Val d’Isère Podcast : Doodles in the Snow : Skiing, Daily Fun, Facts and Arty Tales.

Ep 94 Val gives Conny Gold, cheese and a calf.

1. Weather 21st December 2025 2. Conny wins cheese and a calf. 3. French brothers in Italian downhill. 4. GBs Jaz Taylor Sprints to Telemark Gold. 5. Go Golden Zoe ! 6. Eddie the Eagle Panto Star. 7. Book next season's holiday at this season's price. 8. Tignes Talent Art Competition. 9. Check out the Calendar page for Christmas events. 10. Avalanche Pup. 11. Remembering Dr Pétri. Link to the website. [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/] Calendar [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/calendar/] Special Offers I have Spied.... [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/special-offers-that-i-have-spied/] Val piste and lift live info. [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/ski-map/] Tignes piste and lift live info. [https://en.tignes.net/skiing/ski-area/ski-map] Val Webcams [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/webcams/] Tignes Webcams [https://en.tignes.net/webcams] Lindsey Vonn added a bronze to this season’s silver and gold, in yesterday’s Downhill here in Val.The winner, Austria’s Cornelia Huetter won a large Beaufort cheese, a gold medal and a live calf. Today is the Super G. Marco Odermatt continued his medal haul by coming 2nd in Italy’s downhill, while Sam and Nils Alphand, brothers from Serre Chevalier got respectable places. GB Golds for both Telemarker Jaz Taylor and Freeskier Zoe Atkin. Eddie the Eagle….. of Olympic ski jumping infamy…now in Panto in Rickmansworth [https://www.paulholmanassociates.co.uk/production/beauty-and-the-beast-rickmansworth-panto-2025/]. If you like to plan ahead Way ahead VIP Chalets [https://www.vip-chalets.com/] have a good offer That might tempt you. If you have an artistic streak, and live or work in Tignes,Enter Tignes Talent [https://en.tignes.net/events/agenda-events#18935]. Don’t forget to look regularly at the Calendar page. [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/calendar/] Fat Biking [https://www.valdisere.com/en/events-entertainment-calendar/introduction-to-fat-biking-val-disere-en-4440316/] this evening Christmas events in Val Mullit [https://www.instagram.com/mullit_and_the_machine/] are busy playing Here, St Foy and Les Arcs And There are some good Films at the conference centre [https://nuitdelaglisse.com/fr/event/val-disere-centre-de-congres-la-nuit-de-la-glisse-winter-tour-2025/?https%3A%2F%2Fnuitdelaglisse.com%2Ffr%2Fevent%2Fval-disere-centre-de-congres-la-nuit-de-la-glisse-winter-tour-2025%2F&utm_medium=paid&utm_source=fb&utm_id=120242452726050397&utm_content=120242452726060397&utm_term=120242452726070397&utm_campaign=120242452726050397&fbclid=IwY2xjawOz_bVleHRuA2FlbQEwAGFkaWQBqzDKNJ9FfXNydGMGYXBwX2lkEDIyMjAzOTE3ODgyMDA4OTIAAR7iRsN3nbcf7mbznOdyaDdUm_2oHj0y76P1y7dWP4SXNsZoKZaIkm8bh8xjFQ_aem_8XAbmavAYPkvkd7R0sHTHA] On the 29th I have put a link to a short Clip of one such Pisteur pup Ears flopping in the wind On his first day at work [https://www.facebook.com/reel/1293463712337765] America honours Anne Frank . Did you hear about Val’s Dr Pétri, Who sheltered A Jewish teenage girl during the War. The book Two Sisters : Betrayal, love and resistance in Wartime France [https://www.amazon.co.uk/Two-Sisters-Betrayal-Resistance-Wartime/dp/1805262718/ref=sr_1_1?crid=17HXZJEARBEF0&dib=eyJ2IjoiMSJ9.Rg5pZ09jxvPQBtpdVSyZyPgtVDuv9nN57edV0JXG6OXGjHj071QN20LucGBJIEps.aVPn47dx6VjXfDns_WunOcOlRx1XUI5um1jXBefCa4M&dib_tag=se&keywords=Two+Sisters%3A+Betrayal%2C+Love%2C+and+Resistance+in+Wartime+France&qid=1766271628&sprefix=two+sisters+betrayal+love+and+resistance+in+wartime+france%2Caps%2C109&sr=8-1&ufe=app_do%3Aamzn1.fos.95fd378e-6299-4723-b1f1-3952ffba15af] Shares this story.

