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Team GB snowboard athlete Katie Ormerod has been ruled out of the PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games following a severe fracture to her right heel bone.
The 20-year-old from Brighouse was due to compete in snowboard slopestyle and snowboard big air and will undergo emergency surgery in the morning.
Continue reading “Katie Ormerod will not compete in PyeongChang 2018 Olympic Winter Games”
The Patagonia Worn Wear is a trade-in campaign organised by Patagonia, which accepts Patagonia clothing that functions perfectly and is in good condition. When you take your good quality, used Patagonia gear, the store will give you credit to use in their stores.
The Worn Wear Clothing comes from our closets and garages, maybe they just have a small thing to be repaired, and are just collecting dust. Patagonia repairs the items and cleaned them using CO2, which saves water and energy compared to traditional methods.
Patagonia has always being a social responsible company and they think that we need to reduce our impact in the planet producing high quality garments that will last for years, and which could be repaired, so you do not need to buy anything new.
Continue reading “Patagonia Worn Wear campaign is a radical idea to encourage recycling.”
Alpe Cimbra, is still an unknown secret and a real gem in the Trentino Dolomites.
People travelling to the Trentino Dolomites tend to go to Madonna di Campiglio or Val di Fassa, which are both great destinations – Madonna di Campiglio also share its slopes with Pinzolo, and Folgarida and Marilleva in Val di Sole.
Then Val di Fassa is connected to the Sella Ronda – a massive ski carousel of 1,200+ km of skiing around the Grupo della Sella massif. There are some little jewels such as San Martino di Castrozza, Andalo Paganella and Val di Fiemme (which we have produced a Must Read Guide). But Alpe Cimbra is not very renown in the UK and USA.
Alpe Cimbra is located in the Northern Italian Alps of Trentino. It is a different alternative to the better-known resorts of the Dolomites.
Continue reading “Alpe Cimbra, a real gem in the Trentino Dolomites yet to discover.”
Going skiing with the family is great, but you need to plan your bag ahead, and be sure that your little ones will not be suffering from the cold, or if not, your holiday might be jeopardised if they are too cold for skiing.
When you are packing, I suggest thinking on your ski clothes first, and doing the normal clothes later. You will not need too many normal clothes if you are self catering, a couple of trousers, shirts or t-shirts and warm jumpers if you are planning to dine outside, unless you are staying in a hotel or chalet and you have to go out for dinner or you have included half or full board, that you might want to look smart every evening.
Swissinfo.ch published a very good table with all the ski resorts’ lift ticket rates – which is good to see when planning a ski holiday – even though the price of the lift ticket is not all, and it accounts to only a 6% of the ski holiday, but, every little helps!
| Country and ski resort | Child weekday | Adult weekday | Child 6-day | Adult 6-day |
| SWITZERLAND | ||||
| Adelboden | 30 | 55 | 138 | 258 |
| Aletsch Arena | 26 | 51 | 144 | 287 |
| Arosa/Lenzerheide | 21 | 64 | 81 | 291 |
| Champèry (Portes du Soleil Pass) | 39 | 52 | 196 | 261 |
| Crans-Montana | 33 | 59 | 169 | 299 |
| Davos/Klosters | 24 | 60 | 117 | 293 |
| Grindelwald/Wengen | 27 | 55 | 128 | 258 |
| Laax | 22 | 67 | 106 | 319 |
| Saas Fee (Saas Fee Pass) | 31 | 62 | 157 | 312 |
| St. Moritz/Corviglia | 22 | 67 | 107 | 322 |
| Verbier/Nendaz (4 Valleys/High season) | 32 | 64 | 160 | 319 |
| Zermatt | 34 | 67 | 162 | 325 |
| FRANCE | ||||
| Alpe d’Huez | 43 | 52 | 211 | 267 |
| Avoriaz (Portes du Soleil) | 39 | 52 | 195 | 260 |
| Chamonix (Le Pass) | 43 | 50 | 215 | 252 |
| Courchevel (3 Valleys) | 49 | 61 | 240 | 300 |
| Flaine/Grand Massif | 35 | 47 | 185 | 246 |
