Episodes
Oct. 27, 2025
Ep 53 Flying Freddy and the Birds of Prey
1. Snow and webcams.
2. Freddy Carrick-Smith had a good World Cup Debut.
3. Marco Odermatt.
4. Tignes reviewed by The Telegraph.
5. Birds of Prey.
6. Lightning Strike In Arizona.
7. Property Prices.
8. Alpinexpress Pass
9. Chocolate Day.
Oct. 26, 2025
Ep 52 Freddy Carrick-Smith makes World Cup Debut
1. Bonus hour in Bed.
2. Freddy Carrick-Smith makes World Cup Debut.
3. Mikaela Shiffrin is back on skis.
4. Ten-year-old girl fell into crevasse.
5. Model Skier Gabriel Gledhill.
6. Norwegian ski association in financial trouble.
7. Snowsport England Membership.
8. Offers from Mark Warner a…
Oct. 24, 2025
EP 51 Friday Face, Thoughts and Theft.
Snow and snowy winter. Mountain Tyre Rules. World Cup races today in Sölden. Julia Simon sentenced for theft. Lucas Braathan Survives collision with idiot. Skiworld flash sale on “Special Offers I have Spied” page. Smile rath...
Oct. 24, 2025
Ep 50 Champagne powder and tripe.
1, October Snow.
2, Closed Cols.
3, Mikaela Shiffrin will be racing in Giant Slalom in Sölden.
4. Italy's Marta Bassino injured.
5. Olympic posters released.
6. Julia Simon Fraud trial.
7. Close FIS vote.
8. FIS Gaming app.
9. Another Challenge to the 2030 Olympics.
10. Germans taking adva…
Oct. 23, 2025
Ep 49 Russian and Savoie biases.
1. Weather 23rd October 2025.
2. Veronika Stepanova and the FIS decision.
3. Ester Ledecká had tough choice to make.
4. World Record attempt for Handicapped chef.
5. Climbing accidents.
6. Savoie in the summer.
7. Cold Fusion Chalets Snowboarding Week in Tignes.
8. Valve checks on Tignes Dam…
Oct. 22, 2025
Ep 48 Training to Treats
1, Weather 22nd October 2025
2, Roads starting to close for the winter
3. French teams training in Tignes
4. Pink October Pink Bombs
5. Hiking in Utah
6. Reviews of Ski Resorts
7. Budget for Winter Olympics 2030
8. Driver drunk and high on heroin
9. Caving rescue
10. Colour and Dogs
Oct. 21, 2025
Ep 47 A new way, a safe way to ski the Face !
1. Weather 21st Oct.
2. Ski Mountaineering champion breaks another record.
3. Courses at Glencoe.
4. Salomon Boa Fit system boots.
5. Will FIS allow any Russians to compete.
6. Cold Fusion over 50s ski weeks.
7. Hunter kills hunter.
8. Grand Mountain Adventure 2
9. World energy saving day.
Oct. 20, 2025
Ep 46 Champions, music and jewels.
1. Weather 20th October 2025.
2 Flavio Vitale wins GS Junior World Championship.
3 Snowboxx 2026.
4 Lady fell and rescued from a tree.
5 Trends 2025 2026 solo skiers.
6 Michael Milton makes another Olympic Bid.
7 Jim Morrison skies the North Face of Everest.
8 France's Crown Jewels stolen in…
Oct. 16, 2025
Ep 45 Season pass - to buy or not to buy ?
1 Weather 16th October 2025.
2 Mathieu Faivre retires.
3 Sponsor Team GB's Laurie Taylor.
4 Glencoe : Season pass to buy or not to buy ?
5 Aspen House Chalet from Simply Val d'Isere for Christmas.
6 Drugs, money and guns seized in Grenoble.
7 Tori Ski for Toddlers.
8 Documentary ‘Better up T…
Oct. 15, 2025
Ep 44 Looking on the Bright Side of Skiing ! Race to recover to race.
1. Weather 15th October 2025.
2. 1st World Cup Race - Slalom in Solden Austria.
3. Alesander Aaamodt Kilde hasn’t forgotten how to ski !
4. Mikela Shriffen concentrating on slalom.
5. GB Alpine Championships will be in Santa Caterina.
6. Be fully prepared for bad weather when hiking.
7. Fined…
Oct. 12, 2025
Ep 43 Climate Change, Cows, Cheese and Costs
1. Weather 13th October 2025
2. Patous and Doodles
3. Two British people killed in a small plane crash
4. Climate Change, Cows, Cheese and Costs
5. Snow Secure mats to save the snow.
6. Training my Brain
Oct. 12, 2025
Ep 42 Training ups, downs and helicopters.
