216: Courchevel, Les 2 Alpes in summer & the Northern Snow Show
The Ski Podcast18 Jul 2024

216: Courchevel, Les 2 Alpes in summer & the Northern Snow Show

In this episode we focus on Courchevel, including an update on the Saulire cable car and how the resort is surviving without Russians, plus we discuss summer in Les 2 Alpes and find out about the new Northern Snow Show.

Iain was joined live by Alex Armand, from Tip Top Ski Coaching in Les 2 Alpes and YouTuber Alex Irwin from 150 Days of Winter as well as down the line by Ian Brown from Chill Factore, Manchester.

SHOW NOTES

Find out more about the new Jandri 3S lift in Les 2 Alpes in Episode 209 (3:45)
The Les 2 Alpes glacier has an excellent snow park (4:30)
Saharan sand has been regularly seen in France in recent years (8:00)
The snow is looking much better in Australia and New Zealand (9:00)
Ian Brown is MD at Chill Factore in Manchester (10:00)
Find out about the Northern Snow Snow here (12:45)
The village of La Berarde was severely damaged by floods (13:30)
The Mountain of Hell is a mountain biking event unlike any other! (20:00)
https://youtu.be/b8D8wrF8d0Q
Sam Haddad spoke about the new lift in La Grave in Episode 214 (21:30)
Alex Irwin runs the YouTube channel, 150 Days of Winter (22:00)
The Saulire cable car in Courchevel will reopen in December 2024 (24:00)
The cabins were damaged in testing in 2021 (25:00)
https://twitter.com/skipedia/status/1446031205976186886
Watch Candide Thovex ski the Courchevel couloirs (27:30)
The 2023 Winter Olympics are coming to France (28:30)
Opposition to the Games is coming from the 'NoJo' campaign
Watch Alex’s video of the Val Thorens ice cave (30:30)
Is Courchevel collapsing now the Russians have left? (32:00)
Discover the gondola graveyard (33:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a884-2JgdsY
Listen to Iain’s interview with Peter Landsman from LiftBlog (34:45)
Alex volunteered to be a test subject for avalanche dogs (35:00)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RyqgShN1z1I
You can buy Alex’s tshirts on his website

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