First off, this is not a ski lift but it is a lift for skiers. Confused? You won't be. The new lift, currently well into it's construction phase, will link the area served by the Montee des Haute des Brevieres directly to the edge of the Tignes Les Brevieres village.
The new motorway section linking Geneva and Annecy has finally opened to traffic. This is great news for us at Alpine Elements as it means we can get guests to the Trois Vallees in a little over two hours!
Planning permission has been given to what will be Europe’s largest indoor snow slope. Louth council have given it’s developers the green light to go ahead with the combined Leisure & Casino project, which will be located just off the M1 motorway, near to Dundalk.
The St Anton tourist Office have just posted this video on You Tube, showing the snow conditions on the 7th of April. It looks as if the Austrian resorts may have suffered less than some others in the Alps
First of all, I’m writing this on a transfer day. Wait, did you get that? I actually have time to write a blog, ON A TRANSFER DAY! Looks like we’re running more quickly than ever as a resort, today’s felt really smooth with plenty of time to catch up on what’s been happening in Cham...
After the recent new snow falls there should be intermittent snow showers on Friday night, and during the afternoons in the early part of next week. The weekend looks like being clear and sunny.
Despite the European X Games Superpipe getting a thumbs up as one of the best there's been, the Slopestyle course has been a different matter. Warm weather on Wednesday produced very slow snow.
I turned 23 this week (Christ!) and have to say a huge thankyou to all the team here for making it a cracking birthday! The girls surprised me with a trip on the Montenvers train to see the glacier – it was absolutely amazing! You can walk right down to the Glacier and wander through...
St Anton shot Brit flick rom com 'Chalet Girl' is on general release from February the 18th. The heroine is an ex-burger bar worker and non-skier 19 year old Kim Mathews. She manages to land a job working in Bill Nighy's Austrian chalet, and chat up a Gossip Girl, as well as ride in a pro-snowboard comp. Yo!
The Waterloo is a smashing Alpine Elements ‘Luxury’ rated chalet on the edge of the Espace Killy, with links to Tignes via the Sache telecabin, and Val d’isere.
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