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Pietro D.

(29) reviews

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Morzine

Skiing, Ski Touring

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94% of Pietro`s previous customers left 5 star reviews

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94% of Pietro`s previous customers left 5 star reviews

Experience: 20 Years
Languages: English , French , Italian
Cancellation Policy: Moderate [?]

There are places to explore and experience to live. These experiences should be authentic and unique. I won’t organize just a private or group lesson as traditional ski schools. You will live and explore the mountains ! We will plan the day ahead together to make a perfect adventure. I will calibrate the teaching to make your day ! The ski lesson includes: 1) Video footage to analyze good and bad habits. On the way up with lifts, it is an opportunity to see and analyze the videos, to improve body movements for your next run. 2) In the evening, a complete analysis of the videos is prepared to highlight the necessary technical improvements and exercises to be practiced. I will be available for questions and clarifications. 3) During the season, additional technical and educational tips are available by submitting LIVE videos and photo shoots. Continuous training is offered to my students. 4) This winter WIRELESS RADIO: two-way communication, hands-free, range 500 meters, to improve communication and technique LIVE with time optimization. Get in TOUCH for particular REQUESTS and SLOTS ! Teaching AVAILABLE all over the ALPS ! Ski instructor fully qualified in Italy (Diploma di Maestro di Sci) and France (Moniteur National de Ski Alpin - Brevet d'État d'Éducateur Sportif). Born in Milan, reached the Principality of Monaco in 1993, after university between the US and UK went back to South of France to pick up the Maritime family business, recently involved in the Real Estate locally and internationally. Pietro M. Dalmasso

Excellent with all abilities
Great with beginners
Fun children’s lessons
Patient with improvers
Superb for intermediates

When starting a session, please expect to be asked about your goals, objectives and skiing history. Do not worry if you don’t know what those are, we will find the way for a constructive conversation to help find out what you need and want from the lesson. There is no test for ability or pressure to be added, throughout these conversations and some skiing we will make up an action plan for our sessions. Sometimes is very easy, like being guided to top lunch table of the resort; other times guests have more technical aims. Regardless, lessons will be tailored to your need as individual skier and not sticked to my pre-planned agenda. From session, you will learn from explanation, demonstration, practice and video. You are free to follow me, be followed or being asked to find your way down the valley freely, picking up your route. Style of lesson is flexible to suit your learning capabilities, needs and abilities; you can expect what you really want with good chat and lots of fun, promise!

Overall Rating 5.0

(29 reviews)

(5.0/5)

Friendliness

5.0

Time keeping

5.0

Communication

5.0

Technical feedback

5.0

Rebecca S.

07/03/2020

5.0

Beginner

I am a total beginner and Pietro made everything really simple and clear. I progressed lots in the lesson!

Rebecca booked a total of 3 hours with Pietro

Steffanie C.

04/03/2020

5.0

Beginner

Pietro is a lovely person and great teacher. He is very patient and effective with his explanations while not overcomplicating things as we were beginners. Wouldn't hesitate to have another lesson with him on our next trip!

Steffanie booked a total of 2 hours with Pietro

Joe R.

26/02/2020

5.0

Beginner

5* could not fault Pietro, had a great couple of days tailing the lesson to all our individual needs, thank you for your time and would recommend Pietro to anyone.

Joe booked a total of 8 hours with Pietro

Victoria G.

25/02/2020

5.0

Intermediate

Pietro is an incredibly kind and patient instructor who gives great feedback on technique and makes you feel very at ease on the mountain. I hadn’t skied in 4 years and he got me back to being able to ski and get around happily in one lesson!

Victoria booked a total of 4 hours with Pietro

Amanda B.

24/02/2020

5.0

Intermediate

A great start to our weekend skiing in Morzine, Pietro was friendly ,helpful and would definitely recommend , he took us to the best runs given the conditions and helped us getting our ski legs and skills back.

Amanda booked a total of 4 hours with Pietro

David W.

24/02/2020

5.0

Beginner

Pietro was a delight. Always on time, cheerful and helped my sons skiing really progress. He was flexible to varying needs and instilled a love of the mountains and snow in a short time. I'd go out of my way to use Pietro again.

David booked a total of 8 hours with Pietro

Kayleigh T.

20/02/2020

5.0

Mixed

We booked Pietro for 2 days skiing for 7 people (all beginner level). Pietro arrived early and was very friendly and funny right from the ofset. He took us through absolutely everything, spending extra time with the children whilst ensuring us adults had 1:1 time with him too. His patience was tested often with our youngest (sorry again Pietro!) but his patience and determination to help us learn was spot on. Pietro was very good at adapting to each of our ability levels, we have grown in confidence and will be booking him again for next year! Thank you again Pietro!