1. Weather 12th October 2025.
2. Two French Olympic hopefuls battle to get fit after injury.
3. Moving Mountains in Sussex have 25% off lessons.
4. Row about Helicopters.
5. Insurance Tips for before you leave home.
6. USA National Free Thought Day.
Oct. 11, 2025
Ep 41 "Why would you go to TIGNES ?"
1 Weather 11th October 2025
2 Paraglider injured in Bourg St Maurice
3 London Ski Skimming Event today
4 Café Entrepreneur in Bourg St Maurice
5 Rules in European Resorts
6 Ski Club of Great Britain sponsoring Laurie Taylor
7 British bobsleigh athlete Arran Gulliver banned for 2 years
8 What…
Oct. 10, 2025
Ep 40 Fabulous Firemen and Sun against SAD.
1. Weather 10th October 2025
2 Good news from Tibet
3 Skiing in Luton and London
4 Fabulous Firemen
5 Grenoble Rescue exercise
6 Sale and concert at the Maison des Artisans in Seez
7 EU Post Brexit Border Changes start on Sunday
8 Piste Libre created by former ski champions
9 Two new Winter…
Oct. 9, 2025
Ep 39 World Sight Day..... use your eyes.... avoid skiers and cliffs.....
1. Weather 9th October 2025.
2. Lunch at Benoit Vidal.
3. Freddy Carrick-Smith to ski in first FIS World Cup Giant Slalom.
4. Falling over a cliff.
5. World Sight Day - use your eyes.
Oct. 8, 2025
Ep 38 Diaries and dogs. Mountains and camels.
1. Weather and trip to Geneva hoping Bridge at Chambery finished
2, 3 climbers killed in avalanche in Slovenia
3, Man died taking photos 5000 metres up Nama Peak in China
4. Calendar to pick and plan
5. Patisserie with Patrick Chevallot
6Team GB Showjumping Gold
7. Man bitten by 4 dogs protec…
Oct. 7, 2025
Ep 37 Van in the Dam
1.Sunny Weather.
2 US National Frappe, UK Kale Day
3 Parking booking online today.
4 Available jobs.
5 Everest Disaster.
6 European BMX Team GB Champion
7 Competition to win a Race Bib signed by Dave Ryding.
8 Special offers I have Spied page.
9 New mountain resort being built in Kazakhstan…
Oct. 6, 2025
Ep 36 The Mad Hatter and the Protection Dog.
1.Weather 6th October 25.
2.Today's celebration.
3.Tubing Slope at Glencoe damaged.
4. Bargain day tickets.
5.Multi-resort pass restrictions.
6.Chalet Fire.
7.Patou Protection dogs.
8.VIP Offer and ski guiding.
9.Après Ski Party in Sunderland.
10.Weather widget on website.
Oct. 5, 2025
Ep 35 Let's share our knowledge and save our Euros for treats.
1. Weather.
2. "World Teacher" and "Get Funky Day".
3. Calendar and special offers page on website.
4.Multi-resort passes on offer.
5.Accommodation prices for Olympics.
6.Prescription Goggle inserts.
7. Cows and firemen
8. End - start of Blue Week.
Oct. 4, 2025
Ep 34 From champions through weird records to bindings.
1. Weather
2. Traffic problems near Chambery this weekend.
3. British Alpine Schools Event cancelled.
4. Precise Racing going to Hintertux.
5. Skier fell into icy lake.
6. Ski Bindings.
Oct. 3, 2025
Ep 33 Conquering Dunes at Record Speeds: and other ways to meet the Pisteurs !
A mixed safety and adventure episode. Mahé Freydier, a Savoyarde broke the world record sand skiing in Peru. Team Carrick-Smith are fundraising to continue the careers of their 3 young men – all now in the World’s top 100. Fu...
Oct. 2, 2025
Ep 32 2nd October 25 New website up ! Ibex rescued. Discounted Snow Show Tickets. Ski skimming under Tower Bridge. Young champs for Precise Racing ? Helmets and pass restrictions in Italy.
Another national strike day .... Celebrations.... National Black Dog Day and website launch ! Still work to do..... comments appreciated . www.valdiserepodcast.com Swiss have blocked an American takeover bid. A huge ibex was ...
Oct. 1, 2025
Ep 31 1st October 2025. Husky sledding, treasure trails. Off piste safety webinar. Put pisteurs number in your phone ! Snoop Dogg for Winter Olympics. International Podcasting Day. Strike Day.
Ski options, or non-ski options with young children include husky training and treasure trails in St Foy. Think carefully before abandoning tired and jet lagged children in full day ski school in the USA. Difference between s...
Sept. 30, 2025
Ep 30 30 September 2025 Agility and Rescue Dogs. Fort in Bourg St Maurice. Recycling for skis. Nice Cuppa. Vertigo.
An unusually doggy episode..... British success in the Agility World Championships, Rubble Rescue Dog Contest near Moutier and a trip to the much adored vet for my doodles. Also...... Turbine blades are being recycled into sk...