Episodes
Nov. 21, 2025
Ep 77 Snow, rules, taxes and bans.
1. Weather 21st November 2025.
2. Cairngorm Mountain opening this weekend.
3. AirBnb…. Rules…..fines…
4. Taxes for toilets.
5. Hiker hitched by a belt.
6. Neck guards for Olympic Ice Hockey players.
7. Environmental considerations for J.O. 2030.
8. Alcohol ban in Sölden.
9. No uphill on Obe…
Nov. 20, 2025
Ep 76 Ep 76 Torches in Tignes, to Palermo.
1. Weather 20th November 2025.
2. Tignes is opening on Saturday.
3. Val Thorens wins "World's Best Ski Resort".
4. Olympic Gender Equality improvements.
5. Olympic Torch heading to Naples.
6. Tom Daley knits for the Winter Olympics.
7. Learn to Bobsleigh.
8. Hepatitis A outbreak in Czech Rep…
Nov. 18, 2025
Ep 75 Emily Harrop… French Ski mountaineering star.
1. Weather 18th November 2025.
2. Emily Harrop… French Ski mountaineer.
3. Happy Birthday Lara Colturi.
4. Clément Noël, Dynastar, Lange and Look.
5. The Surrey Schools Championships.
6. Snowcentres, SnowWorld and France.
7. TikTok, the Mountain Guide.
8. White Christmas with Simply Val d’Is…
Nov. 17, 2025
Ep 74 Proud to be British - the men did well in Lapland.
1. Weather 17th November 2025
2. Breakfast beer
3. Men’s racing in Levi - Proud to be British.
4. The Vonn Collective.
5. Marcel Hirscher feeling more optimistic.
6. Cyprien Sarrazin coming as a spectator to Val's Criterium.
7. The Garage 'Welcome-Back' drinks.
8. Caitlin McFarlane skis for …
Nov. 16, 2025
Ep 73 Who will get today's reindeer ?
1. Weather 16th November 2025.
2. Mikaela Shiffrin has a new
Reindeer.
3. 4 racing for Team GB in Levi.
4. Changes on the Autoroutes.
5. St Foy rumour…. Don’t panic !
6. Accident at the Villa Roger bubble lift site.
7. Lucky Utah base jumper.
8. World COPD day.
Nov. 15, 2025
Ep 72 Mikaela Shiffrin Eyes 102nd World Cup Victory, and a new reindeer.
1. Weather 15th November 2025.
2. World Cup Ladies Slalom in Levi Today.
3. 60's snow in London
4. Cyclocross and Cross-country running are not popular.
5. December Deals.
6. Tomorrowland Winter Festival.
7. Novemberfest is tonight.
8. Mont-Blanc tunnel repairs.
9. Café des Parents.
10. Ha…
Nov. 14, 2025
Ep 71 Help others help you - Medical details in your wallet !
1. Weather 14th November 2025.
2. Check Tyres and road closures.
3. New Kids on the Block.
4. Busy weekend ahead !
5. Calculating your season.
6. Treats in Val Thorens
7. Suncream...lots of suncream.
8. Skiing on a Glacier.
9. Win a San Bernardo day pass
10. PLEASE write down your medical…
Nov. 13, 2025
Ep 70 Team troubles and fatal fire.
1. Weather 13th November 2025.
2. Skiing from a hot air balloon.
3. Property problems in ski resorts.
4. Troubles in the team.
5. Carrick-Smiths are in the Arctic.
6. Maison Sport and Team GB.
Lilah Fear and Lewis Gibson
7. Won gold.
8. Transgender athletes banned from LA 2028.
9. French …
Nov. 12, 2025
Ep 69 Evian for Music. Val for Vegans ?
1. Weather 12th November 2025
2. Evian UNESCO centre for music.
3. Hunter dies in 'La Morte'.
4. Sponsor makes Swedes queasy.
5. Cost of skiing in the USA.
6. No inquest for Louis Watkiss.
7. Vegan thoughts !
8. UN World Pneumonia Day.
Nov. 11, 2025
Ep 68 Fires, book and Xmas Trees.
1. Weather 11th November 25.
2. Val not REALLY open for skiing yet.
3. Cost of skiing in Austria.
4. Chalet burnt down.
5. Fire in Seez.
6. The Secret Ski Seasonaire.
7. Xmas Tree.
8. Blue Note for Sport, Games and alcohol.
9. Casting Call.
10. Embossing in Seez.
11. Henry and his Avalanc…
Nov. 10, 2025
Ep 67 Monashees ski lodge for sale.
1. Weather 10th November 2025
2. Buy a ski lodge in the Monashees.
3. Canadian Ice Skater now French.
4. Age for accidents.
5. Free to watch sport on TV
6. Skiing under London Bridge.
7. Halloween Party this Friday in Val.
8. Snowbrains are recruiting.
9. British Freeride are recruiting in …
Nov. 9, 2025
Ep 66 Preserve and Party Val.
1. Weather 9th November 2025.
2. Careful of Camera at Bonconseil.
3. Snow & Rock Winter Summit.
4. Flora Tabanelli has damaged her knee.
5. Drugs in Sport.
6. “Preserve Val d’Isère”.
