71: Les 2 Alpes, Engelberg, Roger Federer & 'Traffic Light' Travel
The Ski Podcast12 Huhti 2021

71: Les 2 Alpes, Engelberg, Roger Federer & 'Traffic Light' Travel

In Episode 71, we find out about Les 2 Alpes, snowshoeing in Engelberg, quarantine, testing and the new ‘traffic light’ travel rules, plus we have snow reports from around the Alps and an focus on equipment trends for 2021/22.

Iain was joined by Helena Hospital, Press Relations from Les 2 Alpes and Alyn Morgan from SkiKitinfo.

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SHOW NOTES

· Alyn last skied in Glenshee
· Katie Crowe is Communications Manager for Battleface Travel
· You can find out more about the Battleface survey here
· A study from Amadeus revealed 91% of travellers would be comfortable with a digital health passport


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· Alex Irwin from 150 Days of Winter is based in Courchevel
· Andy Butterworth from Kaluma Travel is in St Anton, Austria
· France is in lockdown just now
· The Les 2 Alpes glacier is due to open on 29 May or 05 June
· Iain covered the French ski resort protests in December on Skipedia
· Helena confirmed that lift pass revenues in Les 2 Alpes are down from €170m to €40m
· Les 2 Alpes will open with limited capacity, perhaps only 300 lift passes per day
· Look out for the Bradley Wiggins-hosted cycling event in September in Les 2 Alpes
· Al Morgan is from SkiKitInfo.com
· This is the Elan Voyager foldable ski
· Watch this video for a reminder why knowing how your transceiver works is essential
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· Roving Swiss reporter Charlie Rees was in Engelberg
· Kirsty Muir, silver Slopestyle World Cup
· Charlotte Bankes, Bronze Snowboard Cross World Cup Veysonnaz
· Billy Major has just been crowned Europa Cup Slalom Champion 2020/21
· Listen to our Eddie the Eagle special episode here
· Roger Federer is now a global ambassador for Switzerland
· Iain has a place in the Ultra Trail du Mont Blanc trail running race in August
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Reviews

Skiintel on Instagram: "Love the podcast. Especially the one about train travel to the Alps. We're booking our first ski train for next year as a result."

Inside Morzine on Twitter: 'An excellent listen'

The Winner of our competition is 'Les Petit Singe' on Apple Podcasts, who kindly said:
"Love this podcast, it is the shining light that gets me through the week, discovering previous episodes and, because if pesky Covid, keeps the fire burning for next season. Informative, educational and extremely interesting. Keep up the brilliant work."

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Thanks as always to Switzerland Tourism

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Daily Winter Olympic Special - Day 5

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10: Skiing with Sting, meet our man at the Winter Olympics and more snow

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9: Snow Storms, Iglu Ski and Skiing in the French Pyrenees

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In this episode of our ski and snowboard podcast, Iain and Jim are joined by Krystelle Kubicki the Marketing Manager at Iglu Ski. Krystelle joins the team to talk about her role at one of the UK’s biggest travel agents as well as sharing some important Les Arcs news. During the show, the team talk about the epic storms that are sweeping Europe and covering the mountains in snow. Then Jim tries to come up with a better word than Snowmaggedon. We look at the latest stats that have been released claiming that Brits are planning to take to their skis and boards while quite drunk. Iain attempts to start a campaign against a celebrity who disses skiing in the national news. We have a special report on skiing in French Pyrenees and ask is it better than the mainstream? And we have our regular features Korean Korner where we round up Team GB news ahead of the 2018 Winter Games.

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8: Brexit and the Ski Industry, Helmets and Snowstorms

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