After some heavy snow fall in September the Alps hasn’t seen much since. This has made several ski resorts delay their opening dates. The following resorts have been affected: Verbier Les Deux Alps It doesn’t look like there is a lot of snow coming in the next few weeks, therefore if you intend […]
ABS Airbag have released a recall for all bags with steel gas cartridges between with dates between 1 September 2008 and 15 April 2010. These are for the ABS Twinbag and they need to be replaced. We recommend checking the date on your gas and if the date is between these dates […]
The 21st annual Trophée Andros will once again start the season of ice driving at the highest ski resort in Europe, Val Thorens. This is a great opportunity to get up close and personal with your heroes including Alain Prost, Olivier Panis to name a couple. If you are not sure what the Trophée Andros […]
The new lifts in Val Thorens are coming along nicely, looks like they will be ready for when Val Thorens season starts. As you can see by these photos you will now be able to ski down to Orelle from the top of these lifts by Boucher or Genepi as well as the two […]
Top two American ski resorts decide to link up their ski passes to offer a better selection to the visitors. Squaw Valley and Alpine Meadow from Lake Tahoe have merged the ownership of the ski area. They will now offer ski passes to cover both ski resorts. A new Tahoe Super Pass will start from […]
Meribel have released a new promo video for this season (2011/2012) showing off all their facilities. Nice to get you in the mood! Why not see this view for yourself! Courchevel apartments for rent.
On the 17th and 18th of December Courchevel will hosted the FIS Ladies Alpine Ski World Cup including the giant slalom on the Saturday and a Slalom on the Sunday. Tens of thousands are expected to watch the competition and cheer on the local stars. Entries included: Lindsey Vonn, Maria Riesch, Marlies Schild and Tanja Poutiainen […]
This season Meribel has invested lots of money in new snow canons. With 13 additional snow machines having been installed on the Murettes slope which provides the second point of access to La Praz with guaranteed snow. The 3 Valleys has now got 2,100 snow canons and like all the others the new canons […]
Back in 1994 Val Thorens became the location for one of the Tour de France end of stages. It was stage 17 which saw the cyclists climb the very challenging steep hair-pined road up to the highest ski resort in Europe. As you can see in this video the mist comes in which can change […]
Val Thorens is very luck as the ski lift company SETAM is based there. SETAM have pioneered the Funitel system and Val Thorens had the first for them to show off. Being so high Val Thorens can get quite windy and sitting on a chair lift in the wind is no fun at all, especially if […]
Meribel is located in the centre valley of the 3 Valleys and therefore a vital place to ski in and ski through to get to other ski resorts in the area. For years some of the lifts in the valley have seen better days. Well things are changing… Meribel have finally decided to upgrade […]
