Episode 39: Montenegro, Women Only Ski Camps & Summer in Morzine

by iain martin · August 28, 2019

In Episode 39 Jim and Iain find out about Women Only Ski Camps, what it’s like skiing in Montenegro and chat trail running in the Alps.

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Show Notes

The Tour de France stage finish to Tignes was curtailed, leaving stage 20 finishing in Val Thorens even more in the limelight (2:00)
You can find out more about the new Lego ski resort set here (6:30)
Iain went on a trail running trip to the Val d’Anniviers (Zinal and Grimenz) thanks to Switzerland Tourism (9:30)
Check out the fighting cows in the ‘Bataille des Reines’ here:

Jim almost took party in the Belier Trail Run in La Clusaz (12:00)
Iain took part in the Trail des Hauts Forts in Morzine (and it was tough…) (14:00)
Liz Murray asked Jim if La Clusaz is suitable for a family ski trip (16:30)
Jim recommended Le Grand Bornand, taking ski lessons with the ESI (18:00)
Iain recommends the ESF in Les Saisies (20:30)
Andrew Brannan asked if he should be wearing baggy ski pants or a jester hat? (21:00)
Do you hate fancy dress on the mountain? (23:30)
Emily Sarsfield represented Team GB at the PyeongChang Winter Olympics in Skier Cross (24:00)
Emily will be hosting the Ticket To Ride ‘Women’s Ski Camp’ in March 2020 (24:30)
You can find DC Area 43 in Meribel (31:00)

Thanks to Liz Murray for her review on Facebook (32:00):

“A huge congratulations on the podcast – as a loyal listener, it is right up my street. I’m a middle-aged mum of two with a non-skiing husband having tried my hand at ski racing before children arrived, so hugely appreciate the opportunity to re-live so many of the great things about being up in the mountains that you discuss on the show.”

We particularly liked her comparison to Alan Partridge (32:30):

“Thanks again for doing the Podcast – I laugh out loud quite often at how Alan Partridge could learn a thing or two!”
Thanks also to Frank Saffrey who posted this review on Facebook (33:00):

“New listener here and it’s breaking the monotony of my morning walk to work.”
Iain would also like to thank Charlie Morton from Corporate Ski Specialists (33:30)
Iain interviewed Mike Richards about his trip to Montenegro. You can find out more about his trip here (34:30)
You can listen to Iain’s interview with Mike about skiing in Georgia in Episode 37 (39:30)
Mike is based in Japan in winter and you can follow him on Instagram here
You can still buy Early Bird Tickets to the London Ski and Snowboard Festival here (47:00)
Jim is off to ski in Saas Fee (48:00)

Coming up in Episode 40

Watch out for Iain’s interview with Gavin Foster from Ski Weekend about their ‘Warm Up Weekend’ in Val d’Isere
Jim will be reporting from Saas Fee on glacier summer skiing
Jim and Iain hope to be reviewing ‘Going Downhill Fast’ by Cleeves Palmer for our next Ski Book Group book