331: The Jandri 3S & the Future of Ski Lifts in Les 2 Alpes plus the new ‘Ski & Art’ Book
We find out about the new Jandri 3S lift in Les 2 Alpes, why it’s so important, why Telemixte lifts are the future and how the resort decides which lifts to upgrade, plus we look at the new book ‘Ski & Art’, featuring artists from around the world whose creative focus is on skiing. We also have news of an exclusive interview with the first ever man to ski down the North Face of Everest.
Host Iain Martin was joined by freelance journalist Katie Bamber and Jean-Charles Thomas, Director of SATA – the lift company in Les 2 Alpes.
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Les 2 Alpes sponsors The Ski Podcast, which means this winter we will be finding out more about the resort’s long seven-month ski season, the great activities on offer there in summer, and some of the people who live and work there and make Les 2 Alpes such a fantastic destination.
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SHOW NOTES
Katie has been on the show discussing vanlife in the Alps, the Haute Route and Geilo in Norway (2:00)
LISTEX is the London International Snowsports Trade (4:00)
Listen to Lou Pode, Ski Mindset Coach in Episode 310 (4:45)
The London Snow Show is at Kensington Olympia on 17 and 18 October (5:00)
Listen to organiser James Gambrill talking about it in Episode 330 (5:00)
Secure a free ticket to the Show here (5:15)
Iain and Al will be on the equipment stage at 11am on Saturday (5:15)
Subscribe to The Ski Podcast to ensure you hear Iain’s interview with Oscar-winning documentary maker Jimmy Chin and freeskier Jim Morrison (6:00)
Les 2 Alpes offers a 7-month ski season that LDA offers from late-Nov to early Jul (7:30)
Why Les 2 Alpes glacier does not open for skiing in mid-summer (11:00)
Why the Jandri 3S upgrade was so important to Les 2 Alpes (12:45)
Is the new lift a hedge against climate change (16:15)
Some of the newer lifts are ‘Telemixte’ lifts (17:30)
Which lifts are replaced or upgraded first? (19:30)
The Champamé ski lift was partially rebuilt using components from Les Orres (20:45)
Jean-Charles served in the army for over 10 years (23:00)
Photo (c) Stephane Pillaud, Dauphine Libere
Katie’s new book is called ‘Ski & Art’ (26:30)
Deciding on which artists to include
How long did the process take? (28:00)
Deciding which of their work to include (29:00)
Buy ‘Ski & Art’ online (34:00)
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