184: Hiking Les 3 Vallées, Zermatt's Alpine Crossing & Car Sharing in Méribel
The Ski Podcast1 Sep 2023

184: Hiking Les 3 Vallées, Zermatt's Alpine Crossing & Car Sharing in Méribel

We find out what it's like hiking across Les 3 Vallées, about the new Alpine Crossing in Zermatt and an environmentally-focussed ski school in Méribel.

Iain was joined by Estelle Roy from the Les Menuires Tourist Office and Ollie Scott from the ski school Rhythm to Ride in Méribel.

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SHOW NOTES

The zero isotherme went as high as 5300m in the Alps (01:00)
There has been new snow down to 2300m (2:00)
Ollie ski toured to La Grande Casse in May (3:00)
Iain skied in Zermatt last week (4:00)

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In recent episodes, we’ve heard about mountain biking, road cycling and family activities in Les 3 Vallées (5:00)
The Lac de Rosière is spectacular (5:45)
Florent Hazucka works for the Courchevel Tourist Office (6:15)
There are the remains of a plane, which crashed at Breche Portetta in 1969 (9:00)
Iain stayed at the Refuge du Grand Plan (11:00)
There’s also a refuge at Lac Merlet, both are in the Vanoise National Park (12:00)
Listen to Iain’s report on staying the night at the Refuge du Saut last winter (14:00)
Iain stayed on his second night at Refuge du Lac du Lou (15:45)
Listen to Iain’s experience of ski touring to the Refuge at night (19:30)
You can try ice diving in Les Menuires in winter (19:45)
Katya reported on ice swimming in Samoens in Episode 166 (23:00)
It's an easy walk from Chez Pepe Nicolas to Lac du Lou (23:30)
You can book the refuge via their website (24:30)
The Matterhorn Ultraks trail running weekend includes 5 different races (26:00)
Marc Lagger is Communications Manager for Zermatt Bergbahnen (27:00)
Read Iain’s article for Fall Line Magazine
This year’s races will take place on the weekends of 18/19 and 25/26 November (30:00)
Listen to Iain’s interview with the organiser of the Speed Opening Downhill races, recorded in September 2022 (35:00)
Ollie Scott is a co-founder of Rhythm to Ride ski school in Méribel (35:45)
Any hours booked with Rhythm to Ride lead to seeds being planted in Africa (39:00)
Rhythm to Ride set up the the CarPool Tool (40:30)
They donate 3% of their income to Protect Our Winters (46:00)
Find out more about the new train services to the Alps at Ski Flight Free (47:00)
We discussed Thredbo’s lift pass cap in Episode 183 (48:00)

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