320: Méribel Elections, Les 2 Alpes summer skiing and the Travelski Night Train

320: Méribel Elections, Les 2 Alpes summer skiing and the Travelski Night Train

July 17, 2026 · 45 min

About this episode

The episode discusses the election of a Brit to the Méribel town council, summer skiing in Les 2 Alpes, and the Travelski night train, along with snow reports from Australia and New Zealand.

We find out how a Brit got elected onto the Méribel town council, what summer skiing in Les 2 Alpes is like, and look at the Travelski night train to the Alps. We also have snow reports from Australia and New Zealand and the latest news. Host Iain Martin was joined in the studio by Alex Armand from Tip Top Ski Coaching and Richard Lett from Apres Ski Bands . SHOW NOTES Rich spoke about apres-ski bands in the Alps in Episode 86 In Episode 180 he shared his insights into how to find a ski job post-Brexit Rachael Oakes-Ash from snowsbest.com is the ski expert on Australia & New Zealand (3:30) Episode 312 is a special interview with Rachael Guy Beatson is based at Whakapapa in New Zealand (5:30) Freeride Skiing will be included in the 2030 Olympics (6:30) Check out the Freeride World Tour channel on YouTube Cody Bramwell switched to the UK in 2021 : "To be an Olympian would be the craziest dream ever" (7:30) British Olympians at Milan-Cortina are eligible for a € 10000 grant from the IOC (8:30) Qualifying as an instructor (9:30) Summer skiing in Les 2 Alpes (13:00) Cycling around Mont Ventoux with Tip Top Bike Tours (17:00) Skiing on Mont Ventoux (17:30) Daniel Elkan runs the…

More episodes of The Ski Podcast

Explore listener stats, chart rankings, contacts and more on the The Ski Podcast podcast page.