Ep 93 Ladies World Cup Downhill in Val today.

1. Weather 20th December 2025 2. Ladies World Cup Downhill on Bellevarde's OK. 3. Last day for the men in Val Gardena. 4. British skier dies in Les Arcs. 5. Olympic Jurassic Park. 6. Sleeping on the Slopes. 7. Noisy student weeks. 8. GB’s snowboard star out for the season. 9. Global Go Caroling Day. Link to the website. [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/] Calendar [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/calendar/] Special Offers I have Spied.... [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/special-offers-that-i-have-spied/] Val piste and lift live info. [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/ski-map/] Tignes piste and lift live info. [https://en.tignes.net/skiing/ski-area/ski-map] Val Webcams [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/webcams/] Tignes Webcams [https://en.tignes.net/webcams] More World Cup racing today in Val….. Ladies Downhill…. Will Lindsey Vonn win again ? Or Tignes speedy Laura ? The men have their last day of racing in Val Gardena. Marco Odermatt has a first and a second under his bib and now has 50 World Cup wins, putting him joint 4th of all time winners. Mikaela Shiffrin, of course, has more wins than any of the legendary men… Sadly a 24-year-old British skier died in Les Arcs after falling 300 metres down a steep couloir. Dolomite news continues…. Dinosaur tracks have been found…. 210 million years after the long necked beasts stomped across the land. Sölden is struggling to cope with Drunk tourists. This time, a car was parked in the middle of a ski slope. La Plagne is threatening the tour operators that bring 17,000 students that they must stop the nighttime noise and damage, or they will be banned. Even in Val, after 22.00 if you want music and dancing, without meeting the Police or Gendarmes, go to a nightclub. Emily Rothney, Team GBs snowboard star will miss the Olympics while recovering from a ACL tear. Global Go Caroling : today is the day to sing carols.

Ep 92 The World’s Speediest Ladies are in Town.

1. Weather 18th December 2025 2. Chaos in the Dolomites. 3. The World’s Speediest Ladies are in Town. 4. World Cup men’s downhill in Val Gardena today. 5. Farmers blocking roads today. 6. Fly to short steep Courchevel airport. 7. Man found dead in car boot. 8. Heliskiing deal if you have a snowy job. 9. UN Migrants day. Link to the website. [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/] Calendar [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/calendar/] Special Offers I have Spied.... [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/special-offers-that-i-have-spied/] Val piste and lift live info. [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/ski-map/] Tignes piste and lift live info. [https://en.tignes.net/skiing/ski-area/ski-map] Val Webcams [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/webcams/] Tignes Webcams [https://en.tignes.net/webcams] Mixed weather. Inconsistent forecasts. La Face is still very solid after the races, and now the OK is being used for training today and tomorrow before the weekends World Cup ladies downhill and Super G. The men are racing in Val Gardena today. 8 Frenchmen, but no Brits. If you are travelling today….be aware that the farmers are protesting so could disrupt your journey. If you are going to the Three Valleys, why not fly to Courchevel. The high, short, steep runway can make nervous fliers panic, but it doesn’t have to be expensive. We are lucky with our current snow cover – in the Dolomites they are suffering, so slopes are closed, crowds are growing and lift queues insufferable. There was a bad accident near Chambery – five young adults in the car were injured and one was found dead, in the boot. If you work in any capacity in the snow industry you could apply for a SPECIAL price [https://seaba-heli.com/pro/] with SEABA and enjoy a week’s heliskiing in Alaska. UN International Migrants Day…. There is a big migrant community of ski addicts in Val.

Ep 91 GBs Freddy Carrick-Smith wins Gold.

