Wendy Reade
I have been a Winter Sports School director for over 35 years, and if there’s one thing that I have learned is that I am a teacher through and through; my passions are people and skiing. I love connecting with people, sharing my knowledge and experience of skiing, and exploring all the mountain has to offer. I continue to explore how to be the best one can be, through attention, intention, execution and commitment.
Lucia Glass-Davies
I have been part of the Fernie Winter Sports school Team since 2013. It is incredibly rewarding to get to work with people in this amazing mountain environment and pass on my love of this sport to others. I have had the privilege to have taught and coached for many years in Austria, Switzerland, France, Australia before making Fernie home. These experiences and their skiing cultures have fueled a lifelong passion for ski teaching, which I hope to share with you.
Tom Klingspohn
I love to work with people; my passion is for teaching and ski technique. I was proud to represent the CSIA as a coach for the Canadian Interski team in Bulgaria. I am now focusing my efforts on making the instructors in the Fernie Winter Sports School the best they can be.
Mark Vale
I have been working with the Winter Sports School at Fernie Alpine Resort for the past 5 years and overall have been instructing for the past 8 years. I bring a level of calm and ease to my lessons, which helps to create a relaxed learning environment.
Julie Bernasconi
I enjoy every aspect of skiing and teaching, however, I specialize in big mountain, freeride and freestyle skiing. What I like the most about my job is helping my students push their limits and try new things, whether it is skiing a steep chute, learning a new trick or skiing powder for the first time. I like using the variety of terrain and the amazing snow Fernie has to offer to help my students improve.
Peter Stewart
I’ve been teaching skiing and snowboarding from beginners through to experts, as well as national and international level athletes for over 30 years. My teaching philosophy is very results-driven and caters to the client’s needs, balancing lots of skiing or riding fun with good technical development that focuses on sensations you can relate to. I believe it is key to understand what the equipment needs to do on the snow to produce the result you want. I am very passionate about sharing my love for skiing and snowboarding with others and keen to help you achieve your goals on snow this season!
Rodger Renwick
With over 30 years of ski teaching experience, I am focused on creating the best client experience possible. Learn to ski, become an expert, ski the steeps, learn to ski bumps, chutes or carve a pencil thin line in the snow. I can help my clients improve quickly and efficiently while having the most fun possible. Watching my clients excel is a passion that keeps me coming back year after year.
Bridget Hemsted
I love sharing and showing the variety of skiing here on the mountain, with our guests. When instructing I blend my Physiotherapy knowledge of biomechanics and studies of Tai Chi/Qigong with the 30+ years of coaching and instructing with the CSIA.
Karlyn Renwick
I have a passion for ski teaching and training and I am a strong advocate for women in the sport. I strive to be an industry role model, and I enjoy coaching, teaching, and mentoring others. I enjoy sharing my experiences on snow with people who want to learn.
Annica Collombin
I am a Swede who loves to ski and explore the whole mountain. Powder, moguls and trees make Fernie a great playground for teaching. I have been teaching at the Fernie Winter Sports School for 10 years and have lots of experience from teaching in Austria and Colorado, as well as a lifetime of skiing! I coach many of our Ladies Multi Week programs and first tracks. I love my job and sharing a bit of Fernie with all my clients! Let's go Skiing!
I first learned to ski at the age of 3 back in Scotland and made the move out to Fernie back in 2018 to teach. I've been lucky enough to coach down in New Zealand, learning about different cultures and approaches to our sport. I love sharing my knowledge with people of all abilities and, in the process, helping and mentoring them to be the best they can be.
I enjoy helping people meet their skiing goals. I have spent the last 15 years teaching in fernie. I want to help you make the best out of your ski experience.
I have been lucky to have taught skiing for approximately 15 years in Fernie. It is a beautiful place with an awesome playground surrounded by inspiring mountains. I love being part of the Fernie Winter Snow School, sharing my passion for teaching and skiing with others who are as excited as I am about being able to go skiing or riding every day.
I have spent the last winters teaching snowboarding in Austria as a Landeslehrer and several summers teaching windsurfing in Belgium. I have a Master's Degree in Teaching Science and Technology and three years teaching high school physics and math. You could say that teaching is my life, and I'm so grateful to be able to do it in such an amazing environment as the Fernie Alpine Resort and Fernie Winter Sports School, surrounded by so many great people from all over the world!
I love sharing my love of snowboarding with clients, especially kids. I like to use my experience from racing SBX with the Canadian National Team and time spent on the Freeride World Tour to provide different perspectives on how I teach. I've been lucky enough to travel the world snowboarding, but a winter at Fernie Alpine Resort and working in the FWSS takes the cake.
