• S2. E21 Where's the Best Snow, Ski Carinthia, Best Spring Ski Sunglasses, Global Ski News

  • Mar 15 2024
  • Length: 43 mins
  • Podcast

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S2. E21 Where's the Best Snow, Ski Carinthia, Best Spring Ski Sunglasses, Global Ski News

  • Summary

  • In this weeks episode Dom and Rob delve into what's been happening around the world's ski scene, from new lifts in Chamonix to the World Cup Finals in Saalbach.

    They also share where is best to ski now as we head into the real meat of the spring skiing season.

    Then they feature the best sunglasses for spring skiing as well as a new visor from Valon!

    Not to be outdone, they also have a resort spotlight on the fabulous destination of Carinthia before introducing next weeks episode, where they will be talking to the legendary Dan Egan about helisiing in Alaska...what more could you want from a ski podcast!?

    Enjoy the ride :)


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    News

    Chamonix opens new Montenvers lift montblancnaturalresort.com
    Learn French and ski packages - Morzine-based Alpine French School alpinefrenchschool.com
    World Cup Finals take place in Salbaach

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    This weeks WHERE IS BEST TO SKI RIGHT NOW is brought to you by SkiWeekends.com”

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    GEAR
    VALLON RELEASES VINTAGE-STYLE SPORTS SUN ‘VIZOR’ Vallon.com

    Best Sunglasses for Spring Skiing
    BLOC Twenty-Five X4900
    Zeal Incline
    Messyweekend MAKALU
    Goodr
    I Do My Own Stunts Extreme Dumpster Diving
    BLOC Beck XMB80
    Messyweekend MW SPEED
    Sungod

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    Spotlight on Heiligenblut, Carinthia

    How do you get to Heiligenblut?
    London Stanstead to Klagenfurt with Ryanair
    2 hour drive through lovely scenery and then up a long valley where right at the end, you get to Heiligenblut.

    Whats the town actually like…
    It’s not big it’s really a village so it’s pretty quiet there’s some lovely hotels there including the 4* Kärntnerhof which is where I stayed. The standard of the hotel accommodation is really high and the food was excellent too. It’s very much settle into the hotel territory and enjoy relaxing, it’s not party central.

    The skiing
    It’s definitely for the more adventurous skier
    It’s not a huge resort in terms of the mileage with around 50km’s of marked runs The longest is 10 kilometres
    Really good snow record and the village is at 1300 metres and it goes up to 2600 metres

    The mix of really long runs and the off-piste terrain is the draw, plus the scenery and the fact it’s suc

    In the meantime Enjoy the mountains :) And Please do leave a review as it's the only way other like minded travellers get to find us!

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    and contact us with your suggestions for further episodes at dom@InTheSnow.com / robert@ski-press.com

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