In Episode 41 Iain finds out a women-only snowboard camp in Méribel, Jim talks to Mike about his adventures in Hakuba, Japan and we discuss why you should never ring a specialist travel agency if you're travelling on your own. 

In Episode 40 Jim goes summer skiing in Saas Fee, Iain finds out about the Warm Up Weekend in Val d'Isère, it's Ski Book Group time, plus we discuss motorhomes in ski resorts.  

In Episode 39 Jim and Iain find out about Women Only Ski Camps, what it's like skiing in Montenegro and chat trail running in the Alps. 

Just a quick episode to let you know that we are still here and to let you know that the next full episode will be out a the end of this month.

Listen for a preview of an upcoming Emily Sarsfield interview and get the latest snow conditions from Saas-Fee.

In Episode 38 Jim and Iain find out about how to start skiing if you're blind or visually impaired, offer tips on resorts for beginners and hear about a heliskiing adventure in Iceland.

We find out about Val d'Isère's new podcast as well as the fascinating rise and fall of Timberline resort. 

In Episode 37 Jim and Iain find out about skiing in Georgia and consider the future of the chalet holiday.

We have Olympic downhill racer Ed Drake in the studio, with his views on Team GB selection, plus we look at summer the mountains, snow centre trespassers and Mt Blanc aviators/climbers.

In episode 36 Iain and Jim look to the future and see what is possible if you wanted an October ski trip.

Iain has been chatting to Ski Weekend about doing the famous Haute Route from Chamonix to Zermatt.

Jim hangs out with a group of ski instructors and asks them "should you teach yourself to ski"?

And there is studio chat about the Chines ski market along with a big announcement from podcast supporters Snowonly.com.

In Episode 35, Jim reports on his recent visit to Grimentz in Switzerland while Iain tests the new zip wire in Val Thorens.

We look at the success of the Magic Pass, the new SnowPass, find out how to store your skis over summer and which resort is the most visited in the world...

Show Notes

Marmots might be cuddly, but they caused the black death and eating them raw is a bad idea (just in case you were thinking about it).

Val Thorens closed on 05 May with 30cm of fresh snow on the floor

Iain tried out the new three-stage zip wire in Val Thorens in April.

La Plagne was top of 'Most Visited Ski Resorts' list from the International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism.

Snowpass goes on sale on 12 May

Magic Pass is already on sale for 2019/20

Magic Pass ski resorts saw lift pass volume +30% (compared to +10% across all Switzerland) with revenue +27% (+9% for all CH) #skistat #magicpass #LISTEX #LISTEX2019

Iain interviewed Paddy Griffith from Huski at LISTEX on the challenges of growing a new business.

Thanks to Merlin 127 for his 5-star review on iTunes.

Simon from Waxoff.fr shared his tips on how to store your skis over the summer.

Please send through your suggestions for our next Ski Book Group to [email protected].

Coming up in Episode 36

How to ski in October Half-Term

Is teaching yourself to ski a good idea?

Split-boarding on the Haute Route

It is the end of the season so Ian and Jim a reminiscing about the winter but not before they get some spring snow under their skis. Iain has been to Les Menuires for Yoga week and Jim has been over in Switzerland visiting some new (for him) resorts.

Also in this episode Iain chats to Frank Baldwin editor and publisher of Skier and Snowboarder Magazine, Jim tries out cross country skiing, they chat about Les 2 Alpes and it is book club time.

In Episode 33, we find out the latest on the drug dealer behind the Courchevel fire, Iain finds out about lift pass marketing in Ax 3 Domaines and Jim discovers who the La Clusaz liftie was with The Ski Podcast sticker.

Dave reveals his tips on how to ski moguls, we look at a different guiding philosophy and (surprisingly) discover that The Ski Podcast is officially one of the best Olympic podcasts in the world!

Show Notes

- It turns out that the La Clusaz liftie with The Ski Podcast sticker was a friend of Chloe at the Tourist Office. We're pretty sure that it's Chloe who features in this video, covered by Iain on Skipedia in Sep 2018

- Ski lift etiquette – have you ever pushed in to a ski lift queue?

- The latest news on the Courchevel fire reveals it was a drug dispute between an armed cocaine supplier and his local dealers

- Jacques Murat, is Commercial Director of the resort of Ax 3 Domaines. Iain wrote about his trip there last week for Planetski.

- ‘Mur’ means 'wall' in French ;-)

- Dave Burrows from SnowPros shared his advice on technique for handling moguls

- Iain competed a couple of times in the ‘European Mogul Challenge’ series that took place in the 90s:

- The Ski Podcast is officially one of the Top Five Olympic Podcasts! Long time listeners will recall that we ran a daily podcast during the PyeongChang Winter Olympics

- Thanks to Huski and Dave Moore for their reviews

- This is Jan’s very kind review on iTunes. Please do leave us your reviews as they help other people find us.

- Thanks to Lee for his detailed email and all his comments, particularly the confirmation that we are indeed boring. Some great suggestions though and we are definitely going to include some of them in future episodes

- Mark from Snowonly visited Samoen and the properties Jim was looking at can be found here.

- Jim interviewed ski guide Yvan Dorier from Alter Ego Ski School

- Dave Ryding finished 12th at the World Cup Finals and 9th overall in the end of season rankings

- Charlotte Bankes was 4th at the World Cup Finals and finished 4th overall. Added to her Silver at the World Champs it’s a successful first season for Team GB. We interviewed Charlotte about her switch from France in Episode 25

- Charlie Guest became the first Brit to win a Europa Cup race

- Jan Farrell logged a shocking 220.85 km/h to finish 12th in the speed skiing world champs

- You can watch ‘The Horn’ – about the Zermatt air rescue team – on Netflix

- Val d'Isère, Les Arcs, Tignes and La Plagne are organising an anti-Brexit rally in Bourg St Maurice on Saturday 06 April

Coming up in Episode 34:

- Jim will be trying cross-country skiing for the first time

- Iain will be reporting on Yoga Week in Les Menuires

- We have an interview with Frank Baldwin, publisher of ‘Skier and Snowboarder Magazine’