About the school

Davit and Andranik grew up in Tsaghkadzor, on the same slopes they still teach on. For a few years they taught friends and acquaintances to ski — no sign, no bookings, just because they explained it better than the instructors running the big groups. Once there were more people wanting lessons than they had free time after their own shift, they called it a school and started bringing instructors in, rather than the other way round.

The difference with a group lesson at the resort isn't the price, it's the attention. In a group of ten, one instructor watches everyone at once and teaches to the resort's schedule, not yours. From the start we've worked one instructor to one student or one family: you pick the time, and the person next to you sets the pace, not a lesson plan for the day. An instructor sees exactly what isn't working for you and adjusts the lesson on the spot, not the day after.

The school now has ten instructors — Davit, Andranik, and eight more they trained and vetted themselves before letting them teach. Each works at one of the two resorts, Tsaghkadzor or Myler, speaks more than one language, and can teach both skiing and snowboarding, though most have the one they're strongest in. Who's who, and what each one specialises in, is on the team page.