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In this launch Summer episode of The White Out

We take a quick look at summer ski news as well as summer mountain news.

We explore some of the fantastic things you can do in resorts over the Summer with a a particular focus on mountain biking, and what you need to know to get cracking, what to wear, where to go, and where in the UK is great to visit to try out mountain biking from Warren smith Bike Academy, based in Verbier, Glen Tress in Scotland, in Wales, Afan Forest Park, Bike Park Wales and Cym Carn and then in the north wales coed y Brenin, Marin Trail and Penmacno to name a few, then also Forest of Dean, Swinley Forest near Bracknell and we also talked about  swinleybikehub.com and also Grizedale in the Lake District.

Overseas we also mentioned Les Gets in France – arguably Europe’s home of mountain biking and where it all started.

Verbier in Switzerland which is the largest, but Bike Kingdom Lenzerheide follows closely behind. A huge area linking up with Arosa too.

The Dolomites in Italy and specifically  Selva Val Gardena where you can do a day mountain bike tour around the sella ronda

In Austria the largest bike park which is Salbaach-Hinterglemm and Leogang

And of course North America, among many others places such as Whistler are huge - more to come >

We look at what's going on with the Tour de France with full details available at www.letour.fr/en

And we explore 2 new bikes from Rossignol.com/gb-en  and the great deals they are offering on the Trail Mandate XP - the top of the range Rossignol bike now it’s £2,265 instead of the full £3,775 as well as the Scott Sports Voltage eRIDE scott-sports.com/gb/en/voltage

     

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This weeks episode looks back on the winter of 2023/24, and all the greatest things that happened 

From the top news stories Vail resorts taking over Crans-Montana and Whams 40 years since filming in Saas Fee and The Dolomites Dirndl Ski Day 

We also looked back at our daftest story of the season The Skypark engagement story as well as our favourite kit this season and our best introduction of the season :)

And we looked at a number of our ‘Legends of the winter’ as well as announcing our winner for 2023/24.

And finally we looked at our Resorts of the Winter and a cast back to the great travels this Winter. 

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Jasmine Taylor, 12 world cup wins, 4 world champ medals and 56 world cup podiums now ranked the world number 1 telemark skier, we had the chance to sit down with Jasmin to uncover:

• what is telemark skiing?
• can anyone do it?
• what's next?
• what drives her on?
• now ranked number 1, what will that mean to her?
• and how did she get to this point?

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This week we were lucky enough to catch up with Warren Miller Ski Movie star and legend Dan Egan to talk about his most recent trip - Heliskiing in Alaska.

It was fantastic to see the passion and enthusiasm from somebody that has skied pretty much everywhere, in the very best conditions, and yet still he talks like it's his first turns in powder...it's definitely not!   

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In this weeks episode Dom and Rob delve into what's been happening around the world's ski scene, from new lifts in Chamonix to the World Cup Finals in Saalbach.

They also share where is best to ski now as we head into the real meat of the spring skiing season.

Then they feature the best sunglasses for spring skiing as well as a new visor from Valon!

Not to be outdone, they also have a resort spotlight on the fabulous destination of Carinthia before introducing next weeks episode, where they will be talking to the legendary Dan Egan about helisiing in Alaska...what more could you want from a ski podcast!?

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News

Chamonix opens new Montenvers lift montblancnaturalresort.com
Learn French and ski packages - Morzine-based Alpine French School alpinefrenchschool.com
World Cup Finals take place in Salbaach

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VALLON RELEASES VINTAGE-STYLE SPORTS SUN ‘VIZOR’ Vallon.com

Best Sunglasses for Spring Skiing
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Spotlight on Heiligenblut, Carinthia

How do you get to Heiligenblut?
London Stanstead to Klagenfurt with Ryanair
2 hour drive through lovely scenery and then up a long valley where right at the end, you get to Heiligenblut.

Whats the town actually like…
It’s not big it’s really a village so it’s pretty quiet there’s some lovely hotels there including the 4* Kärntnerhof which is where I stayed. The standard of the hotel accommodation is really high and the food was excellent too. It’s very much settle into the hotel territory and enjoy relaxing, it’s not party central.

The skiing
It’s definitely for the more adventurous skier
It’s not a huge resort in terms of the mileage with around 50km’s of marked runs The longest is 10 kilometres
Really good snow record and the village is at 1300 metres and it goes up to 2600 metres

The mix of really long runs and the off-piste terrain is the draw, plus the scenery and the fact it’s such a cool mountain destination with very comfortable accommodation.

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In this special episode we are joined by Ben and Clau who have skied 24 resorts between January and March 2024 and, while doing so, have output some fantastic content across all social channels, resulting in some of the best and most useful content in the world of ski today.

