So we started an Instagram and Twitter account. You can find us on Instagram at: http://www.instagram.com/firstliftski and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/firstliftski We’ll share pictures of our adventures on Instagram (and any you send us) and we’ll make friends and chat on Twitter while keeping you updated through the non-snowy part of the year. Follow us […]
Resort Reviews
We’re Social
So we started an Instagram and Twitter account. You can find us on Instagram at: http://www.instagram.com/firstliftski and on Twitter at http://www.twitter.com/firstliftski We’ll share pictures of our adventures on Instagram (and any you send us) and we’ll make friends and chat on Twitter while keeping you updated through the non-snowy part of the year. Follow us […]
Courchevel
The Courchevel Ski Resort is is located in the commune of Saint-Bon Tarentaise in the French Alps, in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie, Rhone-Alpes region. It is part of Les Trois Vallées, one of the largest ski areas in the world. Courchevel also includes the towns of Courchevel 1300 (Le Praz), Courchevel 1550 (Moriond), Courchevel 1850. […]
Equipment Reviews
How to ski backwards
So you’ve mastered forwards and now you’re looking to ski backwards. There is no doubt it looks very cool and when you see those instructors effortlessly skiing backwards faster than most of us can go forwards you decide that its time to learn. Since learning myself I’ve picked up a few tips that will no […]
Black Crows Ski Poles
I didn’t really need new poles but something grabbed me about these in the shop – perhaps the bright luminous yellow colouring, I don’t know. These Black Crow Furtis poles set me back a cool 90 euros after bartering with the shop owner and getting 10 euros off the asking price. Still felt a bit pricey but […]
Where to eat out
Review – La Roisette, Valtournenche/Salette
This lovely restaurant set just up from the lift coming up from Valtournenche was one that we stumbled upon on our second day in the Cervinia area. It was so much to our liking that we decided to go back on the fourth day, predominately due to one our party, Richard’s love of the Goulash […]