OUR TEAM
Experience
and Passion
Dedication & Excellence
In our team, we have extremely experienced athletes and teachers, both bringing their own diverse and unique backgrounds together to provide the ultimate skiing experience. We also have our professional ski photographer, who is responsible for taking high-quality photos as your exclusive memorials for the trip.
Our team’s dedication to ensuring your skiing adventure is unforgettable doesn’t stop there. We’ve got skilled mountain guides who know these slopes like the back of their hands, guaranteeing your safety and taking you to the most breathtaking spots. Whether you’re a seasoned skier or a beginner, we tailor the experience to meet your individual needs.
Meet Our Team
Our team’s dedication to excellence doesn’t stop with our skillful athletes and teachers. We understand that a seamless and memorable skiing experience goes beyond just hitting the slopes. Our friendly and knowledgeable staff are on hand to answer your questions, assist with any concerns, and make sure your every need is met.
Through our program, our instructor manager selects the best instructor for your group. All our instructors have been carefully handpicked because of their high qualification and their years of experience in the snow sports education industry.
By working with independent instructors with the highest qualifications, we ensure you receive the best instruction. All instructors hold their ISIA stamp (International Ski Instructor Association), which is only awarded to ski instructors who have completed multiple assessments throughout their careers.
Lawrence
Hi I’m Lawrence, instructor manager with Liber Larus. Qualified as a ski instructor in 2008, I now hold qualifications through the British, Swiss, New Zealand and Japanese Governing Bodies of skiing. I have a wealth of experience teaching a combination of skiing and snowboarding throughout Europe, Japan and New Zealand. With a degree in sports science and a master’s degree in physiotherapy, I am able to provide a deep understanding of the fundamental Biomechanics of skiing, as well as understand how best to treat typical ski and snowboard-related injuries. Specialisations in technical skiing, backcountry, ski touring, ski racing & freestyle.
Juliana
With a background working as a mountain guide in Argentina, I can bring a wealth of experience to the team. Currently working as a ski instructor, I have worked across the Argentinian, American and Irish governing bodies of skiing. I also specialise in all things racing, freestyle, back country and ski touring.
Polyan
My name is Polyan I am Chilean but I live in Barcelona. I am a very cheerful and spontaneous person, I love nature and in my free time, I practise skiing, hiking and other sports in the mountain. I have been working for more than 20 years in the mountains of the world, such as the Andes, the Caucasus, the Turkish Anatolia, the Pyrenees and the Alps.
Bernardo
Having studied Cinema and Photography I’ve learned all the technical aspects of audio-visual communication necessary to provide the best service and product. My extensive experience travelling and living in various continents and countries has taught me to adjust to the needs of different cultures and their markets. My ability to speak Spanish, French, English, Italian and Portuguese, makes communication effortless.
Meet Our Professional Photographer
Hello, I’m Enric! cinematographer with a passion for visual storytelling. My experience spans a diverse range of films, television series, and independent projects. Based in the picturesque heart of Zermatt, I also manage my own company, where I dedicate my skills to photography and filmmaking projects.
I’m driven by a relentless pursuit of visual excellence, whether collaborating on a major film production or capturing the essence of a fleeting moment through photography, I seek to create content that resonates on a profound level. Join me on this journey and we will create stories that leave a lasting impression.
We ensure all our instructors count with a qualitification equivalent to the ISIA stamp or above.
The ISIA is the International Ski Instructor Association. They are the international body responsible for ski instructors. The ISIA promotes collaboration between the international ski associations and maintains a standard.
ISIA Members
- Andorra
- Argentina
- Australia
- Belgium
- Bosnia-Herzegowina
- Bulgaria
- Canada
- Chile
- Croatia
- Czechia
- Denmark
- Finland
- Germany
- Great Britain
- Greece
- Hungary
- Ireland
- Israel
- Italy
- Japan
- Korea
- Montenegro
- Netherlands
- New Zealand
- North Macedonia
- Norway
- Poland
- Romania
- Russia
- San Marino
- Serbia
- Slovakia
- Slovenia
- Spain
- Sweden
- Switzerland
- Turkey
- United States of America
Lithuania, China, Latvia and Ukraine hold observer status.
ISIA Stamp and Card
Each association member of ISIA can train and qualify its members to become instructors. However, to be granted the ISIA stamp or the ISIA card, an international standard must be reached by the instructors. To reach this standard, the instructors must train for years and successfully complete a number of qualfications.
How do the qualifications work in relationship to ISIA
Swiss Snowsports
The ISIA stamp is granted to Swiss Snowsports members holding the title of Instructors. This is obtained after completing the methodologic and technical courses, safety and rescue, variables and off piste, dual discipline or alternatively becoming an expert in racing or freestyle in their discipline. To obtain a ISIA card, candidates must become a brevet federal instructor. This also includes and international speed test, law and tourism course and written project.
IASI
Intructors require at least a Level 3 qualification for the ISIA stamp. This includes a mountain safety course, dual discipline, racing or freestyle course and second lenguage in combination with the level 3 technical and teaching standard. For the ISIA card, instructors must reach a level 4 technical and teaching standard, all the requirements for the ISIA stamp an advanced mountain safety course, an internationl speed exam and a written project.
BASI
Intructors require at least a Level 3 qualification for the ISIA stamp. This includes a mountain safety course, dual discipline, coaching course, second language in combination with the level 3 technical and teaching standard. For the ISIA card (ISTD), instructors must reach a level 4 technical and teaching standard, all the requirements for the ISIA stamp an advanced mountain safety course, an internationl speed exam and a written project.
How we choose our Instructors
At Walk into Nature we strive to provide you with an excellent service. We believe that choosing the best instructors helps us guarantee you a superior learning experience. That’s why we decided to only work with instructors that hold at least a qualification equivalent to the international ISIA stamp.
We are aware that some instructors that don’t hold this qualification might also be fantastic teachers, but by upholding ourselves to this standard we can guarantee that you will be taught by those that not only have gone through rigourous training to become the highest levels at their respective associations, but this level has also been recognized by the international body responsible for ski instructors since 1971.
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