230: Jackson Hole, 'Last Christmas' in Saas Fee & 'The Last Ride' Project
The Ski Podcast20 Dec 2024

230: Jackson Hole, 'Last Christmas' in Saas Fee & 'The Last Ride' Project

Today we look at the iconic resort of Jackson Hole, find out how Saas Fee are celebrating the 40th anniversary of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ and learn about ‘The Last Ride’ film project.

We also have snow reports from Verbier, Les 2 Alpes and La Plagne, an update on the latest ski racing action from Matt Garcka and your feedback.

Host Iain Martin was joined by Jess McMillan from Jackson Hole and Jon Moy from ‘The Last Ride’ project.

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SHOW NOTES

Jon was skiing on sand dunes in the Atacama Desert in Chile (2:00)
Iain will be in Tignes for Christmas (3:00)
He will be travelling in a luxury minibus from Vans For Bands (3:15)
Jen Tsang from That’s La Plagne reported from La Plagne (4:00)
Dave from SnoPros Ski School was in Verbier (6:40)
Alexandra Armand from TipTop Snow Coaching in Les 2 Alpes (8:45)
Find out more about the new Jandri 3S gondola (9:15)
Matt Garcka is host of from the ‘Skiing is Believing’ podcast (10:00)
It is the 40th anniversary of Wham!’s ‘Last Christmas’ (12:30)
‘Last Christmas’ by Wham! is #1 in the UK charts right now
Laila Zurbriggen is from the Saas Fee Tourist Office
The Capra offers a special ‘Last Christmas’ package for CHF 1170 (16:00)
Email ‘Whamtastic!’ to reservation@capra.ch
Catherine Murphy had just done the WhamWalk (17:30)
Did you meet your partner on a ski holiday or doing a ski season, and do you fancy sharing your story? Drop me an email to theskipodcast@gmail.com (21:00)
Jess McMillan is Director of Events & Partnerships at Jackson Hole (21:30)
Jackson is located in the Grand Teton National Park
Find out more about the Mountain Collective pass (28:45)
Corbets’ Couloir is perhaps the most famous couloir in the world (25:00)
Check out Doug Combs taking it on
Jackson Hole has a limit on ski ticket sales (26:45)
The Golden Ticket means that if you have a season pass you get a 50% discount (27:30)
Jackson has featured in ‘Yellowstone’ and ‘The Last of Us’ (28:45)
Jackson Hole recent broke the world record for the most skiers in jeans (29:30)
Our Twitter poll was NOT in favour of ‘double denim on the mountain’ (30:15)
Jon Moy is the Director of ‘The Last Ride’ project (32:30)
The team have climbed and skied Mt Elbrus, Denali, Aconcagua & Mt McKinley (33:00)
Listen to Iain’s interview with Arnie Wilson (35:45)
Next on the list is Puncak Jaya in Western Papua (36:00)
Has altitude sickness been an issue? (37:30)
How to keep camera equipment working at low temperatures (39:00)
‘The Last Ride’ are using offsetting to counter the carbon footprint of the project (40:15)
Louise Paley is a co-founder of the ‘Piste X Code’ (44:30)

Feedback (43:00)
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Andrea Dalton: “Just listened to this week’s episode and loved it as always.”

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5: Powdair, Courchevel and Human Curling

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30 Nov 201735min

4: Jamie Barrow talks about his snowboard trip to North Korea

4: Jamie Barrow talks about his snowboard trip to North Korea

In this episode the Uk's fastest snowboarder, Jamie Barrow drops in for a chat about his recent adventure to ride the new ski resort in North Korea. We also discuss the launch of ski airline Powdair, chat about Ed Sheeran's new music video and look at ski poles that you can fill up with booze.

15 Nov 201734min

3: London Ski Show 2017 Special, with Graham Bell and Ed Leigh

3: London Ski Show 2017 Special, with Graham Bell and Ed Leigh

The ski show special. In this episode, we look at The Telegraph Ski & Snowboard show 2017 and get opinion from Ed Leigh, Emily Sarsfield, Chris Moran, Simon Shaw, Rosie Barcroft, Alan Morgan, Cat Weakley & snowboarder Jamie Barrow. We find out what Graham Bells favourite ski run would be and we also allow the inventor of Tip Tap Touch to pitch his Ideas to us in our Wasp den.

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2: Planes, trains and no mention of Snowmobiles

2: Planes, trains and no mention of Snowmobiles

In this edition, Iain and Jim look at the collapse of Monarch and how it could affect your ski holiday. We also ask the question are all ski resort basically the same? Bust some myths about eating cake after skiing, finding out if your boot needs a glove and chatting to our guest Dave from Ifyouski about selling ski holiday.

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1: The Jump, London Ski Show & LISTEX

1: The Jump, London Ski Show & LISTEX

In the first episode of the Knowledge is Powder podcast Iain reveals that the name is absolutely nonsensical which is a great start and probably a sign of what is to come. We also get some inside knowledge on the temporary axing of Channel 4's The Jump. There is chat about the upcoming ski show and we talk about the 2018 Winter Olympics. We would love to know if you are looking forward to the winter games and you can tell us by leaving a comment on the podcast.

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