Our Team
All our members of staff have been carefully chosen for their aptitude and high level of experience in working with children. In addition to this we use sports experts for most of our activities including skiing, snowboarding, biking, rock climbing, hiking, high ropes course, tennis, football, mountain orienteering and map/compass workshops.
All our staff have been headhunted, chosen for specific skill-sets they bring to the team, and come with shining personal references. Our staff are young, fun and brimming with passion and experience. All of our staff are aged 25 – 35 (excluding Mountain Guides) and have both clean and up-to-date CRB checks and First Aid Certificates.
Prior to employment, all our staff are required to attend a 5 day training course to ensure they’re all up to speed technically, with our philosophy and with our safety measures.
Please continue reading below to find out more about the background and qualifications of each of our staff members. If you would like more information about specific qualifications or you would like to view a more comprehensive CV of a member of staff, please contact us here.
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Founder/Camp Leader
Hannah grew up in Zurich, Switzerland; after schooling she attended and graduated from the University of Warwick in 2009 with a degree in Philosophy, Politics and Economics. She soon moved to Zermatt, Switzerland to follow her passion for skiing. During the winter months Hannah is the Ski School Director for European Snowsport Zermatt. Hannah holds the top British and Swiss ski instructor level, and is also a Trainer/Examiner for the British Association of Snowsport Instructors, she has completed her Child Protection certificate, European Mountain Safety qualification, and the Alpine Race Coach Level 2. Hannah also holds her Adaptive Level 2 Ski Qualification, which allows her to teach children with certain learning difficulties and disabilities. On top of her ski instructing, she is also a qualified secondary school teacher. She is dedicated to providing a top level service to ensure that parents feel safe and comfortable leaving their children with ASCZ, and that the children have an unforgettable experience.
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Camp Leader
Growing up in Wales, Steve played all the sports available to him and started coaching during high school, becoming a basketball and tennis coach. After school, he continued his passion for coaching by moving into a career as a ski instructor. Currently living in Zermatt, Switzerland year-round, after spending many years coaching skiing around the world, including Australia, Switzerland, Japan, Canada and America. Collecting certification from multiple nations, including the full Australian Level 4 APSI, and the Swiss Patente. Steve spends the winters coaching skiing in Zermatt, working with both the public and fellow ski instructors. Working alongside his wife Hannah with Awesome Summer Camp Zermatt, he enjoys spending the summers biking, climbing and enjoying everything else that Zermatt has to offer, as well as managing SkiCoachingOnline.com. Steve enjoys being a camp leader, being able to show people all the amazing things that Zermatt has to offer is the highlight for Steve. Along with getting involved in all the fun activities that we get to do whilst on camp. No task is too big or too small to ask of Steve, he is dedicated to creating a fantastic experience for everyone involved in the camps.
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Camp Leader
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Camp Leader
Chloe has been living and working in Zermatt for seven years. Her love for the outdoors shines through in her work, as she is always eager to share her knowledge and enthusiasm with the campers. In her spare time, Chloe can often be found cycling and hiking and skiing around the beautiful Swiss Alps.
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Camp Leader
Jack began his coaching journey at the Brecon Beacons mountain range in Wales. Here he completed a variety of qualifications in paddle sports and other outdoor pursuits. This prepared him for his first summer season of coaching work. He spent the first half of season in Hauteville-sur-mer in North-West France, leading summer camp groups through paddling, climbing, high ropes, hiking and archery experiences. Following on from this, he moved further North to the Ardes lakes where he specialised in flat water paddle sports coaching for the remainder of the summer.
During the summer, Jack is a keen hiker, climber and mountain biker. With this experience, passion for outdoor sport and his local knowledge, he is well suited to leading our camp groups throughout their various activities in Zermatt. He has a fantastic rapport with kids of all ages, able to match their energy to stimulate learning whilst maintaining a safe environment. Jack is super excited for another season of fun experiences and hopes to see some familiar faces!
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‘Dave’ grew up in Southampton where he enjoyed a successful amateur motocross career as a youngster competing on the national circuit, while also competing in trials and enduro competitions.
He then pursued a career in ski instructing, starting out in Japan and later moving to Zermatt where he’s now called home for 3 years.
Dave spends his summers here racing mountain bikes in the Swiss Enduro Series as well as hiking and wild swimming in Zermatt’s many lakes.
Dave loves being a camp leader as he gets to share his love for Zermatt and all its activities with others. He’s a firm believer that Zermatt is one of the most magical places in the world, and takes great pride in ensuring everyone gets the best experience from their time here.
In addition to our full-time permanent staff members, each day we use 3rd party companies and persons to act as sports experts and run certain activities such as hiking, biking, rock climbing and high ropes courses. For example, although we are all certified ski instructors, in order to ensure there is always 1 member of staff supervising at all times, we use an external ski school to carefully select individual instructors to instruct the children. We are not given instructors or coaches for activities at random. We undergo the same selection process when contracting these 3rd parties as we do when hiring our own staff.