| La Plagne | 42 | 52 | 212 | 265 |
| Les 2 Alpes | 40 | 50 | 200 | 250 |
| Les Arcs | 42 | 52 | 212 | 265 |
| Megeve (Evasion Mont Blanc Pass) | 37 | 46 | 185 | 231 |
| Morzine | 29 | 40 | 149 | 199 |
| Tignes/Val d’Isère | 46 | 57 | 228 | 285 |
| AUSTRIA | ||||
| Ischgl | 30 | 49 | 148 | 247 |
| Kitzbühel | 27 | 55 | 133 | 266 |
| Lech/Zürs am Arlberg | 32 | 53 | 164 | 275 |
| Mayrhofen | 23 | 52 | 112 | 249 |
| Skiwelt Wilder/Kaiser/Brixental/Söll | 24 | 49 | 120 | 239 |
| Obergurgl/Hochgurgl | 34 | 52 | 157 | 285 |
| Schladming/Planai/Hochwurzen | 26 | 51 | 128 | 257 |
| Serfaus/Fiss/Ladis | 31 | 51 | 158 | 273 |
| Skicircus Saalbach/Hinterglemm/Leogang/Fieberbrunn | 26 | 53 | 127 | 255 |
| St. Anton am Arlberg | 32 | 53 | 164 | 275 |
| Sölden | 29 | 53 | 157 | 285 |
| Zell am See/Schmittenhöhe | 25 | 51 | 126 | 252 |
| ITALY | ||||
| 3 Peaks Dolomites | 37 | 53 | 182 | 260 |
| Alpe di Siusi/Seiser Alm | 38 | 54 | 191 | 273 |
| Alta Badia | 38 | 54 | 191 | 273 |
| Bormio | 34 | 41 | 138 | 214 |
| Cervinia/Breuil | 32 | 46 | 169 | 242 |
| Cortina d’Ampezzo | 38 | 54 | 191 | 273 |
| Courmayeur | 12 | 47 | 60 | 239 |
| La Thuile | 31 | 44 | 161 | 229 |
| Livigno | 34 | 47 | 139 | 240 |
| Madonna di Campiglio | 25 | 50 | 124 | 247 |
| Val Gardena/Gröden | 38 | 54 | 191 | 273 |
| Val Senales/Schnalstal | 27 | 45 | 155 | 238 |
This is not an exhaustive list, but you have something to compare. I am assuming that the prices within the Dolomiti Superski area, are showing all the same rates, as they must be selling the Dolomiti Superski lift.
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The mountain village of Les Diablerets has launched it’s own local currency, called the “Iserau” to help save an endangered ski area and secure the village’s future.
There is a trend in Switzerland where some complementary currencies are popping up as ways of raising funds and encouraging people to buy and think local.
The Panoramic Mont-Blanc lift finished in the ground after suffering very weird conditions. A thick ice cover, thicker than the width of the cable covered a very long stretch of cable creating a very heavy mass, which made the cable collapse.
Nested in the border of the division of Trentino and Sudtirol, with terrain in both provinces, Val di Fiemme is a very special place. This incredible natural landscape heritage of the Lagorai Chain, Pale di San Martino and Latemar Group inhabited by 60 million trees that originate from a millennial culture, amidst two national parks houses a large ski carousel of 5 ski areas, with 110 km of downhill slopes, 150 km of cross country skiing tracks, snow parks, 4 sledding runs, 4 ski-kindergarten and a 1 km of parabolic downhill.
The views in Val di Fiemme are spectacular, it is a very long open valley, which does not feel enclosed at all, with lovely views wherever you see.
People can stay in the towns of Cavalese, Predazzo, Tesero, Ziano and Varena. Cavalese at the base of the ski resort of Alpe Cermis. There is also some lodging at the base of the Ski Center Latermar in Pampeago and in the base of Obereggen (this last base area of same the Ski Center Latemar is in the province of Sudtirol, as opposed of the rest of Val di Fiemme that is located in Trentino).
In what is another chapter of this saga of the two giants trying to get the biggest slice of the cake, Vail Resorts adds Telluride as one of the resorts you can ski if you purchase the Epic Pass.
As per Vail Resorts website, they have entered a “long-term alliance” with Telluride Ski Resort in Colorado, adding it to the Epic Pass starting in 2018-19. The Epic Pass now offers access and benefits to a total of 46 mountain resorts worldwide.
Two Cambridge men have fallen hundreds of meters to their death in a skiing tragedy near Chamonix. The two, aged 26 were on holidays in the French resort of Chamonix-Mont-Blanc.
Two Cambridge men have died in a skiing tragedy in the French Alps.
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