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Verbier 19th May

Skiing in Verbier on the 19.5.13

Posted on May 19th, 2013

  Today (19th May) Altitude director Jon West went skinning around the slopes of Verbier.  There had been about a foot of fresh (rather…

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Summer (camp) activity

Posted on Apr 23rd, 2013

Walking along the Bisse du Levron A Bisse is a man-made watercourse built to provide water for irrigation.  The first ones were constructed in…

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Ski Tips 5 – Stay Ski Fit Over The Summer

Posted on Apr 11th, 2013

So the season’s end is on the horizon and all of us are doing our level best to squeeze the last drops of fun from a terrific winter.   At this…

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Weather update 08/04/13

Posted on Apr 8th, 2013

After great snow conditions and fantastic sunshine last week, the weather in Verbier has taken a turn for the slightly less pleasant over the past…

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Rolling Up For The Win

Posted on Mar 18th, 2013

So the season is heading for the final straight, and after lapping the pistes and trails of Verbier for four months, aches and pains are…

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Weather Update 12/03/13

Posted on Mar 12th, 2013

After varied weather over the last couple of days, there is a storm brewing over Verbier. with snow forecast in the next few days followed by a…

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ALTITUDE UNIFORM 13/14

Posted on Mar 5th, 2013

For the winter ski season 13/14 Altitude will be sponsored by Salomon. This will include the staff wearing the below uniform and reciving special…

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Weather Update 04/03/13- Sun is shining, weather is sweet…

Posted on Mar 4th, 2013

Verbier has been experiencing some fantastic conditions for the last few weeks, with bight blue skies and beautiful sunshine every day. If youre…

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Fitness Tips for Ski Touring

Posted on Mar 3rd, 2013

So the busy half term period is drawing to a close and the season for skinning up is well and truly on. By this of course, I refer to the wholesome…

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ISIA Training & Teaching

Posted on Feb 24th, 2013

As the busy half term period winds down and for most exams loom, it's time to catch up with the ISIA training progress, and see how things are…

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Weather Update 22/02/13

Posted on Feb 22nd, 2013

The weather in Verbier over the last week has been fantastic, making half term a fantastic week of skiing and teaching for all involved. Blue skies,…

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Weather Blog 11/02/13

Posted on Feb 11th, 2013

Over the past week there have been extremely varied weather conditions in Verbier, and the rest of the Valais. With two huge dumps fo snow last week,…

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ISIA training week review

Posted on Feb 8th, 2013

Another week of training for us ISIA trainees. With Huw away in Andorra taking his edition of the Isia technical qualification, it made it that more…

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Ski dating in Verbier

Posted on Feb 8th, 2013

Are you still single and looking for a date? The Verbier ski resort organizes a Valentine ski dating event February 14th. The organization hands out…

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James’ Fit Tips – Part 2

Posted on Feb 6th, 2013

Following a heavy dump of snow, the excitement in a resort builds and the favourite battle cry of most able bodied skiers can be heard throughout the…

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Fresh Pow in Verbier!!

Posted on Jan 28th, 2013

Last night there was a pretty hefty dump of snow across the 4 valleys with 20-25cm in Verbier village and much more falling higher up. This morning…

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ISIA Training

Posted on Jan 27th, 2013

In another week of glorious sunshine the ISIA group charged ever onward towards rapidly approaching courses and exams by covering almost every aspect…

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Fresh Snow and Sunshine

Posted on Jan 21st, 2013

The weather has been super varied in Verbier this week, with almost a foot of powder falling at the beginning of the week followed by bright blue…

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ISIA Race Training

Posted on Jan 20th, 2013

This week has seen the Altitude ISIA group tackle faster speeds, greater angles and cover more mileage than we've done so far in a week's training.…

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Get More From Your Ski Holiday

Posted on Jan 15th, 2013

We’ve all done it, first day of the holiday, straight to the top of the mountain, obviously no warm up because let’s face it who can be bothered?…

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