Decades of experience in outdoor activities.
Certified and experienced partners.
From skiing and mountaineering to rafting and events.
Winter, spring, summer and autumn.
If there is one thing we are proud of, it is our team of partners. They have all been selected according to the strictest criteria and form the backbone of our work.
Their personalities, their many and varied interests, their technical training, and their love for the mountains and especially for children have created a team that, beyond its proven experience, is above all a group of friends.
Giorgos Stavrinos began his professional career in 1992 at the first outdoor activities company ever established in Greece, Trekking Hellas. He then worked at Outdoor Activities, at EY ZHN and finally at Husky Sports. He is a physical education teacher specialising in “Winter Sports” and has worked in private education since 2000. He is a member of the Hellenic Union of Ski Instructors and Coaches, a rafting guide and an outdoor activities leader. His experience focuses on organising outdoor activities for children and adults, such as corporate events, school trips, children’s camps, activity camps, etc.
Sakis Siatras is a graduate of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science (TEFAA) of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki, specialising in “Winter Sports”, holds a master’s degree in “Physical Activity & Quality of Life”, and has worked in public education since 2000. He has attended courses in beginner mountaineering, winter mountaineering, beginner ski mountaineering, competition climbing judging, ski mountaineering judging, mountain rescue and autonomous canyoning, as well as federation and private seminars in alpine skiing. He has worked professionally in alpine skiing and ski mountaineering as an instructor & coach since 1995. In outdoor activities, he has been designing and running programmes since 1993, having worked with companies in the field, private schools, camps and the General Secretariat of Sports.
Aristotelis was born in Naousa. He is an electronic engineer with a master’s degree in wireless communications and networks. He is also a former athlete of EOS Naousa, certified by the General Secretariat of Sports (ski coaching school 2014) and a member of the Panhellenic Union of Ski Coaches. Finally, he holds a “First Aid for Citizens” training certificate from the Hellenic Red Cross. He is a lover of the mountains & cycling!
A graduate of the School of Physical Education and Sport Science (TEFAA) of Thessaloniki (specialising in basketball), a ski coach certified by the General Secretariat of Sports and a member of the Panhellenic Union of Ski Coaches, as well as a certified ski instructor of the Bulgarian Union of Ski Instructors and Coaches. She has taken part in 4 training seminars held in Austria, France and Bulgaria. She holds a “First Aid for Citizens” training certificate from the Hellenic Red Cross. She has extensive experience in ski teaching, as well as in outdoor activities, since 2006.
Giannis loves the mountains and proves it, not only in his free time but also through his work and the training he has completed to date. He is a graduate of TEFAA, specialising in “Winter Sports” (skiing, mountaineering, climbing). For the last ten years he has worked at EMAK (the Greek Special Disaster Response Unit). He also holds the following qualifications: mountaineering course, intermediate climbing, beginner ski mountaineering, KEOAX ski instructor, beginner cave rescue; he has attended many EMAK rescue seminars, and has coaching experience in downhill skiing and in running outdoor activities since 1991…
She has worked professionally in skiing since 1993. Initially as an instructor at the Mountaineering Club’s youth programme, and later at a private ski academy as head and coach. She has attended seminars abroad, such as in Stubai and Hintertux in Austria and Pamporovo in Bulgaria, where she is also a member of the Bulgarian Ski School. She mainly works with young children, taking on the difficult task of teaching them the “basics” of skiing and giving them the best possible foundations to continue in the future.
Ski coach certified by the General Secretariat of Sports and ski instructor certified by the Bulgarian Union of Instructors. Former alpine ski athlete at EOS Thessaloniki. He has taken part in several ski training seminars in Austria and France.
A lover of action-packed mountain sports (climbing, mountain biking, paragliding, etc.). Certified lineman with Cosmote Telecom and holder of a “First Aid for Citizens” training certificate. Many years of experience in ski teaching and outdoor activities since 2002.
