
Survey Reveals the Most (and Least) Expensive Ski Resorts in France
New research has revealed the most and least expensive ski resorts in France. Skidata.io is run by Pierre Tabuteu, who has analysed the cost of holidays in all 232 French ski resorts, across not just the Alps, but also the Jura, Massif-Central, Vosges, Pyrenees and even Corsica. Tabuteu’s research was based on winter holidays for...

Folie Douce in Val d’Isère ‘now run by Luc’
Browsing through ‘The Sunday Times Guide to Ski & Après-Ski’ recently we were amused to see that the Folie Douce in Val d’Isère is ‘now run by Luc’. ‘Luc’ is the founder of the Folie Douce empire The Luc in question is Luc Reversade, now known as the brainchild behind the whole Folie Douce ‘clubbing...

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...

Val d’Isère article by Skipedia on InTheSnow.com
Iain from Skipedia recently visited Val d’Isère to check out the new La Daille gondola. His article has now been published on InTheSnow.com This is Iain’s video, shot at the gondola’s base station and shared on the InTheSnow Facebook page:

Record snowfall delays opening of Alpine mountain passes
One of the consequences of the record snow season of 2017/18 is that many of the mountain passes around the Alps have been much more difficult to clear than in ‘normal’ years. Col de l’Iseran Even now, towards the end of June, some passes, such as the Col de l’Iseran in Val d’Isère have still not...