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New Chenus Gondola in Courchevel opens December 2025
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After 55 years, the iconic Chenus gondola in Courchevel 1850 is being upgraded for winter 2025/26. Due to open in December 2025, the new €20 million lift will double its uplift capacity and also focus on sustainability. Uplift capacity will …
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Five Great Things To Do When You Visit the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix
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Chamonix is one of the world’s great ski resorts. While the skiing is fantastic, this historic resort stands out for the outstanding non-ski activities the resort offers. One must for any visit to Chamonix – in winter or in summer …
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Why are reindeer antlers the symbol of Avoriaz?
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The French ski resort of Avoriaz is one of our favourites in the Alps. Located in the heart of the huge Portes du Soleil ski area, Avoriaz is on the border of France and Switzerland and offers the highest skiing …
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New Eiger Express lift for Grindelwald (Feb 21 Update)
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February 2021 UpdateCharlie Rees from The Ski Podcast recently travelled to the Jungfrau region (from within Switzerland) to test the new lift. You can listen to his report here from 32:30: While some resorts are scaling back, in Grindelwald, Switzerland, …
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What’s New in Les 2 Alpes for 2019/20
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Les 2 Alpes has announced that it will invest more than €500 million over the next four years in improving the resort’s infrastructure. Four new ski lifts The new plans include four new ski lifts as well as a reconfiguration …
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Europe’s longest artificial ski slope opens in Kopaonik, Serbia
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Europe’s longest artificial ski slope opened last summer in the Serbian resort of Kopaonik – the biggest ski resort in the country. In winter, Kopaonik has 55km of ‘natural’ slopes, which lie between 1650m and 2017m. Longest artificial slope in …
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New 3S Gondola to open in Stubai in October 2016
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Stubai in Austria has confirmed that their glacier will close early next month in May 2016 to allow construction for the new Eisgrat 3S gondola. The glacier will be closed from 19 May 2016 to 23 September 2016. Gondola will …
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9 Amazing Facts about the new Swimming Pool in Courchevel
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The new Aquamotion swimming pool in Courchevel 1550 will have to be seen to be believed. Here are 9 amazing facts about it… 1. It’s an Aqua Centre, not just a swimming pool The first thing to know is that this …
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Could you run 100m in ski boots in less than 17.65 seconds?
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Meet Andre Ortolf. It’s fair to say that this German is an eccentric. He’s also the current world record holder for the fastest 100m while wearing ski boots. Holder of three world records The 21 year old from Augsburg in …
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Yes, it’s Stand Up Snowboarding…!
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Stand Up Paddleboarding – more commonly known as SUP – participation has increased hugely over the last few years. SUP orginated in Hawaii in the 1940s, but the growth in the sport has mainly happened in the last 10 years. …
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