Which French ski resorts had the most snow in 2018/19?
If you were guessing which French ski resort had the most snow last winter, it’s unlikely you’d guess correctly. Resorts always talk about their micro-climates, caused by being at the end of a valley where the weather systems stop and drop. But would you have guessed that Les Contamines was the French resort with the...
Les 3 Vallées announce partnership with ‘Frozen II’
In a coup for Les 3 Vallées, today the world’s largest ski area announced a partnership with the much-anticipated movie ‘Frozen II’ – or as it is known in French ‘La Reine des Neiges II’. The sequel to ‘Frozen’ – the highest grossing animated film of all time – will be released on 20 November....
Which is the Most Searched Ski Resort?
The second annual E-Tourisme Survey report on French ski resorts by French agency CyberCité has revealed some interesting data: Chamonix: Most Searched ski resort CyberCité looked at Google data from July 2018 to April 2019 and found that Chamonix was the most searched for ski resort in France during the period. The figures below show...
27 Takeaways from the 2019 International Report on Snow and Mountain Tourism
‘Skiing is not dead’ (in Asia, anyway) Laurent Vanat, international expert in ski business and ski resort management, has published the 11th edition of his ‘International Report on Snow and Mountain Tourism’. The headline takeaway is that global skier numbers are up for the second season in a row, although this is driven by...
Five Ski April Fools in 2019 That You May Have Missed
It’s that day of the year when you need to have your wits about you – on the off-chance that the April Fool you’ve come across is subtle enough to be convincing. Here are five of the Best Ski April Fools that we came across today: €50 Congestion Charge to be introduced in La Tania...
French Pyrénées article by Skipedia on Planetski.eu
Iain’s article on his recent visit to Ax 3 Domaines and Les Angles in the French Pyrénées has been published on Planetski.eu