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🎙️ The Whiteout Podcast – In Partnership with Sponsor Crystal Ski Holidays

This week on The Whiteout Podcast, Dom and Rob bring you a packed episode covering breaking ski news, culture, gear, destinations and snow conditions from across the mountains.

📰 Snow & Ski News

• Reflections on the tragic fire in Crans-Montana, with thoughts for the local community.
• The return of The Skiresort Report, the world’s most comprehensive ski area ranking, now relaunched via crowdfunding and introducing the new Skimeilen metric for comparing ski experiences.
• Salomon Winter Movie Night, hosted by Ellis Brigham, comes to London on 22 January, showcasing freeride films from Japan, Norway, Alaska and beyond.
• Support needed for Britain’s rising ski racers — the Carrick-Smith brothers — as they compete on the World and Europa Cup circuits.

💪 Performance & Preparation

• Winter Olympian Chemmy Alcott on why preparation and recovery matter as much as technique.
• A look inside the Ski Performance Kit from Swiss Mountain Rescue, designed to support energy, hydration, recovery, sleep and mindset on ski trips.

🎿 Beginners & First-Time Skiers

• Spotlight on Crystal Slope Starters, Crystal Ski Holidays’ all-in beginner ski package.
• Why Beitostølen in Norway is an ideal first ski destination: calm slopes, village-based learning areas and confidence-building terrain.

❄️ Snow & Weather Update

• Major snowfall underway across the northern and western Alps, with over 1m forecast in parts.
• Strong recent snowfalls in Austria.
• Heavy snow continuing across California, with Utah finally seeing widespread powder.
• Scottish ski centres opening more terrain as natural snow builds.

🎒 Gear

• This week’s gear focus, in association with Ellis Brigham, highlights standout skis, boots, helmets, jackets and goggles designed to improve comfort, safety and performance on snow.

🏔️ Destination Guide

Skicircus Saalbach Hinterglemm Leogang Fieberbrunn

• Known as the “Home of Lässig” — relaxed, playful and stylish Alpine skiing.
• Around 270km of pistes, 70 modern lifts, and access to over 400km with the Ski ALPIN CARD.
• Ideal for everyone: families, beginners, freeriders, freestyle skiers and mileage hunters.
• Freeride terrain in Fieberbrunn, snowparks in Leogang and Hinterglemm, and over 60 mountain huts.
• Signature circuits like THE CHALLENGE (65km in a day), plus major events including the Freeride World Tour and White Pearl Mountain Days.

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