Episode 15: Fondue, Paraplegic piste basher drivers & Cauterets

With the season now at an end, Jim and Iain discuss the best places for summer skiing, why fondue is making a comeback and whether Peter Jackson works as a boot fitter in Mt Dobson…

Plus Jim interviews Vincent Doutres, head of the Cauterets Tourist Office, while Iain heads to Courchevel to meet Antoine Motillon – the only paraplegic piste basher driver in France.

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Show Notes

• The 6 snow centres in the UK are The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead, Milton Keynes Snozone, Chill Factore, Tamworth Snowdome, Castleford Snozone and the Braehead Snozone.
• Fondue is back, apparently.
• This Oxford professor thinks it’s due to the threat of nuclear war
• Asterix in Switzerland is highly recommended for fondue research

• Les 2 Alpes opens for summer skiing on 22 June
• This the photo from the Fonna glacier in Norway that Iain was referring to:

• Val d’Isere opens for summer skiing on 03 June
• Jim recommends skiing in Mount Dobson and Mt Ruapehu if you’re in New Zealand
• Courchevel have started snow farming to preserve the snow on their race piste

• Jim interviewed Vincent Doutres, Tourist Office Director in Cauterets
• The LISTEX Summer Session takes place on 02 May
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