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Ski Fitness – Get Fit for Your Ski Holiday

We’ve all been there: your ski holiday is booked, you’re dreaming of perfect pistes and amazing après and then that voice in your head tells you that you really should get ski fit first… And it’s true! Skiing is so much fun that it’s easy to forget that it is, in fact, a sport. And […]

Post Ski Recovery – Our Top Tips

We have talked about getting ski fit before your holiday but what about after a day on the hill? To keep your body primed for the powder it is just as important to think about your recovery. This will make sure you are ready to tackle the mountain day in day out and dance like […]

5 Great New Activities to try in a Ski Resort

Ski resorts are set in some of the most beautiful countryside imaginable but many of us only see a very small, and often crowded, part of them. Perhaps you have been heading to the same resort for years and fancy trying something new, or maybe you just fancy a break from those ski boots for […]

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Skiing In A White-Out: Why We Love It

The words ‘white-out’ or ‘snow blizzard’ don’t immediately conjure up the ideal skiing conditions. But some of my best days skiing have been in the middle of a white-out. Sure, they don’t match the glorious blue-bird powder days we all long for, but they come a close second. Why We Love Skiing in a White-Out […]

The best time for a ski holiday in Verbier? Now!

January is a quiet part of the winter season. Outside of school holidays, the lift queues are generally fast moving, and cold temperatures mean snow conditions aren’t so much of a gamble. Put simply, we think it’s the best time to ski in Verbier. Plus it’s snowing as we’re writing this. Even though the resort […]

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Tips for Skiing in Courchevel

We have been travelling around our resorts catching up with our instructors and gathering as much local info as we can. We have already completed a tips for skiing in Tignes. Next stop is Courchevel. Here are our tips for skiing in Courchevel. Tips for Skiing in Courchevel Picking the best pistes for that day […]

Tips for skiing in Tignes

The Tignes team have been enjoying the amazing conditions on the glacier for nearly a month now. Tess and Joe spent a week training Slalom with Olympian Alain Baxter, Ant has been working hard with the Mini-Gap group and Amy is finishing her fourth week of Eurotest training. The Espace Killy lifts opened up to […]