April 04, 2022

92: Andermatt, Nevis Range, LISTEX & 'The Mighty Coe' report

53 minutes

Episode 92 features Andermatt, LISTEX, the Nevis Range and The Mighty Coe event. Plus we have snow reports from around the Alps, and we find out when accidents on the piste are most likely to occur.

Iain Martin was joined ‘live’ by Babsi Lapwood from the Mountain Trade Network, Al Morgan from SkiKitInfo and Katie Crowe from Battleface Travel Insurance and down the line by Chris O’Brien from Nevis Range.

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SHOW NOTES

The Ski Podcast has been voted ‘Best Wintersports Podcast’ in the Sports Podcast Awards. Thank you to everyone who voted for us.

Thanks to Switzerland Tourism for supporting the The Ski Podcast

2022 marks the 175th anniversary of the Swiss railway - 1847 marked the opening of the first Swiss train route between Zurich and Baden.

Simon Burgess told us about skiing in the Lake District in Episode 73

Babsi skied in Sud Tirol

In Episode 81, we discussed what length skis to get

We discussed the wearing of helmets in Episode 88

https://www.youtube.com/shorts/hXal2dl-fsA

Dave Burrows from SnowPros Ski School reported from Morgins, Switzerland

Alex Armand from Tip Tip Ski Coaching reported from Les 2 Alpes, France

Steve Angus is a private instructor in Val d’Isere, France

Elena Protopow reported from Tirol in Austria

Iain was in Andermatt when the lifts closed in Switzerland at the start of the pandemic in March 2020

Read about Iain’s journey by train on Ski Flight Free

Samih Sawaris was the Egyptian responsible for the renaissance of Andermatt

Iain’s guide was Florian Tresch

You can take a look at Iain and Florian’s route here:

Find out more about Swisstainable

Vail Resorts seen potential too:

https://twitter.com/skipedia/status/1503295056089960449

Iain spoke with Chris O'Brien, MD at Nevis Range, re sustainability

Nevis Range worked with carbonfootprint.com

Listen to our interview with The Mighty Coe organiser Neil Dalgliesh in Episode 89

Al was in Aviemore for the Glenmore Lodge Wild Weekend

Check out ‘The Escalator’ here

You can find out more about LISTEX here

Iain visited the new Vallandry gondola in January

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vnJKwcjLYTQ

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