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Meet the Ski Pros
ChinaExpat has launched a new skiing feature on our website. Two ski pros with extensive experience both inside and outside of China can answer all of your skiing questions in our forum, which you can access at
Both pros also organized ski trips around China. Take a look at their sites to arrange the perfect getaway to meet all of your needs.
The only thing better than getting out to the ski slopes in China is having a couple of pros organize your vacation. You are sure to benefit from their years of experience.
The Pros:
Christoph Mueller
Christoph was born in 1973 and has lived in China for more than 4 years. Skiing since the age of four, this sport always has always been a favorite way for him to spend his free time. At the age of 22, he became a fully certified Swiss ski instructor.
Christoph has taught in such famous resorts as Saas Fee, Davos and most extensively in St. Moritz, where he worked for the VIP clients of the 5-Star Hotel Suvretta House, one of skiing’s most famous addresses worldwide. With total teaching experience of 13 years, and with clients ranging in age from 3 to 89, at all ski levels, he is exceptionally knowledgeable about the sport.
When not teaching, you can find Christoph off the groomed slopes, deep in the powder following his passion of extreme skiing. He has skied several exposed faces in the Swiss Alpes with slopes up to 60 degrees steep and walked the “Haute Route” at age 15( a ski mountain climbing tour from Sass Fee to Chamonix). In addition he has climbed and skied several peaks and steep faces above the 4000 meter line. His greatest dream (related to China-skiing, anyway) would be the first skier to complete a south-face descent of the “Four Sister Mountains” in Sichuan.
Currently Christoph runs his own travel company Hiddenchina.net organizing specialized travel in China. More information please go to
Christoph answers all questions about technique, equipment and Chinese resorts in the China Expat Ski forum .
Tom Tillotson
Tom is older than Christoph (and leaves it at that) and has been in the ski industry for 35 years. He is involved with resort operations and owns his own ski and rental shops in New Hampshire in the US northeast. With 40 consecutive years of skiing under his belt, Tom’s ski skills extend from skiing and boarding to cross-country, and his current favorite, telemark skiing.
Although he is still based in the US, for the last three years Tom has spent about half of his time in China, and two years ago started exploring the developing China ski scene. The dearth of credible information on Chinese ski resorts available in any language led Tom to start www.ChinaSkiTours.com last year with the intention of removing the “fear of the unknown” as an obstacle to finding a decent experience in China.
China Ski Tours, LLC focuses on offering combined skiing and cultural tours to western visitors who want to experience China away from the crowds of summer and close to the real culture of modern China.
Tom answers in the China Expat Ski forum all questions about the ski culture, resort operation, and general experience about skiing and touring in China. CE
To ask them questions about skiing in China go to our special ski forum
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