Staff and Guides

• Craig Palmer is an ex Royal Marine who has over 17 years of outdoor leadership experience gained from both active service in the Royal Marines and within the outdoor leisure industry. Craig has extensive Mountaineering qualifications and is an active member of the Penrith Mountain Rescue Team and is an International Mountain Leader with outdoor experience in Europe, the Alps and the Greater Ranges.

• Dave Atherton has 20 years outdoor leadership experience gained from active service in the Army and within the outdoor industry and is an International Mountain Leader. Dave’s International leadership ranges from the Arctic to the Antarctic, including the Alps, the Himalayas, Scandinavia, South & North America and Africa and he is also a full member of Kendal Mountain Rescue Team.

• Tony Holliday is renowned for his meticulous planning and organizational skills and is an expert logistics man detailed with the responsibility for operational support and task management. He has also travelled extensively throughout Europe and North America and has trekking and mountain walking experience in the Lake District, Scottish Highlands, Dolomites, Slovenia, Canada and North West USA.

• Sue Dunford has worked in the outdoor industry since 1996 and is a professional ski instructor. She has worked in the Dolomites, Canada and Sierra Nevada and is very hands-on and versatile equally at home organising skiing or snowshoeing activities as well as working as a walking/via ferrata guide. Sue is based in the Dolomites and her local knowledge of this region is an invaluable resource.

• Walter Mussner is from Val Gardena and has 20 years experience teaching mountain sports.  He holds the Italian ski qualification (FISI) in ski, snowboarding and cross country skiing and teaches all 3 elements during the winter. Walter runs a mountain bike school in the summer and holds the Italian teaching qualification (SIMB) for mountain biking. 

• Klemen Volontar is a highly experienced mountaineer and runs our operations in Slovenia. Klemen has been a member of his country's Mountain Rescue Association since 1984 and is an experienced rescue dog handler and avalanche specialist. He was also a member of one of the first expeditions on Lofoten island - Norway (1980) and has visited the mountains of Hoggar (Ahagar) in Algerian desert (1983), East Germany and the Czech Republic (1984). He also has extensive experience in the Alps and guided an expedition to Aconcaqua (1995) and has guided in Nepal every year since 2000.

Alps Mountain Holidays

We are a dedicated team 100% committed to offering the best possible service on your holiday. Using UK-based Instructors backed up by experienced local guides you will be fully supported by experienced outdoor specialists and holders of the prestigious International Mountain Leader or Guide qualification.