Episode 56: Australia, NZ & Skiing in the ‘New Normal’ in Les 2 Alpes

In Episode 56 Iain interviews Rachael Oakes-Ash, founder of the Australian website, Snowsbest.com

Jim reports on skiing in the ‘new normal’ from Les 2 Alpes and we wonder if bears do that thing in the Arosa woods.

There’s news on a new virtual Ski Show and Iain looks forward to a visit to Saas Fee.

The Ski Podcast would like to thank Switzerland Tourism for their continued support.

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Show Notes

• Jim was summer skiing in Les 2 Alpes

Here is Jim is Les 2 Alpes getting his first turns in since March. Find out all about it in the next episode, coming to you early next week.

Posted by The Ski Podcast on Tuesday, 7 July 2020

• Why not visit the bears in Arosa?
• Iain is going to visit Saas Fee and Zermatt to test out skiing in the ‘new normal’ in Switzerland
• The ‘World’s Largest Ski Show‘ will be taking place virtually in October
• There may be some similarity between the WLLS logo and the Chamonix logo

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• Eurostar have cancelled the direct train service to the Tarentaise. Iain is involved in the campaign to #SaveTheSkiTrain.
• You can find out more here and sign the petition here

• Rachael Oakes-Ash is better known as MissSnowItAll and runs the website Snowsbest.com, focusing on the Australian and NZ markets

• Thredbo and Perisher had huge problems trying to pre-sell lift passes when their websites crashed
• Mt Hutt opened last month with no social distancing restrictions

Posted by Chaletline – Catered Ski Chalet Specialists on Monday, 15 June 2020

• Coronet Peak experienced one of their busiest night ski sessions ever, despite the current lack of a ‘Trans Tasman bubble’

Biggest night skiing at @CoronetPeak for years with more than 3500 attending https://t.co/yeVlI05Pkd pic.twitter.com/3IvED8ALEw

— Skipedia.co.uk (@skipedia) July 2, 2020

• You can watch the brilliant ‘Iso’ videos from MissSnowItAll on her Facebook page:

Dreaming of skiing and snowboarding in iso!!

? Seriously, this is SO GOOD! ? Sound onBEST iso skiing/boarding video ever. ?Recognise anyone in our FIRST edit? Spot the cameos from Freeride World Tour athletes Michaela Davis Meehan and Jess Hotter plus snowboard pro Amber Arazny. ?⛷Don't worry, we have two more dropping soon…—–? State of Mind by Dansu. Licensed from MusicBed.—–WATCH all 4 of our mashups here: https://bit.ly/ISOmashups

Posted by Miss Snow It All on Sunday, 3 May 2020

• Yes, it’s true. Jim is leaving the podcast. Episode 57 will be his final episode!