254: Les Arcs in summer, Tour de France, new lifts in La Plagne & the Flocon Vert

254: Les Arcs in summer, Tour de France, new lifts in La Plagne & the Flocon Vert

We look at Les Arcs in summer, find out about La Plagne’s new lifts and the ‘Flocon Vert’ – the sustainability award for ski resorts in France.

There’s snow reports from Australia and New Zealand, as well as a special report on the new Soho Basin area in Cardrona from Ski Sunday’s Ed Leigh, plus we find out what it was like when the Tour de France came to the Alps.

Host Iain Martin was joined by La Plagne expert, Jen Tsang and Claire Tollis from the Mountain Riders association in France.

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SHOW NOTES

Find out more about SnowCamp in Episode 249 (2:15)
Miss SnowItAll, Rachael Oakes-Ash from Snowsbest.com reported from Down Under (3:45)
Guy Beatson sent in his snow report from New Zealand (5:45)
Listened to Iain’s interview with Ed Leigh in Episode 236 (7:15)
Ed has been riding the new Soho Basin ski area at Cardrona, NZ (7:30)
Alex Irwin from 150 Days of Winter was in Courchevel for the Tour de France (10:15)
Stage 19 went from Albertville to La Plagne (12:00)
A new gondola has been proposed from Aime to La Plagne (19:15)
The 2030 Winter Olympics will be held in France (20:00)
The new Roche de Mio gondola will open this winter (24:30)
Iain was in Les Arcs for ‘Le Trail des Arcs’ (27:30)
There’s a lot to do in Les Arcs in summer, including chilling at Nama Springs (28:30)
Find out about the ‘Hero Pass’ and ‘Hero Camp’ (28:45)
Everyone loves the sound of cow bells (30:30)
Iain stayed at the Refuge du Mont Pourri (32:00)
25% of all visitors to Les Arcs come by train (33:45)
Les Arcs is the only ski resort in Europe with B Corp status (34:00)
Visit the 'Mountain Riders' website (34:30)
Find out more about the 'Flocon Vert' (36:30) and Montagne Zero Dechet (38:45)

Feedback (42:00)
I always enjoy listener feedback and I love to hear what you think about the show. You can leave a comment on Spotify, Instagram or Facebook – our handle is @theskipodcast – or drop me an email to theskipodcast@gmail.com

If you haven’t listened to Episode 252 yet, I strongly recommend that you do. It’s the story of Bladon Lines – in my opinion it’s the best episode I’ve ever produced (42:30)

Thanks to all of the following for their kind words about it: Nicola Anderson, Debbie Marshall, Jilly Hooper, Nico Stanford, Victoria Clay, Kirsten Nicholl, Matt Hayes Lesley Glass, Fiona Parkhurst, Colin Barnett, Craig Mayhew, Giles Helbert, Diane Palumbo, Joanna Yellowlees-Bound, Martin Carver, Alex Irwin, Andrew Brannan, Mike Greenland, James Buist and Snowheads MikePow and Kenzie.

I was most touched to receive this message from George Lines, son of co-founder Mark Lines, who tragically died in a car accident in 1990:

"I very much enjoyed this, Iain. I still ski each year in my dad’s parrot onesie and regularly get pulled over by people keen to share fond BL memories. A couple of years ago in Val D’Isere, one group told me that they are all friends because their parents had met doing seasons with BL and they still all ski together now. You and the contributors captured that sense of community so well."

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5: Powdair, Courchevel and Human Curling

5: Powdair, Courchevel and Human Curling

In this episode we chat to longterm seasonnaire Alex Irwin about his 20 years in Courchevel, making Genepi and human curling. We also talk about how Powdair the dedicated airline for skiers won't be hitting the slopes this winter. On top of that, we look at how our athletes are getting on in the build-up to the Winter Olympics, the new Aldi ski range and a portable broom. To subscribe to Alex's youtube channel got to https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCrYz48gTOY_l542GySjWVcA.

30 Marras 201735min

4: Jamie Barrow talks about his snowboard trip to North Korea

4: Jamie Barrow talks about his snowboard trip to North Korea

In this episode the Uk's fastest snowboarder, Jamie Barrow drops in for a chat about his recent adventure to ride the new ski resort in North Korea. We also discuss the launch of ski airline Powdair, chat about Ed Sheeran's new music video and look at ski poles that you can fill up with booze.

15 Marras 201734min

3: London Ski Show 2017 Special, with Graham Bell and Ed Leigh

3: London Ski Show 2017 Special, with Graham Bell and Ed Leigh

The ski show special. In this episode, we look at The Telegraph Ski & Snowboard show 2017 and get opinion from Ed Leigh, Emily Sarsfield, Chris Moran, Simon Shaw, Rosie Barcroft, Alan Morgan, Cat Weakley & snowboarder Jamie Barrow. We find out what Graham Bells favourite ski run would be and we also allow the inventor of Tip Tap Touch to pitch his Ideas to us in our Wasp den.

1 Marras 201735min

2: Planes, trains and no mention of Snowmobiles

2: Planes, trains and no mention of Snowmobiles

In this edition, Iain and Jim look at the collapse of Monarch and how it could affect your ski holiday. We also ask the question are all ski resort basically the same? Bust some myths about eating cake after skiing, finding out if your boot needs a glove and chatting to our guest Dave from Ifyouski about selling ski holiday.

17 Loka 201731min

1: The Jump, London Ski Show & LISTEX

1: The Jump, London Ski Show & LISTEX

In the first episode of the Knowledge is Powder podcast Iain reveals that the name is absolutely nonsensical which is a great start and probably a sign of what is to come. We also get some inside knowledge on the temporary axing of Channel 4's The Jump. There is chat about the upcoming ski show and we talk about the 2018 Winter Olympics. We would love to know if you are looking forward to the winter games and you can tell us by leaving a comment on the podcast.

3 Loka 201727min

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