S1. E13 - World Snow Report, Ski News, Courmayeur vs Crans Montana & Gear Galore
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so January mikaela shiffrin set a new slalom record  eddie the eagle was recreated as a snow statue February beijing winter olympics disrupted when real snow arrives kirtsy muuir took 5th place at the olmpics big air final simply red performed at ischgl  Dave wins Gold March Gold silver and bronze in the winter Paralympics An anonymous donor rented an enter ski resort in Maine to open it for a childrens hospice!   April The Nines in Crans Montana A plan to build a 65m$ base to base gondola was unveiled for Palisades in Tahoe Just Eat spent 15m euros to take 5400 of their staff skiing - awesome! May The consclusion of a 96 year old man ski 96 days of the season Amazon released a video showing packages being delivered on skis…in autria !!  The worlds 5th highest peak was skied at a chart topping 8485 metres by American ski-mountaineer Adrian Ballinger June - struggling now… Huge snowfalls in autralia were announced Mt Hotham reported 50cm in 24 hours A 10 year old girl from golden colorado was reported as the yougest person to ski all 7 continents…multiple n amercian resorts, Cervinia Italy, perisher OZ, yong pyong in s korea, amd oukaimeden in Morocco!! July  The worlds oldest skier George Jedenoff turns 105  A young climber set to attempt to reach the summit of all fourteen 8,000m peaks in the Himalayas – a challenge only 39 people have achieved And they announced all of andorras ski areas would be covered in one lift pass :) August Aksel Svindal switches from skiing to motor racing…obviously A long-established hotel in the Salzburgerland village of Leogang, added a brand new stable complex ready for horse mad skiers this winter And Japan announced relaxing of covid restrictions opneing up skiing for winter 22/23 September Erna Low UKs oldest ski company turned 90 We saw the passing of the queen and multiple resorts paying their respects including a Union Jack projected onto the matterhorn The season started early in Sweden with the opening of an indoor slope in Stockholm! October The return of the national snow show to the nec birmingham. Canada dropped all border restrictions Les3V launched their own holiday company AND tirol glaciers opened for skiing Peak Retreats tour op turned 20!    And of course our editor patrick thorne released his new book around the world in 50 slopes what a legend what a great christmas present! and in Novemeber First tracks in niseko Widespread early snow across the alps Shiffrin taking her 75th win in Levi The new warren miller movie premiered In the meantime Happy Skiing :) And don't forget to check us out on the following channels inthesnow.com youtube.com/inthesnowmag facebook.com/inthesnow instagram.com/inthesnow and contact us with your suggestions for further episodes at [email protected]
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