Today we find out about Carv - ‘the wearable ski coach’ - and learn about one of the world’s great ski resorts: Whistler Blackcomb in Canada. We also have snow reports from Tignes, Val Thorens and Cervinia.

Iain was joined in the studio by Alex Jackson from Carv and Lauren Everest from Tourism Whistler, and down the line by Floss Cockle, Alex Irwin and Alex Armand.

Tirol in Austria sponsors The Ski Podcast. We’ve already covered Innsbruck, Ischgl, Tirol West, St Johann in Tirol and the SkiWelt area this winter, with more to come. Catch up now to learn about the different areas and the ‘‘Lebensgefühl’ – that Austrian way of life that connects them all together.  

Floss Cockle from FreeFlo Ski Coaching reported from Tignes (3:45)

Alex Irwin from 150 Days of Winter skied in Val Thorens (5:30)

Alex Armand from Tip Top Ski Coaching was in Cervinia in the Aosta Valley, Italy

Listen to interviews recorded at The London Snow Show (8:30)

What is the Carv? (10:00)

How does Carv work? (11:30)

Listen to Iain’s interview with Carv co-founder Jamie Grant (12:30)

The Carv dataset covers over a billion turns (14:00)

How your Ski:IQ is calculated (14:30)

The gamification aspects (19:30)

New developments for this year: Ski:IQ™ Wasatch (21:30)

Carv costs £199 for an annual subscription, or £99 for a single week (26:00)

Where is Whistler? (28:00)

Whistler is biggest ski resort in North America with 8171 skiable acres? (28:30)

There are 200+ runs in Whistler Blackcomb (29:20)

Whistler is celebrating its 60th anniversary (30:00)

Hosting the 2010 Vancouver Olympics (32:00)

Find out about the Peak to Valley Race (33:45)

Can you tell us about the ‘Seven Wonder Routes’ (34:30)

Whistler is owned by Vail Resorts and included in the Epic Pass (35:00)

Buy your Epic Pass before the deadline (36:00)

Try the Garibaldi Lift Company (GLC) for an apres ski drink (38:00)

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