320: Méribel Elections, Les 2 Alpes summer skiing and the Travelski Night Train

We find out how a Brit got elected onto the Méribel town council, what summer skiing in Les 2 Alpes is like, and look at the Travelski night train to the Alps.

We also have snow reports from Australia and New Zealand and the latest news.

Host Iain Martin was joined in the studio by Alex Armand from Tip Top Ski Coaching and Richard Lett from Apres Ski Bands.

SHOW NOTES

Rich spoke about apres-ski bands in the Alps in Episode 86
In Episode 180 he shared his insights into how to find a ski job post-Brexit
Rachael Oakes-Ash from snowsbest.com is the ski expert on Australia & New Zealand (3:30)
Episode 312 is a special interview with Rachael
Guy Beatson is based at Whakapapa in New Zealand (5:30)
Freeride Skiing will be included in the 2030 Olympics (6:30)
Check out the Freeride World Tour channel on YouTube
Cody Bramwell switched to the UK in 2021: "To be an Olympian would be the craziest dream ever" (7:30)
British Olympians at Milan-Cortina are eligible for a €10000 grant from the IOC (8:30)
Qualifying as an instructor (9:30)
Summer skiing in Les 2 Alpes (13:00)
Cycling around Mont Ventoux with Tip Top Bike Tours (17:00)
Skiing on Mont Ventoux (17:30)
Daniel Elkan runs the Snowcarbon website (19:00)
Find out more about the Travelski Express night train
Rich was one of the two first Brits to be elected to the Meribel council (28:00)
Rich previously worked for Bladon Lines and the Brown Rock group (29:30)
Rich runs Apres Ski Bands (30:45)
Rich’s ‘commune’ is Méribel Les Allues (32:30)
Responsibilities of the ‘commune’ (32:45)
The new mayor of Méribel is Bernard Front (34:00)
Getting on the mayoral ticket (34:30)
‘Agissons ensemble, transformons demain’: ‘Act together, transform tomorrow’ (35:00)
In Episode 190 we covered the history of Méribel with David Lindsey (40:45)

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