Serre Chevalier

Darren Turner makes UK top 10

January 27, 2012

Everybody’s favourite Serre Che-based ski instructor and all round poppet Mr Darren Turner has just made the UK’s Independent newspaper’s Top 10 Best Ski Apps. Darren runs Insight ski school and is the originator of the Ski School App, which allows you to download a tiny monitor for your pocket. A veritable leprechaun of information [...]

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Only of interest if you use the internet

January 26, 2012

Well it’s humid with low cloud in Serre Chevalier so naturally I’m not going up. There is a brightness of luminosity so it could all burn off, if so I’m straight up. Whilst not skiing I’ve been having a look at this international trade agreement called the “Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement” or ACTA. As you probably [...]

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Anna Turney back in Serre Chevalier

January 26, 2012

I was very happy to read that Anna Turney is back in Serre Chevalier this season. Actually Anna got married last year so you might know her now as Anna Walford. Anna’s blog post about training in Serre Chevalier is here. In her post she said: This season I am based mostly in Serre Chevalier, [...]

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Save £700 on a 10 bed apartment in Chantemerle

January 25, 2012

Jo from Mountain High just sent me an email saying they need to get a booking for the week commencing 4th Feb which is still available. This is currently priced at £2200 but they are reducing it to £1500, if you have a big group coming out to Serre Chevalier, you won’t find a better [...]

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Skiing is more dangerous than you think

January 25, 2012

I happened to find myself in the A and E department of Briancon hospital the other day as my five year-old had managed to knock herself unconscious falling over in the playground at school. I got back from a morning ski to anxious and guilty looking in-laws who confessed she’d been carted off to hospital [...]

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30% Off Apartments (Includes February Half Term)

January 24, 2012

Hey all, Conditions are great and the weather is perfect, yet, for the first time, we have some late availability for February mid-term so we are offering a 30% reduction for the following weeks (prices per apartment per week): 28 Jan – 4 Feb 575 euros, reduced from 820 euros 4 – 11 Feb 575 [...]

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Well that was a waste of time

January 24, 2012

The wind wasn’t dying down, it is blowing a very gusty gale up there. Monetier is sealed off from the rest of Serre Chevalier and only Cibiout in the upper section is open. It was an excuse to do it for the first time this season – it was in the sun, but small comfort [...]

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France declares war on Iran

January 24, 2012

Just a small one before Rick does something related to Serre Chevalier. It’s been on the cards for a while, but WWIII is now on, with France of all places firing one of the first shots. The French warship La Motte-Picquet, passed a few miles off the Iranian coast yesterday, just to let Iran know [...]

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14 Bedrooms, 12 Bathrooms – €500,000

January 24, 2012

Here’s an interesting property up at ‘The Sporting’ complex in Villeneuve for anyone wishing to make a serious business in Serre Chevalier. The current owners describe it is an ‘apartment/chalet in need of improvement’ comprising of 14 bedrooms, 12 bathrooms. Kitchen dinning area, store rooms. The surface area is huge, more than 300 sqm At [...]

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Dragon ourselves into the future

January 23, 2012

Kung Hei Fat Choy readers. It’s Chinese New Year and we’re now in the year of the Dragon, which is nice. It’s been incredibly windy of late, in fact it seems as if there is a load more wind this year up Serre Chevalier way than I remember over previous ones. Monetier has been isolated [...]

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