Why ski with Kate

Kate is a highly experienced race coach who brings an incredible level of coaching expertise to our team.

Kate embodies our values, super high levels of knowledge and expertises with a genuinely lovely and humble personality. Clients appreciate her warm, caring approach. Kate is as comfortable giving technical input to excellent skiers as she is providing reassurance and confidence building to nervous skiers.

Kate raced on the FIS circuit and has been lead coach in many well respected coaching programmes around the world.

Kate is a BASI Trainer with responsibilities to Train and Assess Instructors progressing through the British Ski Instructor system.

About Kate

Kate grew up skiing in Scotland at the Lecht and Alford dry ski slope, before progressing onto the Scottish team. After leaving school Kate raced FIS full time with the Scottish Team before going to University.  At uni Kate started coaching leading to spells at Lothian Ski Racing Association before becoming lead coach for JR Ski Racing, Kandahar And Whistler Mountain race programmes. It was at the end of Kates winter in Canada that COVID-19 and and Kate returned to PE teaching. During this period Kate re-discovered skiing in Scotland and adventuring in the ski gullies on Ben Nevis and Cairngorms.

“I enjoy teaching but I also enjoy learning - I believe we can always be better, there is always more to learn!”

What chairlift conversations to have with Kate

Ask her about representing her uni in Track cycling at the British University Championships in the Manchester velodrome. 

Or ask her about her wedding plans, she’s marrying Murray in the summer!

• Current BASI Trainer

• BASI Level 4 ISTD Diploma holder with full French Equivalence

• UKCP Alpine Coach Level 3