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...
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....
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...
Trojena: The Saudi Arabian ‘Ski Resort’
The chances are that taking a ski holiday in Saudi Arabia is not top of your bucket list but encouraged by China’s success in hosting a Winter Olympics without any natural snow, the developers of Trojena are determined to give you that opportunity. The ‘ski resort’ of Trojena will be part of NEOM, a proposed...
‘Homeland’: The first ski resort without lifts?
With climate change and global warming at the centre of the conversation around skiing, it’s more common to read about ski resorts closing than new ones opening. That makes ‘Homeland’ – a new ski-touring only ski resort in the Lombardy region of Italy – even more notable. The resort opened last winter above the small...