{"id":67178,"date":"2026-02-10T14:34:12","date_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:34:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/?p=67178"},"modified":"2026-02-10T14:43:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-10T13:43:56","slug":"escapade-2026-the-belgian-dutch-team","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.latania.co.uk\/blog\/2026\/02\/10\/escapade-2026-the-belgian-dutch-team\/","title":{"rendered":"ESCAPADE 2026: The Belgian\/Dutch Team"},"content":{"rendered":"
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05 February 2026<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

After completing the Escapade successfully in 2025, we decided we should try the updated 2026 route this year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first try was on Tuesday, with a group of 3 skiers and 3 snowboarders. This try was unsuccesfull (77 piste km done), we arrived at the \u2018les Menuires\u2019 lift with 0 minutes to spare untill\u00a0closure\u00a0and occupying the last seats to get to our apartment.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

We decided to try again on Thursday, this time with 3 skiers and 1 snowboarder.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Being 20 minutes early at our first lift of the day (Bruyeres) we were trying to get the most out of our day, knowing it would be a hard one.
The morning went smooth including some very nice slopes, the snow condition was miles better compared to 2025. Mont Vallon was the toughest slope at that time (wait till the end).<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the afternoon we had a mega queue at the Saint-Martin express lift, due to some technical issues.
Now we had a very tight schedule the make it, so we went all-out on the last part of our journey.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Our last slopes of the day were \u2018Point de la Masse\u2019 which proved to be very difficult. We were really exhausted and the icy slopes without any sunlight left were the hardest part of the day.

We made it with 6 minutes to spare and had a couple of very nice large beers afterwards.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Sidenotes:<\/strong>
– The 2 extra lifts makes the day a lot harder, especially the \u2018grandes combes\u2019 which had a very thin snow cover to get to it (no artificial snow machines yet).
– A snowboarder in the team makes it extra hard.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Belgian\/Dutch team:<\/strong>
– Timothy C \u2013 Navigator\/Team leader\/planner\/CEO
– Tim S \u2013 skier\/follower
– Thijs K \u2013 skier\/follower
– Lieven V — Snowboarder<\/p>\n\n\n

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ESCAPADE 2026 \u2013 What\u2019s this all about\u2026<\/h1>\n\n\n\n

The 3 Valleys Escapade was the lift company promotion of visiting (originally in 2006) 14 points across the Three Valleys and gaining a certificate & badge over the period of your holiday \u2013 doing it in a day was a bit tricky though!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It all started out as a late night \u201cis it possible?<\/em>\u201d discussion \u2013 the history and our original route from 2006 are here<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Originally punch cards had to be stamped at each check point until electronic passes arrived and then the use of a lift was recorded \u2013 now we use Apps such as Ski Tracks or Relive to prove our route.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Note that the Escapade is no longer officially promoted by Les 3 Vallees from Winter 2017 but we still record successful tracks for anyone who is interested in being in the sought after La Tania Escapade Hall of Fame<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Send a pic of yourselves on the day with your successful tracker data & screenshot plus a story of your day to toffa@latania.co.uk<\/a> and you’ll get your place in the HoF.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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