Here are some of the highlights that Ben and Clau talked about but you canalso check out the chapter markers to skip to each section :

The Ischgl Silvretta Therme

Crans Montana

Highlights of the 7 weeks:

Logis St Martin

Ischgl

Les 2 Alpes

Serre Chevalier

Best Hotels

Hotel Crans-Montana Valaisia

Best Restaurants

Restaurant La Manouille Serre Chevalier

La Caleche Chamonix

With 3.8m video plays and well over 40k engagements in stories and 623k impressions on Instagram and over a 1/4 million views on TikTok over the last 7 weeks, it's safe to say that people have been captivated by their travels  !

Instagram @InTheSnow_Magazine | clauandben_skitravels 

TikTok@inthesnowmag  | @clauandben

Starting in the Italian Alps in mid-January, Ben and Clau travelled up towards the French Alps, where they took in their first ten resorts, ranging from Serre Chevalier, Les2Alpes, Alpe d’Huez and the huge Les 3 Valleés area, before ending their French leg in Chamonix, where the couple got engaged just a year ago. 

With no time to waste, they went on to Switzerland to take in the luxurious resorts of Crans Montana and St Moritz, before embarking on a three-week Austrian fest, hitting its finest resorts of St Anton, Ischgl, Kitzbuhel, Saalbach, Mayrhofen and Soelden. 

Finally, they  headed back towards the Italian Dolomites to end their seven-week ski-marathon in Livigno, Bormio and Madonna di Campiglio. 

Phew!

How would you like us to compare 24 resorts across four countries..?  WE hope you enjoy the listen.

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In this weeks episode Dom and Rob share where is best to ski now as well as news from around the world of skiing.  they also tell us about some great new gear finds including a brand new binding for skis plus a 360 degree camera from Insta.  And finally they take us to explore Sierra Nevada and Turkey would you believe!!

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NEWS
New dry ski slope in Kingussie at the Loch Insh outdoor centre that has now opened with the Proslope surface – also seen at 5 other slopes around the UK including Tallington and Snowtrax

La Clusaz has launched its circus festival called Radio Meuh from April 4-7 which includes a number of acts over several nights in the French ski resort. Tickets cost 37 euros and can be purchased online at https://circus.radiomeuh.com/en/ 

Ski racing - the slalom last weekend in Palisades Tahoe, won by Austria’s Manuel Feller. Both Dave Ryding and Billy Major qualified for the second run, unfortunately Billy failed to finish that run and made a mistake close to the top of the course and Dave ended up in 24th place.  This weekend we have the women’s speed races in Kvitfjell, Norway and mens GS and slalom in Aspen, Colorado. The women then head to Are in Sweden, the men to Slovenia before everyone comes together in Saalbach, Austria for the World Cup finals from March 16-24.

Les Arcs had 81% commercial apartment occupancy in January compared to an average of 75% in France overall. More interestingly is the press release then states that the resort at 2,000 metres has 485cm’s of snow compared to 130cm’s at the same time last year.

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A ​​shout out today to our friends at https://www.thesnowcentre.com/

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GEAR
The Protector Attack binding from Tyrolia, you don't just get that toe release,  it also offers Full Heel Release (FHR) technology, a first in our Attack series.
Tyrolia.com, £320

Sidas ski comfort ski socks skiracing.co.uk
Insta 360 X3 Camera
Bearhug knee supports from getabearhug.com

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RESORT SHOWCASE
Sierra Nevada
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BUCKET IST DESTINATION
Turkey with Luke Rees from awe365.com and Jamie Barrow worlds fastest snowboarder.   https://www.powdermad.com/

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In this weeks episode Dom and Rob delve into the best places to go skiing in the spring, what better advice when there's great snow across Europe and the sun will shine, Easter really is one of the best times to go skiing !   

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SPRING SKIING SPECIAL

For the very best advice on this episode take a look at https://www.inthesnow.com/where-is-best-to-ski-this-easter/

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In this weeks episode Dom and Rob bring us all the latest news from around the world from Mikeys Miles to International Ski Patrollers Day.  They also share the biggest secrets on where is best to ski right now!

Then in this weeks episode they tell us aboiut ski boots that are so easy to get on and off they are like slippers as well as some other great gear finds.

They also explore Region Dents Du Midi, and finally everything that Sun Peaks British Columbia has on offer.

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Welcome to our Sponsors
The team at Ski Independence have been sending customers to Alberta’s ski resorts for almost 30 years. With oodles of personal experience, they know all about the best places to stay, the best travel options… and everything in between: from Banff’s best après-ski locations, to breathtaking scenery at Lake Louise, or how to get the best out of a multi-centre itinerary – they highly recommended road-tripping up the spectacular Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper for an experience like no other. Visit ski-i.com/alberta to find out more about booking Canada’s Alberta with tailor-made specialists Ski Independence.

