A Ski Podcast Special: How To Become A Pisteur
In this Ski Podcast Special, Tom Greenall tells us how he qualified as a pisteur in France, allowing him to become one of the few Brits in the ski patrol. SHOW NOTES Tom Greenall...
Category: Chamonix
Episode 64.5: Your Christmas Update From The Alps
In this special pre-Christmas mini-podcast, listen to updates from friends of the show around the Alps, including: – Alex Irwin in Courchevel– Steve Angus in Val d’Isère– Mark Seaton in Chamonix– Katy Dartford, reporting...
64: Richard Branson in Verbier, Graham Bell ‘Dancing on Ice’ & Yoda’s onesie
In Episode 64, Iain was joined by Jane Peel (Chief Reporter, Planetski.eu) and Alf Alderson (author and freelance journalist). We discuss the latest on resort openings, have snow reports from Courchevel and Engelberg, and...
Episode 62: Scotland, Touring in Chamonix, World Cup Latest, Andermatt & Tignes
In Episode 62, Iain is joined by guests Ed Drake (Olympian and presenter of Ski Racing Podcast) and Katy Dartford (Freelance ski journalist based in Lyons). We discuss ski touring in Chamonix, how the...
A Ski Podcast Special: Jasmin Taylor, Team GB Telemark Skier
In this Ski Podcast Special, Iain interviewed Jasmin Taylor, telemark skier and Britain’s most successful Alpine skier of all time. We discuss how Jasmin discovered telemark skiing, while on a British Ski Academy training...
Episode 54: How to build a chairlift in your garden & Dave Ryding interview
Jim and Iain (virtually) meet British slalom skier Dave Ryding in this episode and we find out about his training in lockdown, his new coffee shop and plenty more. Iain interviews the inventor of...
Episode 49: Towed by a Tesla, French Pyrénées & the Rise of Bansko
In this episode Jim has been busy and reports from Anzère in Switzerland as well as part two of his trip to Bulgaria. Iain is out in Cauterets in the French Pyrénées, we hear...
Episode 48: Val d’Hérens, Bansko review & Courchevel by train
This episode Jim reports from his travels to Switzerland and Bulgaria and Iain has been to Courchevel by train. We discuss the merits of Ski Sunday and pick a new book for our ‘Ski...
Episode 47: Fog in Chambéry, the Vallée Blanche & Skiing with your Dog
In Episode 47, Jim and Iain discuss cancelled flights at Chambéry, descending the legendary Vallée Blanche and we learn how to ski with your dog. There’s advice on skiing near Innsbruck, the latest news...
Episode 40: Summer skiing in Saas Fee, rowing machines on Mt Blanc & motorhomes in ski resorts
In Episode 40 Jim goes summer skiing in Saas Fee, Iain finds out about the Warm Up Weekend in Val d’Isère, it’s Ski Book Group time, plus we discuss motorhomes in ski resorts. Listen...
