194: Heliskiing in Chile & Innsbruck in Austria
Discovering Innsbruck in the Tirol, Austria, plus is heliskiing in Chile the ultimate bucket list trip? Host Iain Martin was joined by Elena Protopopow (Tirol Tourist Board) and Lucy Aspden-Kean (Ski editor, The Telegraph) for this episode. Intersport Ski Hire Discount Code Save money on your ski hire by using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ at intersportrent.com, or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied at the checkout. SHOW NOTES We covered skiing in the Lake District in Episode 73 (3:00) Tim (Inspired Italy) reports from the Dolomites, Italy (5:30) Andy Butterworth (Kaluma Ski) reports from St Anton, Austria (7:00) Alex Armand (Tip Top Ski Coaching) reports from Cervinia, Italy (9:45) You’d need a Ski IQ of 153 to top the Carv Leaderboard in Italy this week ( Iain spoke to Charlotte Bankes about her World Championships win with Huw Nightingale in Episode 188 (11:45) Kirsty Muir was 2nd in the Big Air in Beijing Listen to Iain’s interview with Kirsty in Episode 174 Iain interviewed XC skiers Andrew Musgrave & Andrew Young in December 2021 (12:25) Vail Resorts are buying Crans Montana (13:00) Lucy travelled to Chile with Eleven Experience (16:00) Heliskiing is not like this (from Ski Sunday) (29:30) Take a look at the beautiful Zaha Hadid station designs in Innsbruck (32:00) The Bergisil Ski Jump hosts the ‘Four Hills Ski Jumping’ competition in January (34:00) Ski above Innsbruck at Nordkette, or nearby at Kuhtai, Stubai or Seefeld (36:00) Listen to Hannah talking about the NightJet train via Amsterdam in Episode 176 (39:00) The Ski Plus City Pass covers all 13 resorts around Innsbruck plus local attractions (42:00) Feedback I enjoy all feedback about the show, I like to know what you think, especially about our features so please contact on social @theskipodcast or by email theskipodcast@gmail.com Lou Pode: "You do really innovative, interesting podcasts!" Andrew Dollery: "I just wanted to compliment you on recent episodes: you're on fine form!" Andy A: "Really enjoying your podcasts over the last month and so looking forward to this winter." Tim Raglan: "As an avid listener I wanted to thank you for the work you do. It was your podcast that gave me the push to work in Verbier last winter and it was one of the best decisions of my life!" If you like the podcast, there are three things you can do to help: 1) Review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify 2) Subscribe so you never miss a podcast 3) Book your ski hire with Intersport Rent using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ or take this link There are now 195 episodes to catch up with: just go to www.theskipodcast.com and search around the tags and categories: you’re bound to find something of interest. You can follow me @skipedia and the podcast @theskipodcast