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NEWS
Mikeys Mountain Miles
mikeysmm.com
International ski patrollers day
hellyhansen.com/skipatrol
Esprit winds up

SNOW REPORT
This weeks weather  round up is brought to you by SkiWeekends, The flexible ski holiday experts, choose form 10 fantastic catered  chalets and over 100 hotels in over 40 resorts.  You can stay as long as you like with SkiWeekends.com”

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Gear:
Rossignol Vizion
Shell vs Insualted layers

Spotlight on
www.regiondentsdumidi.ch/  
Also see
www.skiline.co.uk

Bucket list:  Sun Peaks

ROB: what's the size of the ski area?
Second biggest ski area in Canada  4300 acres  139 trails 

ROB: who is the ski area best suited for?

I would probably say for  beginner / intermediates 

ROB: what about the resort, any nice vibes, apres? guess it's not quite like Whistler
 Massa and Bottoms are the places for après cool beers and ice hockey

ROB: any top tips for the best ski run or off-piste? Maybe a day of heli skiing in the area?

5 mile is perfect for improver beginners

The crystal bowl accessed the same way  is really nice for more advanced skiers

Morrisey side of the mountain still smokin i'dunno out of the woods and plenty more. I've done a really nice YouTube video 

ROB: and what about town, best restuarant and bar?

Big cooked breakfast going to Cahilty
Nice coffee and a smoothie and a pastry Altitude and bolacco, Mountain high for very good pizzas 

Bottoms and Massas  good for lunch and après  drinks 

I would also recommend steakhouse at Sun Peaks Lodge and Oya sushi Japanese was really tasty

ROB: how can we get there and where can we stay?

Ski Independence
Sun Peaks Lodge right in the middle of the village  Ski straight to the first lift

ROB: and anything other than skiing
Husky dog sledding
Axe throwing

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In this weeks episode Dom and Rob bring us all the latest news from around the world , where is best to ski right now, how Ben and Clau are doing skiing around 24 resorts in 7 weeks as well as a great interview with Zak Carrick-Smith!!

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Welcome to our Sponsors
The team at Ski Independence have been sending customers to Alberta’s ski resorts for almost 30 years. With oodles of personal experience, they know all about the best places to stay, the best travel options… and everything in between: from Banff’s best après-ski locations, to breathtaking scenery at Lake Louise, or how to get the best out of a multi-centre itinerary – they highly recommended road-tripping up the spectacular Icefields Parkway between Lake Louise and Jasper for an experience like no other.

Visit ski-i.com/alberta to find out more about booking Canada’s Alberta with tailor-made specialists Ski Independence.

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NEWS
Recent article in a certain national newspaper about skiing being, ‘too fast and furious’

British skier Zak Carrick-Smith of the St Foy Ski Club has won the first ever British medal in an alpine Olympic event 

17 year old snowboarding prodigy Mia Brookes has taken gold at the X Games. 

Zoe Atkin also won a silver medal in the ski superpipe at the same event in Aspen Colorado.

Fischer is celebrating its centenary in 2024.

Woman trapped in gondola overnight

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WEATHER

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RESORT SPOTLIGHT – AOSTA VALLEY

19 resorts, over 800 kilometres of slopes, 8 snow parks and a single international electronic ski pass - Check out the Aosta Valley website (https://aosta-valley.co.uk) + Interski offer.

And remember, the Aosta Valley region, with all its 16 resorts, easy location from the UK either by car via the Mont Blanc tunnel – and you’re there straight away or via Turin or Milan airports. I’d say something for everyone – families absolutely, adrenaline seekers, yes, foodies, for sure.

Bucket List - Ben and Clau Skiing 24 resorts in 7 weeks

Starting in the Italian Alps Ben and Clau travel up towards the French Alps, where they will knock off their first ten resorts, ranging from Serre Chevalier, Les2Alpes, Alpe d’Huez and the huge Les 3 Valleés area, before ending their French leg in Chamonix, where the couple got engaged just a year ago. With no time to waste at thre start of February, they will then head into Switzerland to take in the luxurious resorts of Crans Montana and St Moritz, before embarking on a three-week Austrian fest, hitting its finest resorts of St Anton, Ischgl, Kitzbuhel, Saalbach, Mayrhofen and Soelden. Finally, they will head back towards the Italian Dolomites to end their seven-week ski-marathon in Livigno, Bormio and Madonna di Campiglio. Phew!

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