The Best Personalised Number Plates in the Alps…
During a recent trip to La Rosiere, we spotted this great personalised number plate, owned by Laura from the tour operator SnowCrazy: Also seen in Courchevel by the Courchevel Enquirer was this Range Rover (possibly owned by Ski Val?): Have you seen any similar or better personalised ski number plates? Send your photos to iain@skipedia.co.uk and we’ll...
The Top 10 French Ski Resorts on Facebook (Dec 11)
It’s been over six months since the last Skipedia count on how the French Ski Resorts were doing on Facebook, so now the season is underway, a recap is certainly overdue. Here’s the scores on the doors in December 2011: The Top 10 French Ski Resorts on Facebook 1. Megeve – 43529 fans (1) 2....
If there’s no snow, maybe it’s time for virtual ski holidays?
With December arriving next week, the current state of the slopes in Europe looks extremely worrying. Why is all the snow over in North America and not in Europe? At the risk of sounding like Kevin the Teenager: ‘It’s so unfair!’ North America opens early, Europe opens late… Over the pond – Aspen, Whistler and others...
Les 3 Vallees v. Chamonix: What’s in a strapline?
While flicking through some of the snowsports mags last month, we at Skipedia were struck by the contrast between these two print ads (shown below). It’s a way of life… The Chamonix strapline ‘It’s a way of life!’ perfectly captures the reason we head to the mountains each winter. The ad shows Chamonix’s most famous feature –...
‘War and Piste’ – the best ski season book so far?
Could it really be ‘Wickedly funny’? A couple of weeks ago, I read a new book called ‘War and Piste’. I’ll be honest with you, I was expecting the worst from this ‘wickedly funny diary of a ski season’. When I ran Natives, I used to receive regular emails from season workers who had written...
Le Derby du Roc Merlet – going downhill fast
The Roc Merlet Derby in Courchevel 1650 has been one of the classic season worker events since…well, no one seems to be exactly sure when it started. But it was definitely going on in 1995, as shown in this poster. This end of season event sees competitors take a rare chance to hoon from the...