What does your ski pass money get spent on?
Have you ever wondered where the money from your increasingly expensive lift pass goes? French ski resort Alpe d’Huez have answered that question by publishing a full breakdown of how they spend the income from lift pass sales. The price of a day pass in Alpe d’Huez is €62. That scales down to just over...
Fire at Chamonix swimming pool
Yesterday afternoon (09 January 2024) a huge fire broke out at the Richard Bozon swimming pool in Chamonix at around 17:30 CET. Around 50 swimmers were quickly evacuated and there were no injuries. A friend of ours was in the changing rooms with her children at the time: “It was a very narrow escape. We...
Lesley McKenna interview on welove2ski.com
In the third of my new series of ‘Chairlift Chat’ interviews for snowsports website welove2ski.com, I spoke to Lesley McKenna, Olympic snowboarder and founder of Wandering Workshops. You can read this article here. You can also listen to the entire interview in Episode 191 of The Ski Podcast:
Revealed: Elon Musk’s luxury chalet in the Italian Dolomites (or not)
The theory goes that Elon Musk was in the Dolomites and was so struck by the area that he commissioned architects BlueArch from Bolzano in Italy to design a mountain chalet for him. These photos on this page were produced by the company founders Alessandro Costanza and Alberto Montesi, who specialise in bespoke ultra-luxury projects....
The Ski Podcast article in ‘Scottish Ski Club’ magazine
It was a real privilege to be asked to contribute an article to the annual ‘Scottish Ski Club’ magazine. The Scottish Ski Club has been producing printed journals since 1907 and are sent annually to every member. Thanks to the work of club members Alan Forbes and Colin McFarlane, you can now access the entire...
Uber offers ‘UberSki’ transfers from Switzerland to ski resorts
Uber has launched a new service connecting skiers from the main Swiss hubs to ski resorts. It’s not cheap. Fares cost from CHF140 to a hefty CHF390. Potentially that could be less than train fares for a family of four. Switzerland to French and Swiss resorts According to the website iamexpat.ch, UberSki will connect you...