The Ski Podcast18 Jan 2021

66: Mega snow in St Anton, Verbier Truth, Jasmin Taylor & Graham Bell

In Episode 66, Andy joins us direct from St Anton with all the latest news from a very snowy Austria.

We’re also joined by journalist Abi Butcher who reveals the truth behind the alleged ‘Escape from Verbier’.

There’s an update from Graham Bell on his final preparations for ‘Dancing on Ice’, during which he reveals what music he’ll be dancing to, plus GB Telemarker Jasmin Taylor lets us know how her season preparations are going.

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SHOW NOTES

Thanks to all of our new listeners – up almost 20% on this time last year
Andy Butterworth is a director at Kaluma Travel and is based in St Anton
Polish resorts could open soon
This guy tried to travel with Eurostar to go skiing
The Brits have been getting a bashing again, this time in Wengen
‘We do not blame the British’, apparently
It is far from clear however, if the blame is correct:
We interviewed Alex Moore in Wengen while she was quarantining in Episode 65
Ultimately these headlines were classic clickbait and lies
Abi wrote this excellent article looking into what actually happened
Lifts in St Anton have been open since 24 December, albeit only to ‘locals’
The Austrian lockdown has been extended to 07 Feb, when it will be reviewed again
The Jochberg outbreak appears to be concentrated in a group of British instructors
Alf Alderson appeared in Episode 64 and reports from Les Arcs
Al Judge from AliKats featured in our Electric Vehicle special and reports from Morzine
Alex in Courchevel been ski touring again
We reported on the fire in Courchevel season worker accommodation in Episode 33
Congratulations to Dave Ryding and Laurie Taylor (guest in Episode 55)
Jasmin Taylor has over 30 World Cup podiums – listen to our Ski Podcast Special
This is what ski hire in the ‘new normal’ with Intersport will be like:
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Graham Bell is taking part in Dancing on Ice 2021 (his first dance is on Sunday 24 January)
You can listen to our Ski Podcast Special interview with Graham which was released last week

Big snow in St Anton

Reviews

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“It’s a great book: much more than just the recipes. Lots of interesting insight into the regions and history.”

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Coming up next time

We have an interview with industry veteran ski journalist Peter Hardy interview and we’ll be talking to the team at Sapaudi Brewing

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Thanks as always to Switzerland Tourism

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