Kayleigh booked a total of 2 full days with Pietro

Irene M.

10/02/2020

4.6

Intermediate

Very friendly and helpful with organisational details, very good combination of theory and practice, shows great experience and professionalism.

Irene booked a total of 1 full day with Pietro

Geeta M.

01/02/2020

5.0

Beginner

Pietro was an amazing instructor, especially for our children (16 & 11). He was a fantastic support and guide, he helped us more than what we expected, he gave us lists of restaurants and booked for us wherever we chose to go, offered to help with ski passes to ensure all was cost effective, chose the right slopes and progress to help with the children’s development... they took to him really well... and so did we. We also took lessons with him, and he accommodated us as a family! I would definitely ask him again the next time we are skiing!... so lucky to have found him!

Geeta booked a total of 8 hours with Pietro

Steven L.

01/02/2020

5.0

Beginner

We had a great time learning from Pietro. He is very attentive and friendly. Will definitely rebook for next visit.

Steven booked a total of 4 hours with Pietro

Ted C.

21/01/2020

5.0

Beginner

Pietro is an inspirational instructor for both of my boys, aged 9 and 6, who enjoyed every minute of the time they skied with him. He looked after both of them extremely well and taught my younger son how to ski in just a matter of hours. Pietro also helped me with my techniques, even as an advanced/experienced skier. I highly recommend Pietro for all levels of skiers as he has the ability to acceleration the speed at which you and your children will learn.

Ted booked a total of 9 hours with Pietro

Robert F.

27/12/2019

5.0

Mixed

Pietro was awesome! We are a family of five and booked him last minute as we decided to take a 2-day trip to Chamonix coming from Verbier. My three boys range between 11-17 and Pietro took them both on and off piste to spots that were both very challenging and very safe. We had a big powder day and it was so fun! Thx Pietro!

Robert booked a total of 4 hours with Pietro

Alison J.

23/12/2019

5.0

Intermediate

I had a fabulous lesson with Pietro in La Thuile. My request was to gain confidence, ski in control and to have fun. Pietro delivered all of that (despite near zero visibility at times) and I could really appreciate the benefits of 1:1 coaching. I was sad when the lesson was over! My boyfriend came along for a freebie guide, adamant that he didn't want any coaching, but Pietro was so good that David was soon converted and picking up a few tips. David has since said: "Ski Pete is a very good instructor. We should ski with him again". Thanks Pietro xx

Alison booked a total of 3 hours with Pietro

paul c.

18/12/2019

5.0

Beginner

Pietro helped me to go from no skiing ability to being fully confident on a beginners' slope within just a couple of short lessons. He is a multi-faceted person, not "just" a skiing instructor and I felt completely comfortable spending time with him - he put me at my ease. He was able to explain very clearly what I should do and was encouraging when I got it right. The most important thing to know about Pietro is that he is a genuinely warm, friendly person. I couldn't have picked a better instructor.

paul booked a total of 6 hours with Pietro

Sarah P.

12/12/2019

5.0

Intermediate

Pietro was really helpful before the lessons started requesting information about what we wanted from the ski lessons/ our experience and sharing some tips for our first day of skiing at Cervinia. Pietro made sure we got the absolute maximum value from our lesson time, always patient, encouraging us to move out of our comfort zone and we have really made great progress in our 3 half day lessons. On the final day it was a lot more windy than forecast and there was a possibility that the lifts in Cervinia might not open at all. Pietro waited for local information, offered to meet us in Valtournenche and despite starting the lesson an hour late we still had our full 4 hours. We highly recommend Pietro

Sarah booked a total of 12 hours with Pietro

Fabien D.

10/12/2019

5.0

Beginner

Nous avons commencé notre saison de ski avec Pietro comme moniteur et nous ne pouvions pas espérer mieux. Pietro a été extrêmement flexible et nous a cherché la meilleure station pour commencer la saison alors que peu étaient ouvertes. Mon garçon de 10 ans et sa jeune cousine qui skiait pour la première fois garde un souvenir lumineux de leur journée passée avec Pietro.

Fabien booked a total of 1 full day with Pietro

Jimmy C.

23/04/2019

5.0

Beginner

I have no hesitation in recommending Pietro as a professional, engaging and friendly instructor.

Jimmy booked a total of 4 hours with Pietro

Amanda T.

17/04/2019

5.0

Beginner

Pietro is a very accomplished ski coach who can tailor his lesson to any ability. We will be using him again!!!!

Amanda booked a total of 2 hours with Pietro

Sally J.

