We find out more about Val Cenis and the Haute Maurienne area of France as well as discoving what the skiing in Slovenia is like.
Iain was joined by freelance journalists Katja Gaskell and Rob Rees.
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SHOW NOTES
Katja was last on the show in
Episode 197, sharing her tips on skiing with children (0:30)
Rob was last on the show in
Episode 186, discussing glacier skiing in Austria (1:00)
Find out more about the Dolomites in
Episode 192 (1:30)
Tim from
Inspired Italy reported from the Italian Dolomites (3:45)
Alex Armand from
Tip Top Ski Coaching is in Les 2 Alpes (5:20)
Andy Butterworth from
Kaluma Ski is in St Anton (5:30)
Team GB telemarker Jasmin Taylor was last on the show in
Episode 200 (8:30)
Jasmin won
two Crystal Globes at the World Cup Finals - with 11 podiums and 5 wins this season
British Slalom Champion Reece Bell is Martin Bell’s daughter and Graham Bell’s niece (9:00)
Listen to Iain’s
interview with Martin Bell here
Freddie Carrick-Smith (just) beat twin brother Zac Carrick-Smith the Junior Slalom and Senior GS (9:45)
Iain interviewed Zac in
Episode 200 about his double gold at the Youth Olympic Games (10:15)
Katja was in
Val Cenis in the Haute Maurienne area of France (10:30)
sur-arc.com/en/">Bonneval-sur-Arc has lots of ski touring options for both novice and advanced (12:30)
Bessans is a centre for biathlon and cross-country skiing (15:00)
Iain travelled to Orelle by train from Paris to Modane and covered this in
Episode 165 (20:15)
Rob flew to Lublijana in Slovenia (22:15)
Rob skied at
krvavec.si/skiing">Krvavec,
Vogel and
Rogla ski resorts (24:30)
Listen to Iain’s experience of skiing in Abruzzo in Episode (29:00)
Rob visited the
Elan Skis museum (31:15)
Elan introduced the
first ‘parabolic’ ski in 1993/94 (33:00)
Find out more about the
Julian Alps International Ski Pass (34:15)
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Andrew Brannan:
"I enjoyed today's interview with Frank Baldwin. I am sure you could get him back on, sounds like he has a hundred more stories in him."
James:
"Love the podcast. I was keenly interested in your interview with Mike Goar from Vail Resorts. I also found the two recent episodes discussing the resorts in Norway fascinating. Keep up the good work."
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