Kostas was born in Naousa and is a former downhill ski athlete and former member of the National Downhill Team. He is one of the most experienced instructors in the Greek mountains, with coaching experience since 1990. He is a member of the Hellenic Union of Ski Instructors and Coaches and has been a tennis coach since 1995.
Silvia is one of the most experienced and respected figures in the field. She is a physical education teacher, a graduate of the University of Sofia, specialising as a “ski coach”. She holds a master’s degree in swimming and has a total of 8 years of coaching experience in swimming and another 15 in downhill skiing. She also holds a First Aid certificate from the Red Cross, a lifesaving certificate from the Cyprus Life Saving Federation, and Personal Trainer and Complete Pilates Instructor qualifications.
Born in Florina in 1968. Graduate of the Department of Physical Education, Pedagogy and Sociology of Justus Liebig University Giessen, specialising in skiing and basketball. Certified Category A coach of the Hellenic Ski Federation (EOX). Owner of the ENERGYM gym since 1998.
Michalis is a graduate of TEFAA, specialising in “Winter Sports” (skiing, mountaineering, climbing). He is a former downhill ski athlete, a ski instructor since 2005 and a member of the Panhellenic Union of Ski Coaches. He has taken part in 4 training seminars held in Austria, France and Bulgaria. He has also worked as a swimming instructor for young children and at children’s camps. In recent years he has worked in the Fire Service.
Graduate of TEFAA (Aristotle University of Thessaloniki), specialising in swimming. Master’s degree in Recreation Management (MSc), Loughborough University, UK. She has extensive experience in the fitness sector, having trained and worked very successfully in Thessaloniki for many years, specialising in Competitive Aerobics & Power Plate. Work experience… at the Vis Vitalis and Universal Studios gyms, and as owner of the “POWERIN” gym, as well as at camps in Northern Greece, IEK Thermis, and Trekking Hellas (ski instructor and outdoor activities leader).
Dimitris is a student at the Department of International and European Studies of the University of Macedonia. He holds an open-water lifeguard certificate and a speedboat licence. For many years he was a student of our ski school, and for the last 3 years he has been working with us as a ski instructor. He also works with Happy Mountain on outdoor activities for school trips and camps.
Born in Veria and living in Thessaloniki. He was an athlete of SCHO Veria, the club where he also taught skiing to young children back in 1994. He has also played in the Filippos Veria handball team.
He is a Social Worker and worked for 10 years at the Therapy Centre for Dependent Individuals (KETHEA) in Athens & Thessaloniki (KETHEA Ithaki). For the last 11 years he has been working at the Thessaloniki Special Education Centre in Kalamaria, a day centre for people with intellectual disabilities and Down syndrome and their families.
Graduate of the ski coaching school of the Hellenic Ski Federation (EOXA) and the General Secretariat of Sports. He has worked as a ski instructor since 2019, and in the 2021-2022 season he joined the Happy Mountain team as a ski instructor, as well as a partner in outdoor activities and school trips. He enjoys mountain running and takes part in trail running races.
Nikolas has been with us since 2020. From a young age he was a Happy Mountain kid. Now the roles have changed and he is the one teaching young children to ski. He is a graduate of the Department of Accounting and Information Systems, as well as an active volunteer at XANTH with vast experience in camp programmes and working with children of all ages. He has worked as an Activity Leader and Activity Manager at a summer school in England. He feels most himself outdoors, with mountaineering and climbing being his main interests, and nature being his refuge and main source of escape.
Student at the School of Informatics of the Aristotle University of Thessaloniki. Former downhill ski athlete (EOS Katerinis) and competition climber (EOS Aiginiou). Active volleyball player, having previously competed at a professional level with teams in the first and second national divisions. In recent years he has been working as a programmer and ski instructor at Happy Mountain.
Tania is an economics graduate and a certified Mountain Leader. Having joined the Happy Mountain team at a very young age, today she continues her professional career there as a ski instructor. At the same time, she is active as a member of the XANTH children’s camps. Every weekend, her goal is to offer children unforgettable experiences, inspiring them to love skiing and the mountains as much as she does.
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