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....
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...
How The North Face backed the right horse…
The North Face Ultra Trail Du Mont Blanc (UTMB), now in its 9th year, is now established as the unofficial world summit of trail running. With 7200 runners from 62 nations taking part, all of whom had to qualify to be able to compete, the event is the largest on the calendar. Great positioning for The...
Marathon du Mont Blanc (Chamonix) article in ‘Tribe’ magazine
In June 2011, Iain Martin from Skipedia went out to Chamonix to take part in the Marathon du Mont Blanc – his report on the race was published in ‘Tribe’ magazine:
The ChamJam remembered…
In 1990, an argument between Val d’Isere and Chamonix over who had the best skiers resulted in the first ever ‘Boss des Bosses‘. This bumps competition expanded to include, in differerent years, Verbier, Zermatt, Meribel, Courchevel and Val Thorens and became one of the highlights of every season worker’s season. Boss des Bosses >>> The...