The Top 8 French Ski Resorts in 2018
‘Montagne Leaders’ magazine have recently published their annual survey, showing which resorts have generated the most lift pass revenue. The Savoie region of France contributed 46% of the 1.3 billion euros of revenue, followed by the Haute Savoie (26%, €355m) and Isère (9%, €123m). The Top 8 French Ski Resorts: Chamonix-Mont-Blanc La Plagne Val Thorens/Orelle...
La Folie Douce to open first hotel in Chamonix
La Folie Douce is diversifying beyond their highly successful ‘clubbing in the snow’ concept by opening their first hotel this December in Chamonix Mont Blanc. The new project is a joint venture between La Folie Douce et Les Hôtels (très) Particuliers. They will take over La Palace Le Savoy, formerly occupied by Club Med. Opening...
Knowledge Is Powder Ski Podcast – Episode 13
In Episode 13 Jim and Iain discuss the merits of training indoors at Chelski v. grass skiing, see what Clanchief had to stay about us on Snowheads. There’s an interview with Dan and Lara from the snowsports charity Snowcamp about their new #switch180 campaign, plus Jim travels to Les Arcs for the day on the snowtrain....
Knowledge Is Powder Ski Podcast – Episode 9
In Episode 9 Jim and Iain are joined by Krystelle Kubicki, Marketing Manager at Iglu Ski. The team talk about the epic storms that are sweeping Europe and covering the mountains and everything else in snow, while Jim tries to come up with a better word than Snowmaggedon. Are skiers boozers? We look at the latest...
Les Arcs, Annecy, Montgenevre and other SkiDebrief 2017 Winners
SkiDebrief – the end of season wrap-up by French ski resorts – took place in Val d’Isere at the end of April 2017. As well as being an opportunity to network and share best practice, the event also saw awards handed out. ‘Les Trophées de La Montagne Française’ were designed to reward the best new...
La Plagne tops the French ski resort charts
Recent research from Montagne Leaders has shown that La Plagne is the leading ski resort in France, ranked by skier days. It’s one of only two resorts posting over 2 million skier days, together with its Paradiski partner resorts, Les Arcs & Peisey Vallandry. The Top 10 French Ski Resort (by total skier days) La...