226: Skiing down Mt Blanc, Hokkaido in Japan & Verbier Drug Dealers
The Ski Podcast29 Marras 2024

226: Skiing down Mt Blanc, Hokkaido in Japan & Verbier Drug Dealers

Today we find out what it’s like skiing down Mont Blanc, learn about skiing in Hokkaido in Japan, plus we cover a drugs bust in Verbier, a cable car crash in Val Thorens and get an update on the Alpine World Cup.

Host Iain Martin was joined by Floss Cockle, from FreeFlo Ski Coaching in Tignes and ski journalist and photographer, Mike Richards.

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SHOW NOTES

Mike last appeared reporting from the Northern Ski Show in Episode 224
Mike skied in Wales this month (3:30)
Listen to Mike talking about skiing in the Brecon Beacons in Episode 65 (4:30)
Alex Irwin from ‘150 Days of Winter’ reported from Tignes and Val Thorens (6:00)
We discussed drug dealers in ski resorts back in Episode 33 (8:00)
Police have arrested 15 dealers in Verbier (8:30)
The Cime de Caron cable car in VT was damaged in an accident (8:45)
Lyndsey Vonn has announced that she plans to return to the racing circuit (9:30)
Matt Garcka is host of the ‘Skiing is Believing’ podcast (10:00)
Mikaela Shiffrin is chasing down her 100th World Cup win (11:45)
Listen out for Iain’s interview with British half-pipe skier Zoe Atkin later this winter (13:00)
All of our equipment episodes are available on the Skipedia YouTube channel (13:45)
The winners of our listener survey competition are Oliver Rutman & Faye Morton (14:00)
Follow ‘The Ski Podcast’ on our WhatsApp channel (14:30)
Floss has 5000 followers on her YouTube channel (15:00)
In 2021, Floss climbed and skied down the North face of Mont Blanc (21:00)
Watch Floss’ playlist about the climb (31:45)
Mike told us about Rusutsu in Japan in Episode 170 (32:15)
Find out more about the JR Train Pass in Japan (35:00)
Mike suggests Hakodate as possible first base in Hokkaido (36:00)
Mike’s favourite base in Japan is Otaru (41:00)
Asahikawa in the centre of Hokkaido is another option (44:15)
Excellent article from Fall Line magazine about train travel in Japan
More info about Omo Hotels Asahikawa (45:00)

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