Countdown to the X Games Tignes
February 14th, 2012 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
The Tignes edition of the Winter X Games, which we believe to be one of the most exciting events in the European wintersports calendar, is now just a month away.
The biggest European extreme wintersports event of the year is returning to the French resort of Tignes for the 3rd consecutive year from 14th – 16th March 2012. It will be an action packed 3 days which will see more than 150 of the World’s elite freestyle skiers and snowboarders vying for slopestyle and super pipe supremacy.
There will be eight different competitions for men and women over three days as well as hair-raising, gravity-defying Snowmobile demonstrations.
The spectacular event draws thousands of fans and there’s a real party atmosphere not only slopeside but throughout the resort.
Check out this video teaser of the X Games Tignes and if you like what you see book yourself a holiday to coincide with the action.
Tags: Freestyle, Tignes, X games
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Mid December Snow Conditions in the Alps
December 14th, 2011 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
It looks like our obsession with the snow forecast is paying dividends – it’s snowing again in the Alps and the white stuff is due to keep coming for the next 4 days. Up to 60 cms of snow is expected in our favourite ski resorts including Val d’isere, Tignes, Val Thorens, Les Arcs and Courchevel in France and Verbier, Zermatt, Crans Montana and Saas Fee in Switzerland. And that’s on top of the huge dump that fell last week.
Snowjet passengers arriving on our first flights to Chambery airport in the French Alps and Sion airport in the Swiss Alps this weekend are going to enjoy some fantastic snow conditions. And there’s still time to join them and make yours the first tracks in the fresh snow that’s been falling. So check out the snow forecast in your favourite resort and get booking yourself a sneaky last minute ski holiday.
Snowjet still have flights departing this weekend (17th & 18th December) available at great rates including Stansted to Chambery from £64.99 one way and Stansted to Sion from £99.99 one way.
Tags: Chambery Flights, Courchevel Flights, Sion Flights, Snow Forecast, Val d'Isere Flights, Verbier Flights, Zermatt Flights
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October Snow
October 9th, 2011 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
This weekend there were some more promising early signs of a bumper snow year in the making with snow falling down to 1300m across the French and Swiss Alps. It was a sudden but welcome change in weather for winter lovers, following several days of mid 20s temperatures during the week. As these photos, taken in Saint Gervais at 1500m, show summer is well and truly over in the Alps. Roll on the ski season.
Foreground - St Gervais' brand new 6 seater chair. Background - Snow on Flaine's peaks.
Tags: Snow Conditions, Snow Forecast, Weather
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September Snow
September 21st, 2011 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
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The weather in the Alps changed dramatically over the weekend with plummeting temperatures and snow above many of our favourite Swiss and French resorts. Snow even fell down to resort level in a number of places, which is remarkable for the time of year. This was the wintry backdrop to Verbier on Monday 19th September. (Picture courtesy of PerformanceVerbier.com)
And there were similar snowy scenes in Tignes. (Picture courtesy of HundredHills.com)
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Of course it’s very early days, but we’re hoping this means a fantastic snow year in the making.
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Tags: Chambery Flights, Sion Flights, Tignes Flights, Verbier Flights
Posted in News from the Alps, Travel to the French Alps, Travel to the Swiss Alps, Weather & Snow Conditions | 1 Comment »
Sion Air Show 2011
September 20th, 2011 - Posted by: Powder Monkey
This weekend the MD of Snowjet – David Lacy – and I were invited by our friends at Sion airport to the Breitling Sion Air Show. We went on Sunday the last of the 3 days and the moment that winter arrived in the Alps. The impressive aerial displays were well worth us being wind and rain battered for most of the time and as an added bonus, breaks in the cloud revealed the Valais’ peaks were getting their first dusting of snow of winter 2011/12.
Tags: Crans Montana Flights, Flights to Sion, Nendaz Flights, Saas Fee Flights, Sion Air Show, Sion Airport, Verbier Flights, Zermatt Flights
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