Another Folie Douce Day Birthday. 50 years of partying Team La Tania

T Wall Birthday Speech. It’s all about La Tania

50 Years old. The Old School celebrate… Proper times, proper people… Lots of La Tania love…

Nick Ski Snow Report Monday 28th January 2013

Despite snow still falling in resort at 9am the sun came out on Jean Blanc, Piste du Jour, groomed then covered in about 10cm of fresh snow. Very wind blown above the Foret bubble but perfect over the ridge. Coqs not groomed but beautiful fresh cover. Off piste up to 30cm in places. Nick www.nickskithreevalleys.co.uk

Morning Grooming on Folyeres – there’s some fresh snow out there!

Getting to grips with the new snow on Folyeres this morning to help beginners and get the slope groomed in time for opening – good work S3V. Fresh snow visible on the Bouc Blanc terrace too.

La Tania Video Snow Report 25 Jan 2013

K2 UK Ski Test Team hit LdV

Day 3 for the K2 Ski Test Team staying with The Free Ride Republic in La Tania. Time for Après at Lodge du Village over in Meribel Village – Still going hard after a perfect day on the mountain.

A new one for the 3 Valleys Celebrity Watch – James Morrison lunching at the Ski Lodge

To be added to our Celebrity Watch eventually. Check all the celebs (and wannabees) at: http://www.latania.co.uk/photos/2005/celebrity.htm

Ex Ski Lodge Chef Sam with his Le 3 Fields, Derbyshire T Wall Video Snow Report

Mont Blanc or Everest Ski Challenge in La Tania 20/21 March for Ski 4 Cancer Charity

Ski Mont Blanc or Everest with Ski 4 Cancer, Alpine Elements & iGOSKI

Ski holidays specialist Alpine Elements and its sister company iGOSKI, will be staging a Ski 4 Cancer ski challenge in the French ski resort of La Tania on both Wednesday the 20th and Thursday the 21st of March 2013.

Individuals or teams will be challenged to ski either the vertical height of Mont Blanc (4807 metres) or Everest (8848 metres) in just one day. The challenge will focus on the green, blue or red pistes which run adjacent to La Tania’s main gondola, dropping from a height of 1900 metres to 1368 metres.

With a vertical drop of 532 metres, skiers and boarders will need to complete 9 runs to descend the height of Mont Blanc and 17 runs to descend the equivalent height of Everest. Intermediates should be able to complete the Mont Blanc Challenge in approximately 3 hours whereas Everest Challengers should allow 6 hours.

The challenges will start at 9am on both the 20th and the 21st of March. To participate, skiers and boarders will be asked to make a minimum donation of 10 Euros to Ski 4 Cancer. Ski 4 Cancer is encouraging people to register before the event at http://www.ski4cancer.org/ski-challenge

Alternatively, people can register on the morning of the challenge days at the reception of the Hotel Montana – located at the bottom of the main gondola lift. Alpine Elements will also be running a ‘happy hour’ promotion on both days of the challenge at the Hotel Montana’s terrace bar. The proceeds of the bar sales will be donated to Ski 4 Cancer.

Ski 4 Cancer was set up in 2012 by a group of keen skiers and snowboarders who have all lost a close relative or friend to cancer. By providing a range of alpine respite holidays for families living with cancer, Ski 4 Cancer gives families something to look forward to at the end of treatment schedules or after a loved one has died. Ski 4 Cancer also makes grants to palliative care centres and funds research into the positive effects of exercise and how it can both prevent cancer and assist in people’s recovery post diagnosis.

James Hardiman, Managing Director of ski holidays specialist Alpine Elements and the ski weekends company iGOSKI explained “My mother had cancer about 25 years ago and ever since I have been a passionate supporter of cancer related causes. Ski 4 Cancer do some excellent work and I’m delighted that Alpine Elements and iGOSKI are able to sponsor this event.”

James concluded “Participants will collect a stamp after completing each run and certificates will be given out to people who complete one of the challenges. Everyone is welcome to take part and we hope skiers from all over the Three Valleys will join us. If you’re skiing in neighbouring resorts like Meribel and Courchevel, it would be great to see you. The event is open to anyone – all you need is a valid Three Valleys ski pass.”

And if you want to practice what skiing Everest like vertical is (or nearly twice it) – Try the 3 Valleys Escapade (in a day if you’re mad enough) – The Escapade in a Day

The end of season 3 Valleys Charity Day in aid of cancer charities in the UK and France organised by La Tania locals takes place once again in Méribel Village on Wednesday 10 April 2013.

Igluski launch their mobile site. 10% of all visitors now access via phones

Igluski.com Launches Mobile Website – Search over 700,000
holidays from your phone
By Stephen Adam
Jan 16th, 2013
London, UK — Igluski today launches their mobile website. Optimised for all
phones — including retina iPhones and the latest Android phones — it is
compact, light and snappy. Making the 700,000+ holidays on offer all just a few
taps away.
http://www.igluski.com/

Features:
– Brand new phone-friendly interface
– Lightweight with super-fast loading on 3G
– Access to full database of 700,000+ holidays
– High-resolution chalet and resort photos
– Snow reports, forecasts and history for all major ski resorts
– Designed and coded from the ground-up
– All the key functionality from the desktop site re-built for mobile

Accounting for 10% of Igluski visitors, phone-using customers can now browse
the site more quickly, easily and more beautifully than ever before.

Igluski is the UK’s largest independent ski agency. The company first launched in
1998 and now sells ski holidays to over 200 resorts, across 17 countries with
over 60 tour operators. They are known for their expertise and boast a staff roll
with over 17,000 days of skiing and snowboarding collectively. For more
information please visit http://www.igluski.com/

The La Tania Mobile Web App with off-line content including piste maps is at m.latania.co.uk