Having spent the last 4 months in Val d'Isere managing the courses I thought it was time to get in the car and pop over to Meribel for the day. I couldn't have picked a better day than Thursday this past week. We had had about 30cm of snow here in Val d'Isere on Wednesday so I figured Me Read More »

Basecamp are offering those that sign onto a full instructor course before the end of the month a free pair of skis or a snowboard.  We will be giving out Salomon 24 Hour skis and a range of Signal Snowboards. Both brands are extremely friendly all over the mountain and are perfect Read More »

Wow, having just got off the phone to Stuart Bernard, a ski instructor and member of the Basecamp team, I have learned that his group of Basecampers are off heli skiing this afternoon. They have headed towards Tignes and are about to do a 45 minute hike along a ridge before dropping a 30 minute off Read More »

Hello again from sunny Val d'Isere, Since my last post we have had a pretty busy week. The BASI guys are in their last day of exams and having been up with both groups this week, I have to say they are all doing very well. It's now a matter of hours until we hear the results, fi Read More »

Wow, it's been a busy busy week in Val d'Isere, so much has been going on it's hard to know where to start... Well, BASI 2 would be a good place. The guys had a very full on action packed week last week as it was the first week of the level 2 exam. We had some nervous faces at the piste Read More »

Hi All, Following on from the Basecamp Val d'isere lifetsyle video, I have put together another blog summing up our last 10 days in the mountains. We are having one incredible time, the conditions have been amazing, and it's even starting to warm up and you can really notice the Read More »

Hello Again, From the title you can porobably tell that we have had another great week in Val d'Isere. It has been a cold one though, with temperatures dropping as low as -32. However the sun has shone pretty much everyday giving the guys some perfect conditions to get on the slopes Read More »

Bonjour everyone, Again, it's easy for me to say, but we have had another awesome week in the mountains. It's been a very busy one, with 26 of our guys doing their BASI Level 1 last week. Well done to everyone that passed, I am very pleased with the pass rates and wish you all v Read More »

To keep it short, all I can say is that we have one incredible week in Val d'Isere. Everyone's smiling and having a blast. I'll let the video and pictures tell the story. Life out here is unreal... Hope everyone back home is well. Read More »

Driving up to Val d'Isere yesterday having  landed in Geneva, was definately an experience.   "Do you think you will make it?" asked Linley who has been out here with Tom since the 27th December, making sure every last detail is set and ready for the 2012 season. Read More »