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Are you sat at home dreaming of snow? Well, you may well have heard, after a slow start, Europe is now having an absolutely blinding season! Apparently some resorts have seen 10ft of powder in 48 hours – Insane! … Read more
Pete+ | January 12th, 2012
Snow reports have been uncharacteristically quiet from Fernie lately, but yesterday say the resort getting back to it’s best with 25cm of powder hitting the resort overnight. Here’s some great early-morning footage:
Have fun out there!
Pete+ | January 11th, 2012
The world of social media has been filled with reports of ridiculous snowfall in the European Alps. As always it’s been frustrating sitting in an office in London watching everyone else having fun – riding conditions are looking epic.
There are few photos that have really caught our eye. Here’s the first one that’s been doing the rounds, apparently it’s the road into St Anton a few days ago:
Pete+ | January 10th, 2012
It’s hard to believe that little over a month ago we were worrying about a terrible start to the season, with most of the resort webcams showing green fields on 1st December. Things have turned around in the biggest possible way. … Read more
Max | January 6th, 2012
It’s all been a little quiet from our French ski instructor trainees of late, as they’ve been enjoying their Christmas break and the amazing snow conditions that hit Serre Chevalier over the holiday period. However, they are now back training in earnest and are really getting to grips with the core of the course – speed and slalom training.
For their return to training on 2nd January, the crew were told to bring along their slalom protection and skis for the first time. So everyone kitted up in their shiny new helmets, chin guards, shin guards and hand guards. Unfortunately Adam and Ryan were a little late getting their slalom skis, so they had to make do with their overly long and fat off piste skis for the first day, which added to the challenge! … Read more
Pete+ | January 5th, 2012
