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85: Crans Montana, Les Menuires, Courchevel & How to Choose your Hire Skis

Podcast |: The Ski Podcast
Publisher |: The Ski Podcast
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Interview,; Outdoor Sports,; Skiing,; Snowboarding,; Sports & Recreation
Categories Via RSS |: Hobbies,; Leisure,; Places & Travel,; Society & Culture,; Sports,; Wilderness
Publication Date |: Dec 20, 2021
Episode Duration |: 00:56:09

This episode is a 'Resorts' special: we're going to be looking at Crans Montana, Courchevel & Les Menuires, plus we discuss how to choose your hire skis and talk to more Olympians. Iain's guests for this episode were journalist Katy Dartford and Alex Irwin, host of the YT channel 150 Days of Winter, as well as regulars Katie Crowe Battleface Travel Insurance and equipment expert Al Morgan from SkiKitInfo. Intersport Ski Hire Discount Code Save money on your ski hire by using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ at intersportrent.com, or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied at the checkout. SHOW NOTES

Switzerland has the best railways in the world according to Midnight Trains
Try the Wham Walk! in Saas Fee
France has introduced a travel ban on non-essential travel for UK citizens
The lockdown in Austria ended on 12 December
New entry rules for Austria – PCR required if no booster
The ‘Pass Sanitaire’ is being checked in Les 3 Vallees

https://twitter.com/skipedia/status/1471114320205467648

Check out Battleface for your travel insurance
Andy Butterworth from Kaluma Travel reported from St Anton
Stephen Speirs was in Alpe d’Huez
Simon is using the Magic Pass and was in Leysin. Follow his travels on his website
Katy was skiing powder in montana.ch/">Crans Montana, where she tried out the trampolines at the Alaia Chalet
Katy also reported on Crans for Euronews
Jim reported on surfing at the Alaia Bay in Episode 76
Iain was in Crans Montana in December 2020 – Listen to his report in Episode 65
Iain travelled to Les Menuires by train

https://www.facebook.com/skiflightfree/posts/673423427364768

Find out more about train travel at Ski Flight Free
The new La Masse gondola is the fastest in France, taking just 8 minutes [Video]
Iain stayed at ho36 in Les Menuires
The highlight was ski touring at night to the Refuge du Lac du Lou

https://twitter.com/skipedia/status/1471767336537538563

Iain was lucky enough to see the sunrise the following morning
The Saulire cable car was damaged in testing in October

https://twitter.com/skipedia/status/1446031205976186886 https://twitter.com/candidethovex/status/1313522412156325893

The new Ineos Club des Sports was paid for by UK billionaire Jim Ratcliffe
The Eclipse is the new downhill run in Courchevel

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AkoDuADWKNQ

There is a new beginners area in La Tania [Video]
Intersport Ski Hire offers ski hire in France, Austria and Switzerland
Alex and Al are fans of the original K2 Seth Pistol

https://twitter.com/150dow/status/1470774894916947968 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BFZjxGBounM

Charlotte Bankes took 1st in the Snowboard Cross at Montafon, Austria
Katie Ormerod was 5th in the Big Air in Steamboat
Dave Ryding finished 5th in the Slalom in Val d'Isère
Andrew Young and James Clugnet came 6th in the team XC in Dresden
Zoe Atkin was 8th in the Half Pipe at Copper Mountain
Listen to our Bonus Episode with freestyle skiers and sisters Zoe and Izzy Atkin
You can listen to our special interview with cross country skiers Andrew Young and Andrew Musgrave here

Reviews Robsski1: “My #1 podcast of 2021. Thank you for keeping me company on @Spotify all year long!" https://twitter.com/theskipodcast/status/1467061118984142848 Pierre-Henri: “Again a great podcast.” Dave Moore: "Good fun and rapport" (in our Bonus Episode with the Andrews) Sam Woodhouse: "I'm enjoying The Ski Podcast very much!" Tom Hunter: “Great content" Gareth Harvey: "I’ve loved listening to the podcast for a number of years. Thank you for the podcast and for bringing the Magic Pass to my attention. Although I’m based in the UK, I have lots of meetings in Geneva. For some reason, these often turn into long weekends. Buying the Magic Pass has caused me to explore a lot of the smaller resorts I’d never have considered. You wouldn’t visit them for a week's holiday, but for a long w/e or even just a Saturday it’s great." Andie Dalton: "I love your podcast, I’ve not long ago found it and I’m trying to get through them all but not listening to them in order which was probably a mistake. I always find a little gold nugget of information. Keep up the great work." Ruslan: "My name is Ruslan, born in Latvia living in UK. I’ve been an avid listener of the ski podcast for about 2 years since I first discovered it. I love the updates from resorts & it was awesome to get info on MTB in the summer as well" Don't forget you can always buy me a coffee at buymeacoffee.com/theskipodcast. All cuppas are much appreciated. I also enjoy all feedback about the show, so please do email theskipodcast@gmail.com

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