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Courchevel article for welove2ski

Courchevel article for welove2ski

Iain recently travelled to Courchevel in Les 3 Vallées to report on the new Chenus gondola, which started operation in December 2025. His article is now live on welove2ski.com Iain will be reporting further on his trip in Episode 273 of The Ski Podcast.
Les 3 Vallées article on welove2ski.com

Les 3 Vallées article on welove2ski.com

Iain travelled out to Les 3 Vallées in December 2024 for the opening days of the season in Courchevel and Méribel. His report from the weekend has now been published on welove2ski.com: You can watch Iain’s video reports from the weekend at the Skipedia YouTube channel: Listen to Iain’s review of the opening weekend of...
Three Days in Les 3 Vallées

Three Days in Les 3 Vallées

With the best snow in a generation, what better season to sneak in a final few days in the world’s largest ski area…Les 3 Vallées. Day 1 My family have been lucky enough to ski in Les 3 Vallées several times before, so we didn’t waste our time. After dropping our bags at our Le Ski...
Les Menuires article by Skipedia in 'Skier & Snowboarder' Magazine

Les Menuires article by Skipedia in ‘Skier & Snowboarder’ Magazine

We were delighted to see that Iain’s article about family skiing in Les Menuires has been published in the December/January issue of ‘Skier & Snowboarder‘ magazine.     Iain travelled to the French resort in Les 3 Vallees ski area in March. Les Menuires won ‘Best Family Ski Resort’ in the 2015 Snow Awards and...
Courchevel and Val Thorens go head to head to open first

Courchevel and Val Thorens go head to head to open first

Ski resorts can be like buses – you wait for ages for one of them to open early and suddenly two do it on the same day. Today (Wednesday 26 November) both Courchevel and Val Thorens opened early for a preview day of skiing. Announced on Twitter In the case of Courchevel, which doesn’t officially...
Five Nuggets of Snowsports Marketing We Noticed This Week

Five Nuggets of Snowsports Marketing We Noticed This Week

We find them so you don’t have to.  Here are five nuggets of snowsports marketing we’ve seen recently… 1. Why Serre Chevalier should make shorter videos This cute video was published by Serre Chevalier this week. It starts with a spoof of Serre Che employees mucking around: pisteurs dynamite a snowman; snow groomers race each...