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.
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Show Notes
- There was some good early September snow, and the Austrian glaciers have opened (1:30)
- Just click here if you’d like to vote the Leitwolf snow groomer by Lego into existence (2:30)
- We discussed the complete Lego ski resort in Episode 39
- Jim enjoyed Teton Gravity’s satirical story about Epic Resorts’ magic carpet (4:30)
- Another great story by Teton Gravity was their Everest lift idea (5:30)
- Leaving a rowing machine on Mt Blanc – storm in a tea-cup or disgraceful behaviour by another ‘wacko’? (6:45)
- Iain interviewed Gavin Foster from Ski Weekend about the 20th Warm-Up Weekend event, taking place in Val d’Isère in late-November (10:00)
- La Clusaz opens on 20 December. Val Thorens opens on 23 November (19:00)
- Jim went summer skiing to Saas Fee, Switzerland (20:30)
- Thanks to Matt for his review on iTunes (27:00)
- Mark John is a fan of the podcast and asked for our advice about motorhomes in ski resorts (28:00)
- You can camp in Bourg St Maurice in the winter (29:30)
- We covered Snowpass back in Episode 35 (31:45)
- Dave Burrows from Snowpros is back with more advice, this time on ski length (answering a recent question by Andrew Brennan) (34:00)
- It’s Ski Book Group time again and this week Iain and Jim are discussing ‘Going Downhill Fast’ by Cleeves Palmer (as recommended to us by Ed Drake in Episode 37) (42:45)
- Iain and Jim reviewed ‘Cham’ in Episode 18 (47:00)
- Jim’s currently reading ‘Inner Skiing’ (48:00)
- Jim and Iain have chatted about Brexit on The Ski Podcast before (49:30)
- Iain has launched Ski Flight Free (50:00)
- Jim is going the High Five Festival in Annecy (51:00)
Coming up in Episode 40
- Watch out for Iain’s interview with Corinne about Ticket To Ride’s Ladies Only Snowboard Camp
- We’ll also be discussing LISTEX and all the excitement of the forthcoming London Ski & Snowboard Show/Festival
- We’ll also be answering questions about single travellers
