Introducing MIAS International Tutor - Craig Nelder & Les 2 Alpes 🇫🇷
Qualifications
MIAS Level 3 MTB Leader MIAS Level 6 MTB Tutor ABMG Mountain bike Guide EO MTBING DIPLOMA French Equivalence/Carte Pro Tell us about your MTB career/business?
I grew up with mountain biking and during my teenage years I used to spend much of my spare time riding, building trails in the woods, racing 4 cross and dirt jumping in the UK. At 18 I left the UK for Austria to do my first winter season and completely fell in love with the mountains. In 2017 I moved to les 2 Alpes and settled here with my family. Soon after we started our mountain bike and snowboard business Ride Camps which offers lessons, camps and qualifications.
Tell us about your location?
Les 2 Alpes if one of the worlds top bike parks with many marked downhill trails and various lifts to take you back to the top. It has a fantastic team of shapers constantly adding new lines and features to the park. One of the unique attractions of 2 Alpes is the lift access to 3200m of altitude with crazy long descents all the way to the valley floor at 960m. Les 2 Alpes has hosted major international events such as Crankworx and the infamous Mountain Of Hell!
Why is your location a great place to come for a MIAS course?
Les 2 Alpes is the perfect place to do your course because everything is literally on your doorstep including skills areas, a pump track, natural trails, lift accessed bike park trails. You can combine your MIAS course with a bike park holiday in a resort where you really get the big mountain experience and 300 sunny days a year!
What do you do when your not mountain biking?
During the winter months I can be found teaching snowboard lessons and camps in Les 2 Alpes. I Also work for the British Association of snowboard instructors as a Snowboard Trainer. Other than that I am usually trying to keep up with my daughter on snow, bikes, skateboards, swimming, dancing or whatever other activities she is into.