Qualified ski instructor, ski tourer and mountain athlete - happiest with thin air and a long descent.
A qualified ski instructor, Tess has taught movement on snow the same way she has coached bodies everywhere else - building skill, confidence and control in an environment that punishes hesitation. Altitude, cold and fatigue make the mountains one of the great natural laboratories for human performance.
Ski touring - climbing the mountain under your own power before skiing it - is endurance, efficiency and decision-making rolled into one. Every ascent is a masterclass in pacing, fuelling and reading conditions; every descent is the reward.
