebrate we’ve collected a load of footage of everyone filmed from the drone. As we explained in Emma’s last blog,
Peak Leaders: The Story So Far
It’s been a great six weeks of training up on the Saas Fee glacier, and the Peak Leaders trainees have been busy making changes to their technical skiing, teaching and working on off-snow fitness. Skiing on the glacier is very