232: Montenegro, Tignes & European Gay Ski Week

We find out about skiing in Montenegro and Tignes, what it’s like at European Gay Ski Week and we look at the new Jandri 3S lift in Les 2 Alpes.

We also have our regular snow reports, your feedback and news on World Cup wins for Team GB.

Host Iain Martin is joined by freelance journalist Mary Novakovich, Matt Ware from European Gay Ski Week and regular guest, Catherine Murphy. 

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SHOW NOTES

Catherine on the show in Episode 230 telling us about the WhamWalk in Saas Fee (2:00)
Find out about slope safety in Episode 229 (3:45)
Matt will be at Swiss Gay Ski Week in Arosa (4:45)
Mike Greenland reported from Jahorina, Bosnia (6:00)
Jen Tsang, That’s La Plagne, La Plagne, France (7:20)
Andy Butterworth, Kaluma Ski, St Anton, Austria (10:00)
There has been skiing in England at Weardale and the Lake District (13:00)
https://x.com/skipedia/status/1877261678758318563
Mia Brookes took her 2nd win of the season at Klagenfurt (13:30)
Txema Mazet-Brown came 9th at Klagenfurt and is one to watch out for (14:00)
Dave Ryding was 10th in Madonna di Campiglio (14:45)
The Team GB bobsleigh team won the Winterberg World Cup race (15:00)
The Carrick Smith boys update us on training and recovery from injury (15:20)
Iain used his Carv 2 for the first time in Tignes (19:45)
Iain travelled to Tignes in a luxury splitter van from Vans for Bands (21:45)
There was a lot of snow on the roof! (22:00)
Iain ran across ‘le lac’ in Tignes (23:00)
Catherine tried ice floating in Tignes (23:30)
The ESF ‘Fleche’ race was great fun (24:45)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=okczVRVdwtk
Iain spoke with Olivier Duch, deputy mayor of Tignes (26:00)
Find out more about sustainability in Tignes (27:00)
The snow groomers in Tignes all run on HVO rather than diesel (27:30)
The Mountain Shaker takes place from 08-14 March in Tignes (29:15)
Tignes will host the Paralpine World Championships in 2027 (31:30)
Read Mary’s article about skiing in Montenegro (34:00)
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