15/04/2019

5.0

Beginner

We just had a wonderful few days of lessons with Pietro and would recommend him without any hesitation at all to anyone looking to improve their skiing and have loads of fun at the same time! Our 7 year old son had 4 hour lessons with Pietro on 3 consecutive mornings and my husband and I alternated lessons with Pietro in the afternoons. We all improved enormously and had a brilliant time whilst doing so! Pietro was completely professional - he communicated with me prior to the first day to make sure that everything was clear re the meeting point/our level of skiing/any requests we had for the lessons. He was always punctual. Pietro is a brilliant teacher: my husband and I both felt we had made improvements from our limited time with Pietro and our son made massive strides, going from a cautious, rather scared skiier to someone who can now ski with confidence and absolutely loves it - a really huge turnaround. Pietro speaks excellent English and is just a really lovely person who is brilliant with children. He was a complete delight to deal with and to learn from. We will definitely book him again.

Sally booked a total of 8 hours with Pietro

Kirstie N.

05/04/2019

5.0

Advanced

Pietro taught our kids whose comments are as follows: ‘Pietro was helpful and let us have a say on where we could go and what we could do. He also encouraged us to test our limits. He was very kind and chatty and we learned a lot. We definitely want him again next year! He knows lots of information about the mountains and told us lots of facts. His English is very very good.’

Kirstie booked a total of 9 hours with Pietro

Claire S.

30/03/2019

4.9

Beginner

Pietro was absolutely fantastic, very patient with our 2 young children, one of whom is autistic and he had a great way with children and helped ours go from complete beginners to pros in just a few short days. Would highly recommend Pietro to everyone and will definitely be calling him again next year x

Claire booked a total of 16 hours with Pietro

Thomas E.

26/03/2019

5.0

Mixed

Pietro is one of lifes genuinely nice people, he has an amazing passion (and talent) for skiing and goes out of his way to make you feel comfortable whilst ensuring you are being pushed to the next level and improving technically. We were a group of 4 adults of slightly differing levels and he managed to take time to focus on each of us individually whilst making sure everyone was still progressing (and skiing) rather than just hanging around waiting (as we have experienced with other instructors/group lessons in the past). His unwavering passion to help you improve as a skier whilst still maintaining the fun is outstanding and as a group we all completely agreed that these have been the best 4 days skiing we have ever had. Pietro really is a great guy and we can't wait to ski with him again next year!

Thomas booked a total of 12 hours with Pietro

Hattie L.

12/03/2019

5.0

Advanced

We had a great experience, really listened to what we wanted on our afternoon! Taught us a lot but also just let us have fun!

Hattie booked a total of 3.5 hours with Pietro

David A.

15/02/2019

5.0

Beginner

Pietro was great. Great lesson and I learnt loads from a very experienced and friendly instructor. Highly recommended...

David booked a total of 4 hours with Pietro

Alan I.

09/02/2019

5.0

Intermediate

I first contacted Pietro a few days before I was due to arrive in Courmayeur with my 7 year old son. His communication skills are absolutely brilliant and extremely quick. I booked a 4 hour session with him to show us around the resort as well as refining our skiing techniques. Top class instructor, wonderful English spoken and in my opinion we will definitely use again when we visit next year. 5 Star service. Don’t delay book Pietro today.

Alan booked a total of 4 hours with Pietro

Simon P.

08/02/2019

5.0

Beginner

Pietro was very communicative from the outset and on the first day took us from our hotel to rent our skis and buy our lift passes. My son loved being taught by Pietro he is a shy boy who we would have struggled to leave with a complete stranger but on day 2 he just went off no problem, and progressed more quickly than we could ever imagine. He also split his time and gave my wife a couple of lessons she went from a complete beginner to being able to go down a blue run in just 2 hours. We can't thank Pietro for the experience he has given my son and hope to book him again soon.

Simon booked a total of 12 hours with Pietro

Lucy H.

05/01/2019

5.0

Mixed

I booked Pietro to guide my guests in La Thuile and they said "Pietro the ski guide was fantastic and made the holiday"

Lucy booked a total of 3 full days with Pietro

Fiona Hill-Samu... .

23/10/2018

5.0

Pietro is a fantastic instructor with a friendly manner & heaps of experience. I am a nervous skier and Pietro has definately improved my confidence and my ability over the last few years. He has also been able to challenge my competent ski friends giving them the best experience the mountain has to offer as well as being incredibly patient with the kids! We would defintely book Pietro every year but be quick as he’s in demand!

Alisi .

16/10/2018

5.0

We have used Pietro for since 2014. He has been an excellent instructor for our children, always patient, kind and fun. They love him. He has also taught me over the years and has offered invaluable advice. We wouldn't use anyone else. He has a particular flair for teaching children. They look forward to seeing him all year! I would recommend him to anyone looking for an excellent instructor who also understands how to make skiing fun for children.

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