7. Christmas Office Party in Val d'Isère ?
8. Les Arcs Film Festival and late night Funicular.
9. Music at h…
Nov. 8, 2025
Ep 65 Olympic hopefuls and tales of woe.
1. Weather 8th November 2025.
2. 20-year-old man with serious injuries
3. Julia Simon can go to the Olympics.
4. Niels Hintermann back training after cancer treatment.
5. Will Victoria Carl be able to defend her Olympic title ?
6. Mathi Avent died surfing.
7. Sir Bradley Wiggins going for tre…
Nov. 7, 2025
Ep 64 The Grizzly in Tignes
1. Weather 7th November 25.
2. From Shot put to bobsleigh.
3. Mia Brookes started at Kidsgrove Ski Centre.
4. Easyjet flying to Grenoble.
5. Post Brexit EES… why not get a visa ?
6. Jannik Sinner models Gucci Skiwear.
7. Council Meetings.
8. Bubble rather than chairs in Villa Roger.
9. Tign…
Nov. 6, 2025
EP 63 Disappointments, cancellations, openings and parties.
1. Weather 6th November 25.
2. French Team Training in Tignes.
3. Clarisse Brèche out of the Olympics.
4. Swedish World Cup moguls cancelled.
5. Val slowly opening up for croissants and beer.
6. Tropical Cyclone Montha causes Trouble on Everest.
7. Adidas kits out Team GB for the Olympics.
8…
Nov. 5, 2025
Ep 62 A walk in wild and windy Wales.
1. Weather 5th November.
2. Fatal Avalanche in Nepal.
3. Avalanche Education.
4. Mati4Safety.
5. Hiker given a bill.
6. Walk in Wild Windy Wales.
7. Russian luge athletes.
8. American skiing in France.
9. Preloved page on website.
10. Guy Fawkes Day.
Nov. 4, 2025
Ep 61 Is the ski industry outpricing normal families ?
1. Weather 4th November 25.
2. People sentenced following Fire in Turkish ski resort.
3. Price of skiing has increased 35% in ten years.
4. Free ski passes for Tignes children.
5. Ideas of how to use ‘Le Coin’ this winter.
6. Dog poo and fines.
7. Le Coq Sportif are dressing the French team.
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Nov. 3, 2025
ep 60 Avalanche, gunshot and car deaths.
1. Sunny School-back Monday.
2. Avalanche in Dolomites kills 5 climbers.
3. Cycling Champion Cindy Morvan shot dead.
4. Car accident kills 3, injures 3 teenagers.
5. Electric snowcat in Georgia.
6. Fondue Fire.
7. Skiing in Jeans.
8. Gender Testing.
9. Pass on your phone in Zermatt.
10. Br…
Nov. 2, 2025
Ep 59 Prices, preloved and Team GBs lumbar lady.
1. Weather Sunday 2nd November,
2. Another World Record for Team GB,
3. Need a fireman ? Dial 18,
4. Potential Price Fixing.
5. Preloved ski kit and toys on Calendar page.
6. Search and Transcripts.
7. Solo Travellers.
8. Snowmad review.
9. Under the Radar Resorts.
10. All Saints Sunday wi…
Nov. 1, 2025
Ep 58 Vegans don’t thrive in Val.
1. Weather
2. Avalanche Season.
3. 19-year-old found in the snow.
4. Macuga sisters in US team hoping for 3 Olympic golds.
5. Cash for US Olympic and Paralympic athletes.
6. Paris Match in Trouble for photos of the Wales Family.
7. Tom is still teaching skiing at 98 years old.
8. Val top of …
Oct. 31, 2025
Ep 57 Happy Halloween.
1. Weather 31 October 25
2. Snow tyres and Tunnel closure in Chambery.
3. Tignes Grand Motte Glacier Prep
4. Bassens opens on Sunday for Cross Country skiers.
5. 70th Criterium - Tickets for the World Cup in Val
6. Charlotte Banks focuses on Cortina.
7. Rivers Triplets skiing Olympic hopes.
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Oct. 30, 2025
Ep 56 Danger, grit, glamour and goggles.
1. Weather 30th October 25.
2. Verbier opening a month early.
3. Team GB Olympic hopes.
4. Danger in Training.
5. Hiker slips on ice.
6. Wildlife Photographer of the Year.
7. Less cows, less milk, less Comté cheese.
8. Grit and Glamour in Vogue World.
9. Win some goggles !
10. Candy Corn D…
Oct. 29, 2025
Ep 55 Win a weekend for two in Val !
1. Weather 29th October 2025
2. More rescues of unprepared tourists.
3. Environmentalists vs Artificial Snow.
4. Holiday in Val with Henry Druce.
5. Win a weekend for two in Val.
6. Holiday accommodation choices.
7. Team GB Triathlete lost all limbs.
8. Hibou Halloween Party
9. Graham Bel…
Oct. 28, 2025
Ep 54 Avalanche ? Trained ? Henry is in the UK....
1. Weather 28 October 2025.
2. Walks stopped in Cairn Gorm.
3. Marco Odermatt currently 5th in table of All Time Wins.
4. Tess Ledeux still hoping for Italian Olympic Gold.
5. Lindsay Vonn on the cover of Time Magazine.
6. Avalanches - Henry is training in the UK.
7. Tourists take a scenic pa…