8 Takeaways from the 2024 International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism
Last month, alpine tourism specialist Laurent Vanat, released his 16th annual International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism. We look at 8 takeaways from the report. Full access is limited to crowdfunding supporters or copies can be purchased online. Winter 2022/23 was a ‘very average’ season Total skier numbers for the 2022/23 winter season were 372m...
The Best Ski April Fools in 2024
The first day of April often brings sunshine, sometimes brings snow, but always brings a round of ‘April Fools’ gags, albeit of varying quality. Here’s our pick of the best of this year’s ski April Fools: Méribel: Most Effort You’re on the slopes, it’s lunchtime, but the queue for the mountain restaurant is way too...
Blair Aitken interview on welove2ski.com
In the third of my new series of ‘Chairlift Chat’ interviews for snowsports website welove2ski.com, I spoke to Blair Aitken, mountain guide and founder of British Backcountry Courses. You can read this article here. You can listen to the full interview in Episode 202 of The Ski Podcast:
Mathieu Blanchard interview for Ultrarunner Magazine
Iain recently interviewed the world-class trail runner Mathieu Blanchard for Ultrarunner Magazine. You can find out in this exclusive interview why he has chosen Les 2 Alpes as his training base, the reasoning behind his focus on ski touring this winter and exactly what went on in his epic battle with Kilian Jornet during the...
FIS racers’ secret meeting to change calendar
According to skiracing.com, ski racers recently met secretly in Kvitfjell, Norway to discuss a plan of action to force FIS to make changes to the existing race calendar. Top of the agenda was an end to the demanding double race weekends and replacing the twice-cancelled ‘Speed Opening’ downhill races that Zermatt and Cervinia may be...
Les 2 Alpes Snow Marathon article on Ultrarunner Magazine
In January 2024, Iain went to Les 2 Alpes in the southern French Alps to take part in Les Lumières de la Muzelle – a trail marathon completely on snow. You can now read his report on the race at UltrarunnerMagazine.co.uk Iain also reported on the race in Episode 198 of The Ski Podcast