Switzerland / The coaching connection
Big mountain character. A better understanding of your skiing.
Exploring Engelberg? For training here, my recommendation is Chris Oldaker. Get to know his coaching, choose your mountain and start planning your next step.
Meet Chris ↓Mountain and coaching photographs: Chris Oldaker Coaching’s public website. This is a destination and coaching guide, rather than a first-hand CarveCast trip review.
Find your Engelberg
Engelberg has high-alpine skiing and gentler places to start. Match the mountain to the day and your group, rather than choosing terrain because it looks impressive on film.
The TITLIS area stretches from Engelberg at around 1,000 metres to a summit station above 3,000 metres. Trübsee and Jochpass add different terrain choices. Use the current piste map and open-lift information to plan what actually fits your day.
Explore the TITLIS ski area ↗The Brunni side offers a different setting, with Klostermatte by its valley station providing beginner terrain. For a first lesson or a mixed-ability family, ask Chris where to meet and which ticket you need before buying a full mountain pass.
Official beginner-area guide ↗Plan around your lesson meeting point, equipment collection and mountain access. Staying close to one lift does not put you beside every ski area. Confirm the day’s arrangements before booking accommodation or making a tight arrival-day plan.
Official Engelberg winter information ↗
Adam’s recommendation / Training in Engelberg
If you want training in Engelberg, Chris Oldaker is my recommendation.
His approach puts understanding alongside doing: learning why a movement works, rather than chasing a perfect-looking turn without knowing what changed. His website welcomes everyone from first-time skiers to instructors working towards another qualification.
Chris lists a sports-coaching degree, Level 4 ski-instructor status with an ISIA Card, IASI examiner experience and membership of the 2019 Interski team. He also appears as Supreme Pro’s course director in Engelberg.
A conversation before booking helps establish your goals and whether the coaching fits. Send your dates, your experience and the part of your skiing you would most like to change.
Choose the right format
Chris offers half-day and full-day private lessons, with the possibility of video analysis. This gives you space to work on a specific goal and revisit what you felt on the slope. Ask about the best duration and format for you.
Private lessons & current booking details ↗His camp archive includes carving, moguls and all-mountain themes, using drills and video review. These show the type of training he has offered; the dated listings are not a current programme. Ask Chris which camps are running and how groups are matched.
Explore his camp formats ↗Chris’s recent posts cover instructor courses, exams and Supreme Pro. If you are considering a first qualification or further development, explain your current level and goals. Confirm the course location, awarding body, prerequisites and dates directly.
Meet the Supreme Pro coaching team ↗
Image: Chris Oldaker Coaching. Visit his original gallery for more.
Make the most of the trip
There are dedicated beginner areas, including Klostermatte. Choose the lesson location with your instructor and check which lifts and tickets suit that plan.
His website and social channels cover both. Tell him your starting point so he can recommend the right private session, camp or training pathway.
Chris’s Instagram includes Engelberg freeride weeks. Discuss experience, equipment and the appropriate professional support directly. Off-piste plans depend on conditions and terrain; a social-media clip is not a route or safety assessment.
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Researched 3 November 2026. Recommendation: Adam Matthews. Coaching details and images: Chris Oldaker Coaching; social material: Chris’s Instagram. Resort context: Engelberg tourism and TITLIS. Confirm current services and conditions with the providers.
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From Chris’s own Instagram
See the skiing. Hear the philosophy.
Freeride week in Engelberg
Chris’s account of a Ski Club of Great Britain week brings together fresh snow, touring, learning and the group experience. A useful starting point for discussing a similar training week.
Watch the Engelberg freeride reel ↗Progress, one step at a time
From a tour above Jochpass, Chris reflects on how small steps become meaningful progress. It gives a flavour of the patient approach behind the mountain photographs.
Read Chris’s Jochpass reflection ↗Coaching & instructor training
His winter update introduces coaching projects and instructor-training options. Follow the original post, then contact him for current dates and spaces.
See the training update ↗