Episode Details

In this episode, we learn more about the resorts of Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis in the Tirol region of Austria, how Swedish clothing brand, Peak Performance, design their garments and check in on the new Chenus lift in Courchevel. 

Host Iain Martin was joined by freelance journalist, Simon Miller and Ski Designer at Peak Performance, Marie Andersson
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Tirol in Austria sponsors The Ski Podcast, which means this winter we’re are finding out more about some of the great destinations in Tirol, and how you can connect with the Austrian way of life: ‘Lebensgefühl’ – that you’ll find there.
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SHOW NOTES

Simon has been skiing across Les 3 Vallees (2:45)
Iain reported from Val Garden in Episode 242 (3:45)
Marie will be skiing in Are, Sweden (4:45)
Andy Butterworth from Kaluma Travel is in St Anton (6:15)
James from Sauze Online was in Bardoneccia (7:50)
Chris from Freeride Republic is in Meribel (9:30)
Why we are renumbering the podcasts (11:00)
The Milano-Cortina Winter Olympics start on 04 February (12:00)
The Winter XGames take place in Aspen this weekend (12:30)
Simlon was in Serfaus, staying at the Hotel Cervosa (13:15)
Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis is known as a family friendly resort (15:00)
‘We are Family’ (15:10)
Find out about the Serfaus subway (17:00)
Safe skiing and slow skiing was discussed in Episode 270 (18:45)
Serfaus-Fiss-Ladis is actually three separate villages
The ski area has 214km of pistes and 69 lifts (20:00)
Simon enjoyed the spectacular night show (22:30)
Simon also tried the toboggan runs (23:30)
Try the Schalber Alm for Kaiserscharnn (24:30)
Simon also recommends the SkiHütte Masner (25:00)
How to get there (25:45)
The Apres-Ski in Serfaus is also excellent (27:00)
Try the Patschi Bar or George’s Bar (27:30)
Iain spoke with Philippe Mottier, General Manager of 3SV – the Courchevel lift company – about the new Chenus lift (29:45)
Marion Guillemot from the Courchevel Tourist Office acted as translator
Read Iain’s article on the Chenus lift on welove2ski.com (34:15)
Marie’s journey into design (34:45)
Working for Peak Perforrmance (36:00)
How does the process of design work (36:45)
What is the lead time for products (37:15)
The R&D Helium Loop Anorak recently won an award at ISPO (38:00)
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