Six weeks. From skier to instructor.
Two intakes a year: pre-season in Hintertux, Austria, or in-season in Morzine. Same course, coached by the people who run BASI exams.
Six weeks. Two ways in.
Coached by the people who run BASI exams. Living with the team training you. Out the other side with a qualification, a job offer, and friends for the long haul.
- BASI L1 + L2
- 6 weeks
- 8:1 max
Two intakes this year. Autumn pre-season in Hintertux, Austria, or our winter course in Morzine. Same course, same standards, same price.
For winter, the whole course moves into a private Peak chalet, students, coaches and the wider team under one roof. You train in Avoriaz, the heart of the 650 km Portes du Soleil, and come home to Morzine.
Hintertux, Austria
Sun 1 Nov – Fri 11 Dec 2026 · provisional
Morzine + Avoriaz
3 Jan – 12 Feb 2027
8:1 max · same price
Peak Snowsports is a BASI Business Partner, approved to deliver BASI training and assessments. Your Level 1 and Level 2 are coached and examined to the official BASI standard.
Free skis + bindings. On us.
We've partnered with Fluid Lines, the UK outdoor sports store, to put together a kit package built specifically for what you'll need on course. Lock in your spot before the end of June and the skis and bindings are included. Yours to keep.
Two packages. Staged payments as standard.
€8,999
Six weeks, all course content, private Peak chalet accommodation, transfers, kit deal, everything below.
Book the standard package →Staged payments. €150 deposit.
We've kept the 2026 course price and added a staged payment plan as standard, so you can spread the cost rather than finding it all at once.
- A schedule that works for you, balance paid in instalments before the course starts.
- 10-day cooling-off period, change your mind, full refund, no questions.
- All payments in EUR, by card or bank transfer.
If a payment plan still doesn't make it work, talk to us early. We've helped plenty of students piece it together: sponsorships, family contributions, savings, and we'll do what we can.
Everything you need. Nothing you don't.
On-snow
- 100+ hours of training, BASI trainers only
- BASI Level 1 and Level 2 exams
- 8:1 student-to-trainer maximum
- Racing, freestyle, piste performance, demos, off-piste
- Mock assessment days
- Teaching sessions to nail the assessment models
Off-snow
- Outdoor First Aid Course
- Workshops on equipment, avalanche, career and more
- Video analysis sessions
- Theory sessions on technical + teaching concepts
- Team merch and team puffer
- Interview prep for teaching positions
Pastoral care
- 24/7 care line and WhatsApp community group
- In-resort pastoral care with weekly room reviews
- Weekly 1-2-1s with the training team
- Social events and supervised après parties
- Alumni channel
- Training mentality workshop
Living
- Private Peak chalet in Morzine
- Proper community, not a block of apartments
- Easy access to Avoriaz lifts each morning
- Pro discount on skis, boots, poles, helmets, goggles, clothing and packs
- Morzine bars, restaurants and après on your doorstep
- End-of-course party
- One-way transfer from Geneva airport
Four reasons it works.
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Coached by the examiners.
Every session is delivered by current BASI trainers. You'll know exactly what they're looking for, because they're the ones looking for it.
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8:1 max group size.
Real coaching, not crowd management. We keep groups small so every student gets proper attention every session.
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A job at the end of it.
Our partner ski schools across the Alps take BASI Level 2 instructors directly from our course. The winter intake wraps just before February half-term, so you can be working a full week straight after.
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Alumni for life.
Every Peak student joins the alumni network. There's always a space for you on our chairlifts.
Six weeks. One crew.
The big ones.
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What do I need to do to pass? +
Trust the training. We've built a tested programme of technical and teaching sessions, off-snow workshops, and weekly benchmarking. The assessment criteria are set by BASI, for Level 1 and Level 2, and our curriculum is designed to get you above the required standard for both. Attendance at every session is what gets students through.
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What’s the training system? +
Learner-centred. We use a benchmarking approach so the wider curriculum stays consistent across the cohort, but every student gets personalised sessions within it. Open and closed skills are tested at regular intervals so you always know where you are.
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What do I pack? +
Avoriaz hits -20°C with a -30 wind chill in deep winter, bring warm, waterproof, layerable kit. The essentials: skis + boots + poles (or rent through our hire partners), helmet (mandatory), goggles, Gore-Tex jacket + pants, merino base layers, two sets of gloves and beanies, five pairs of ski socks, a 15L pack. A team down jacket is included with the course. You'll get the full checklist on enrolment.
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What insurance do I need? +
At minimum: travel insurance covering medical and evacuation, accident/personal accident insurance for ski-related injury, and equipment cover. Liability insurance for instructing comes free with your BASI membership once you qualify. World Nomads, Allianz and AXA all cover sports professionals, confirm geographical scope (France + Switzerland) and off-piste coverage if applicable.
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Where can I work after qualifying? +
Level 1 lets you teach at UK snow centres and dry slopes. Level 2 is the first mountain-based qualification, you can teach parallel on marked pistes. We've a partnership with a Champéry ski school that interviews on-course and takes BASI L2s directly. The winter intake finishes just before February half-term, so you can be working a full week post-course. New Zealand, Switzerland, USA, Italy and Andorra all require work permits and have country-specific routes, we cover all of this in career workshops on course.
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What if I fail an assessment? +
Rare, but it happens. If you fail Level 1, we organise a reassessment within your six-week window (small additional BASI fee, possibly extra training fees). If you fail Level 2, the official GAP programme has concluded, you book a standalone reassessment with BASI directly. Either way, reassessments must be taken within two years. We continue coaching at an additional fee if you need it.
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What is the Peak community like? +
Important to us. You join the Peak alumni from day one, private Slack channels for trainees, instructors and mentors, ongoing workshops, mentorship pairings with seasoned coaches, peer learning groups. The community runs well past graduation: alumni stay in touch, share work opportunities, and there's always a space on our chairlifts for you.
Book a call.
Book a video call with us and we'll walk you through the course, the chalet, the kit, and how to get the most out of your six weeks.