322: Alcohol-Free Ski Holidays, Villards de Lans in Vercors & OZ/NZ Snow Reports

We find out about Villards de Lans in the Vercors area of France and discuss alcohol-free ski holidays in Méribel. We also have ski show news and snow reports from Australia, New Zealand and Chile.

Host Iain Martin was joined by freelance journalist Katja Gaskell and Soberski founder Ben Coombes.

SHOW NOTES

Katja was last on the podcast in Episode 308 discussing Sundance Resort (0:45)
Rachael Oakes-Ash from snowsbest.com is the ski expert on Australia & New Zealand (4:00)
Guy Beatson is based at Whakapapa in New Zealand (9:00)
Episode 312 is a special interview with Rachael (10:30)
Portillo has had epic snowfall (10:45)
Bartek Tyrpa from the pro-team at Carv reported from Valle Nevado in Chile (11:00)
The Northern Snow Show takes place 03-04 October at The Snow Centre Manchester (12:30)
Where is the Vercors? (13:30)
The main ski area is Villards de Lans / Correncon en Vercors (14:45)
Tony Parker is VERY famous in France
It’s excellent for cross country skiing (20:00)
Le Clarient is a self-sufficient restaurant (22:00)
Soberski offers alcohol free ski holidays (24:00)
Ben on why he quit alcohol (25:45)
Why are skiing and drinking are so closely linked? (27:30)
Starting Soberski (29:15)
Soberski’s 2027 trip details (34:00)
Katja reported on ice swimming in Samoens in Episode 166 (34:30)
The increase in alcohol-free options in bars (39:30)

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