1. Weather 17th December 2025. 2. Freddy Carrick-Smith wins Europa Cup Giant Slalom. 3. Mikaela Shiffrin won the Night Slalom. 4. Cyprien Sarrazin is back on skis. 5. Mariah Carey singing at the Winter Olympics. 6. Olympic accommodation. 7. Take your helmet to La Rosière. 8. Check your bindings. 9. Frost bitten climbers. 10. 19-year-old lady found dead on a blue run. 11. Know your Mushrooms. 12. Visiting Firemen. 13. L’Officiel Riviera [https://www.lofficiel.com/french-riviera/camille-aux-airelles] special Val edition. 14. Pamper your phone. Link to the website. [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/] Calendar [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/calendar/] Special Offers I have Spied.... [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/special-offers-that-i-have-spied/] Val piste and lift live info. [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/ski-map/] Tignes piste and lift live info. [https://en.tignes.net/skiing/ski-area/ski-map] Val Webcams [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/webcams/] Tignes Webcams [https://en.tignes.net/webcams] Freddy Carrick-Smith wins Europa Cup Giant Slalom and Mikaela Shiffrin Courchavel's World Cup night Slalom. France's Cyprien Sarrazin is finally back on skis after his near fatal accident a year ago. Mariah Carey is performing in the Opening Ceremony in Milan. Olympic Athletes in Cortina will be housed in posh and cosy mobile homes. If you are going skiing in La Rosière, and are planning to nip to La Thuile, maybe for a pasta lunch, remember that you need to have a helmet to ski in Italy, or risk a fine. A halfpipe skier had an interesting binding moment.... came off at both heels when landed in World Cup event. Another complicated night rescue of inexperienced, ill equipped and badly dressed climbers., this time near Grenoble. In Vars, a 19-year- old French lady was found dead on a blue run, after the pistes had closed. Her autopsy is awaited and an investigation has been opened. Don't confuse your True and False Morels........ several people in a small village have feasted on the false ones and now have a serious neurological disease. If firemen arrive at your door....buy a calendar.... all in a good cause... There is a special Val edition of L’Officiel Riviera [https://www.lofficiel.com/french-riviera/camille-aux-airelles]. Device appreciation day.... pamper your phone.... or ski to lunch at the Panoramic. [https://maison-bouvier.com/le-panoramic-restaurant-tignes/].....

Ep 90 Clip on your crampons.

1. Weather 16th December 2025. 2. Crampons for walking safely in town. 3. Episode 90 !! New live piste, lift and webcam links added. 4. Italian Helicopters are moving snow. 5. Snow garments from fishing nets. 6. Tree2Forest 7. Polar Tales at the Barmes de L'Ours. 8. Team GB’s Victoria Palla in tonight’s slalom. 9. Speed Riding and Parapenting accidents in Val. 10. Czech teacher dies after hitting a tree. 11. Pick up the poo. 12. Gendarmes unimpressed by public pee-er. 13. Chocolate coated skiing. Link to the website. [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/] Calendar [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/calendar/] Special Offers I have Spied.... [https://www.valdiserepodcast.com/p/special-offers-that-i-have-spied/] Val piste and lift live info. [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/ski-map/] Tignes piste and lift live info. [https://en.tignes.net/skiing/ski-area/ski-map] Val Webcams [https://www.valdisere.com/en/live/webcams/] Tignes Webcams [https://en.tignes.net/webcams] Be very careful on our pavements – crampons are highly recommended. Ones with small studs. [https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B07G46FRVR/ref=ox_sc_act_title_1?smid=ALGQIQ2CV69T5&th=1&psc=1] Ones with metal coils. [https://www.amazon.fr/gp/product/B0045EV7CW/ref=ox_sc_act_title_2?smid=A1X6FK5RDHNB96&th=1&psc=1] OC system [https://www.alpisoles.com/en/oc-system/] Environmentalists angered by moving snow with helicopters. More ecofriendly is The Vuori Snow line [https://vuoriclothing.fr/search?q=snow]. Or Tree2Forest [https://tree2forest.org/]. Barmes de L’Ours [https://www.hotellesbarmes.com/] Has an annual art exhibition. Free to go to. This year is ‘Polar Tales’. [https://www.hotellesbarmes.com/galerie-art-hotel/] Team GB’s Victoria Palla is racing in tonight’s World Cup Slalom in Courchavel. A speedrider crashed in the Manchet Valley but was whisked to hospital in a helicopter. A few days earlier a parapenter had landed, uninjured, in a tree. In Austria last week, a 64-year-old Czech teacher, on a school trip, died after hitting a tree. When out with a dog… always pick up their poo. Fines for those that don’t. US National Chocolate covered anything……