Paragliding in Chamonix
With Summer just around the corner i have posted a little vid made by Chamonet.com of some paragliding in the Chamonix Valley. Â Hope it inspires. Â “Deluxe” frequently bring paragliders up to the Chamonix valley from Geneva airport over summer.
Courchevel altiport landing strip
Landing at the Courchevel landing strip is one of the most difficult places to land a plain. The pilot needs to be special trained not to mention a little crazy. Â The strip is built up-hill to help slow plains down over a shorter distance and was featured in one of the “Bond” movies. There are […]
An honest look at the snow conditions on 12th March 2010
12 march 2011 Chamonix from The Daily Dump Snow Report on Vimeo. The conditions in Chamonix at the moment are not fantastic, however, its not just Chamonix. Â After a visit to Meribel and Courchevel today i can confirm that the conditions are the same all over………. The good news is that there is some new […]
Geneva Motor Show
The 81st Geneva Motor Show is well under way now and will be open until 13th March. Â Deluxe Transfers are planning a visit this week to see what possible new vehicles might be added to the fleet! Visiting the Motor show couldn’t be any easier, the Palexpo Centre is actually only a few minutes walk […]
Danny McAskill in Chamonix
Wow this is an amazing vid. Â Nothing to do with skiing, snow or airport transfers but well worth a watch.
Helbronner on 17th Feb
On a recent trip through the tunnel to ride Helbronner we bumped into Seb Montaz filming his latest Snow report.  I wont try and explain how good the conditions were, the film speaks for itself! Conditions de neige / Snow Report: Helbronner, 17th feb 11 from sébastien montaz-rosset on Vimeo.
Recent Snow improves Chamonix and Courmayeur conditions.
Well, the recent snow has improved things a bit in the Chamonix valley but more so on the Italian side of the mountain with about 15 cm at 1500m and up to 25-30 cm at 3000m. Â The difference in weather between the two sides of MT Blanc can often give drastically different conditions, and this […]
Helmet or No Helmet?
The high profile case of German politician Dieter Althaus crashing into a Slovakian women on a mountain in Austria has brought this question back to the surface. Â He (Althaus) was wearing a helmet, and survived; she was not. Â There are many other cases that should make this question a “no brainer”, however, us helmet wearers […]
Lets talk about the weather again!
The following video gives a great up to the minutes insight into what is happening on the slopes right now, it was made on 9/2/2011.
Freeride world tour in St Moritz
After catching our attention in Courmayeur this year the freeride world tour has moved onto St Moritz where conditions were slightly better and there were some interesting results, notably Xavier De Le Rue not winning the mens snowboard! Below is a vid of Matt Annetts winning snowboard run. Followed by Henrik Windstedt’s winning ski run.
