217: St Martin de Belleville, driving an EV to Alpe d'Huez & 'Alpine 100'

We find out about the ski resort of St Martin de Belleville in Les 3 Vallées, what it’s like driving an electric car up the 21 hairpin bends that take you to Alpe d’Huez, plus we look at a brilliant new initiative to raise funds for British skiers.  Iain was joined by Vanessa Fisher and Simon McIntyre, MD at Igluski.com and down the line by Scott Dobson from Alpine 100. SHOW NOTES Vanessa shared what it’s like taking part in the Inferno Downhill race in Murren in Episode 70 (1:00) We featured the London and Northern ski shows in Episodes 215 and 216 (3:45) To get free tickets to the London show, use the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ (4:00) Listen to Iain’s interview with Dave Ryding (4:20) Scott Dobson is one of the founders of the Alpine 100 project (4:30) Find out more about the Alpine 100 project (9:30) Visit the official website of St Martin de Belleville (10:00) Jerusalem is one of many people’s favourite run in Les 3 Vallées (13:00) ‘La Belle Ville’ is a new sports centre with an outdoor pool (14:00) Le Brelin is an award-winning piece of architecture (18:00) Les Menuires holds a Yoga Festival every year (20:30) Listen to Iain’s report from the Yoga Festival from 2019 (21:30) Simon was previously in Episode 176, talking about driving an EV to Val d'Isère (22:00) Ionity is one of the main suppliers of electric chargers in Europe (25:00) Iain drove out to the Alps in a Tesla Y in 2022 (28:00) Regenerative charging adds miles to your range when going downhill (31:00) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xthOeIsk3Mc  Iglu’s survey shows being ‘snowsure’ is the most important factor in choosing a resort (32:45) It also shows that 57% of people rent skis, but that 83% own their own boots (35:00) 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. 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 [email protected]   Jonny Richards: "Keep up the good work" Zero_cool: "As always an amazing interview [with Paddy Graham]. I learnt so much from this episode that I completely missed from the early 2000’s, despite being there in it all." David Lindsay: "Another great episode with Paddy Graham: what a star he is!" Pablo: "It was great to hear about Scotland [in Episode 203]” If you like the podcast, there are three things you can do to help:    1) Review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify  2) Subscribing is a great idea. If you’re listening online now, just click that button now  3) Buy me a coffee at BuyMeACoffee.com/theskipodcast You can follow Iain @skipedia and the podcast @theskipodcast