Worldwide Backpacker and Adventure Tourism Consultant
So a little personal update for you all. I’m currently in London visiting friends and exploring a little more, I will soon be heading up North to Leeds for a week with Pre-Fit, then down to Bath/Bristol to see friends, then another week of fittings. After that, I’ll visit Cardif and Bristol again before I […]
Read More Where am I?Here’s a short list of who you’ll be seeing on the mountain, where they reside and how to identify them 1) The Aspen Skier Usually found in the nicer resorts, Meribel and Val D’Isere these are hardcore fairweather piste skiers. They’ll be on the blues and reds, competently winding their way down to the next […]
Read More Snow StereotypesContinued from here The Vanoise Express takes you across to the far left side of the La Plagne ski area, so it’s a couple of lifts up before you even reach the first of the main La Plagne bowls. Each has it’s own character, similar to Les Arcs, but with much less in the way […]
Read More Les Arcs with Wasteland Ski – Part 2I was very fortunate to spend two weeks in Les Arcs, first with Snowboard Club UK, and the second looking after Bath Uni. The resort area is actually split between about 5 smaller towns and villages that make up Les Arcs. Each town has it’s own character and clientele, appealing in different ways to the […]
Read More Les Arcs with Wasteland Ski – Part 1Val D’Isere has quite a reputation for being one of the nicest, and fanciest (by which I mean poshest) resorts in the alps. Which is why I was amazed to be heading there with 350 students from Oxford Brookes. At this point I had been transferred across from Alpe D’Huez in preparation for arrivals day. […]
Read More Val D’Isere With Wasteland SkiSecond week out with Wasteland ski, and we had Glasgow, Cambridge (or one college) and Plymouth in Alpe D’Huez. I was one of the Plymouth coach reps, which meant a wonderful long trip out across the UK, over on the ferry and southwards through France. The journey isn’t half as bad as you might think, […]
Read More Alpe D’Huez with Wasteland SkiPart 1 is here Val T has some great runs, and while not all of it was open for the season just yet the snow had covered most of the runs very nicely. Heading over the ridges toward Orelle was a treat, with a lovely couple runs straight down into the valley. The blue run […]
Read More Val Thorens with Wasteland Ski Part 2So my first trip out to the Alps in nearly 5 years was as a rep for Wasteland Ski. A company that specialises in student group snow tours, and a company I had been a customer of several times. I was flown from Gatwick to Geneva (my first time in Switzerland) to meet the transfer […]
Read More Val Thorens with Wasteland Ski – Part 1These days we never ride without our phones. With improved signal and cheaper rates we can now actually use our mobiles while abroad, there’s even Wi-Fi in some of the mountain bars so you can check it and upload those selfies, but more usefully, we can check out the action and news with a […]
Read More The Best Snow Apps – Weather, grabs, and more – Blog for Prefitdelivery.comSo the world of Snowsports has thousands of different bits of kit and snow gear that someone will insist you can’t be without – here’s a little list of technical gear we think you actually need. (There’s a list of everything you’ll need for your uni trip here, for those who are going the first time) […]
Read More All the gear, no idea? – What you actually need, what you don’t – Blog for Prefitdelivery.com
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