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Snowsport England has joined forces with Great Britain's number one skier Dave Ryding, David Lloyd Clubs and SportPursuit to produce an exciting new series of ski fit videos aimed at helping all levels of skiers get in shape for a day or week on the slopes.

Offering exercises that can be done by beginners upwards, Dave Ryding combines his own experience as one of the best skiers in the world with the fitness expertise of David Lloyd Clubs' Personal Training team. The exercises are easy to follow and are split into three videos - Body & core strength for skiing, Leg strength for skiing and Active recovery for skiing.

Snowsport England has joined forces with Great Britain's number one skier Dave Ryding, David Lloyd Clubs and SportPursuit to produce an exciting new series of ski fit videos aimed at helping all levels of skiers get in shape for a day or week on the slopes.

Offering exercises that can be done by beginners upwards, Dave Ryding combines his own experience as one of the best skiers in the world with the fitness expertise of David Lloyd Clubs' Personal Training team. The exercises are easy to follow and are split into three videos - Body & core strength for skiing, Leg strength for skiing and Active recovery for skiing.

Snowsport England has joined forces with Great Britain's number one skier Dave Ryding, David Lloyd Clubs and SportPursuit to produce an exciting new series of ski fit videos aimed at helping all levels of skiers get in shape for a day or week on the slopes.

Offering exercises that can be done by beginners upwards, Dave Ryding combines his own experience as one of the best skiers in the world with the fitness expertise of David Lloyd Clubs' Personal Training team. The exercises are easy to follow and are split into three videos - Body & core strength for skiing, Leg strength for skiing and Active recovery for skiing.

Ha, welcome back Tony... I think you've been thinking about thinking too much there...

Much has changed in recent years but the fundamentals remain; it's autumn and we're waiting for the snow... 8)

Tony_H wrote:I am still, bizarrely, yet to make a trip to the Dolomites, its a matter of time, but its hard to identify the best base in that region in terms of good local skiing and links into the SR. Open to suggestions from experienced visitors there.

Likewise!

Tony_H wrote:Anyway, heres to a great winter season for everyone. Lets hope its an epic one weather-wise.

Amen to that. Bring it!

Vicky Bamford wrote:Please could you add Stöten in Sweden to the list of resorts for powder alerts?

That's there now (although out of alphabetic order right now...)

dobby wrote:I'm always impressed by Admin's knowledge on such things :)

Ha! The places I enjoy the most, I remember the best... :thumbup:

breeshz wrote:I'm looking at the piste map now, is the easy red you're talking about the Liaison piste that ends at the lift to Bettaforca?

Yes, that's the one. From memory part of it follows a road so is Red because it's relatively narrow, rather than steep.

breeshz wrote:Also is there anyway to get from the blue at Frachey to the blue in Champoluc? There's a nice long one called the Belvedere piste in Champoluc that I might want to try.

IIRC, you have to take a Red to get there - via a hilariously old 2-way chair I think - and I probably wouldn't recommend for an early skier TBH.

If you're reasonably fit and the snow's good then maybe ok. If you do go that way you then have to either go up and take a Red back to Frachey (which is steep and can be icy at the top IIRC) or download on the gondola to Champoluc and then bus back (to Saint Jacques?).

BTW, the Red "home run" down from Crest(?) to Champoluc can be benign if the snow is fresh, or total carnage if it's any of slushy/icy/crowded!

HTH.

You'll be good, but...

Check the map of Champoluc here.

If you take the gondola straight out of Champoluc it goes to a dedicated beginners area that's great for first-time beginners and youngsters.

You might find that too easy as you've done some skiing, but the other runs you can access in that area are Reds, and not particularly easy (narrow in parts with a couple of steep pitches and can be icy).

If you're nervous you could start above Champoluc, but if you fancy progressing I think you'll find it better to head up the valley a few minutes drive above Champoluc to Frachey. If you don't have a car then you can hop on the free ski bus in Champoluc.

There's a funicular up from Frachey that brings you to a plateau where there's a cafe. You can take one chair up from there and then a long (nice and easy, wide, and scenic) confidence-building Blue brings you back.

If you do that and feel confident you can then go back up the same chair and take an easy Red across to the next chair that goes up to Bettaforca. Fabulous views from up there, and another small cafe. You can then take a long Green back down to the plateau - or even the alternative Red if you're doing well.

Rinse and repeat.

Should be a fun half day! 8)

If you can get a little more skiing, or even a lesson or 2, before you go (snow dome?) then that'll help.