MAKING THE MOST OF THE SKI SEASON THIS WINTER

Travel by Train to the Alps:

Firstly, it’s a lot more fun and relaxing than shuffling about from airport queue to airport queue. Wherever you are headed, the scenery gliding by is a pleasure to watch. Travelling overnight gives you two extra days’ skiing on a week’s holiday. And surprisingly perhaps, travelling during the daytime can be about as quick as flying, when you compare the journeys door-to-door. Also there is no extra charges for luggage and skis

You’ll be helping the environment too. Flying to the resort of Meribel, for example, produces around 82kg of C02 per person; driving there creates 219 kg CO2, per car; but travelling by train produces only 11 kg of CO2 per person.

And St Gervais (one of our resorts has a train station that you can make the most of!)

Low cost roaming charges in Europe with aether mobile this winter:

Keeping in contact with friends, family and colleagues -

Making a call to the UK from: France £0.25

Receiving a call in France from: UK FREE

How you can find out more

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Gnarshmallow?!?

Well I stumpbled upon this fantastic thing – looking for interesting stuff instead of working!

If you have the need to waste time at work when all you can think about is ripping down some snowy peak (In the Mt Blanc Valley with BASS Megeve) Here is the ultimate time wasting game for skiers:

Its called Gnarshmallow and Its a flash based game – You are the skier in a big mountain freeride comp, ski the peak, throw the tricks and wonder where the time went.

Enjoy!

http://www.gnarshmallow.com/

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Free Ski equipment carriage on Swiss air too!!

Swiss air will not be charging for taking ski equipment on flights to Switzerland this winter.
Swiss passengers will also be able to take up to 20kg of standard checked luggage on flights between the UK and the Alps.
Fees for carrying ski and board equipment with other airlines range from £17 to £50 each way per person, representing a potential additional £400 on a ski holiday for a family of four.

http://news.flightmapping.com/09/10/20/swiss-buck-trend-by-not-charging-for-ski-equipment_2292.html

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Free ski & board carriage on Jet2 flights with the magic password

The offer is open to anyone booking a return ski flight to travel
before the end of March 2010 (so the Easter hols aren’t currently
included) and you are limited to one pair of skis …or one snowboard. All
you need to do to benefit from this offer is to enter the magic word
FREESKI in the promotional code box when making your flight booking
online and, hey presto, you’ve got your free ski or board carriage.Read more

Resort News : Free ski and board carriage on Jet2 with the magic password!

Reasons why a long weekend skiing is better than a weekend out on the town

First of all its skiing which is far more important than anything else anyway!!!

Its More Exciting

You get photos you can actually keep

It’s worth way more in bragging rights

Keeps you fitter

Probably costs about the same too

So what are you waiting for – grab your skis and get yourself over to Megeve to come and ski with us

The BASS Megeve November Newsletter is now out

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It just keeps snowing

Plenty of fresh snow has fallen across Austria this week, as well as parts of Switzerland and Italy and in many places it continues to fall. There is fresh powder to be found even down at low levels in some Austrian resorts and temperatures are set to stay cold.

It’s been snowing hard in Austria this week, even as low as 650m in some resorts. The glacier resorts had a big boost to their snow depths and the cold weather means that the fresh snow is being kept wonderfully powdery!

The Mölltal Glacier received 80cm of new snow on the upper half of the area this weekend, and the Hintertux ski area also received loads of snow as well, with 45cm falling at resort level and cold temperatures up on the glacier; so wrap up warm.

More snow is expected to fall in Austria between Thursday and Sunday, with Hintertux alone expecting a further 38cm of snow.
Eastern Switzerland has also benefitted from this week’s snowfall, with Davos-Klosters, and Engelberg both turning into a winter wonderland overnight.

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Hermann Maier retires

He told BBC Sport, "I came to the conclusion after a few days mulling it over that I should draw a line under my career as a ski racer as of today." He added, "It was important for me to get healthy and so that’s why I’m bringing down the curtain. It wasn’t an easy decision, and it’s difficult to let go. I’m ending a career which as a kid I could hardly imagine ever turning out better."

Maier has 54 World Cup victories and four World Cup titles to his name, as well as three World Championship gold medals and two Olympic gold medals won at the 1998 Games in Nagano, Japan.

Famously, he returned to World Cup skiing after a motorcycle accident in 2001 in which he almost lost his leg. He came back to race on the World Cup circuit in 2003 and went on to win the super G and overall titles in 2004, earning him the title of the ‘Herminator’.

What a Legend!!!

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Megève has adopted a novel way to keep budding skiers safe on the lift:

With many new safety measures appearing on the slopes, Megève has joined eight other resorts worldwide by installing a Magnestick system on two of their lifts.http://www.magnestick.net/
The system works by skiers wearing a light vest containing a metallic plate.
A permanent magnet fixed to the seat is activated for the whole ride up including when the child gets on. preventing a child falling off before getting to the top
as the magnet is only deactivated when the child puts their skis on the
snow (even if someone lifts the restraining bar well before arrival) GENIUS!!!!
We are looking forward to skiing with you at our Megeve Ski School – St Gervais Ski School -or- Les Contamines Ski School this winter and making your skiing experience the best it can be!