162: Skiing in Ukraine, trains to the Pyrénées & ‘Around the World in 50 Slopes’

We find out about skiing in Ukraine, trains to the Pyrénées and travel ‘Around the World in 50 Slopes’.   Iain is joined by UK ski journalist, Patrick Thorne, Sian Grigg from Pyrenean Odysseys and Jem Rose from PowderMad. 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 Patrick was in Val Thorens for ‘La Grand Derniere’ Sian skied in Grand Tourmalet We featured skiing in Georgia in Episode 37 of The Ski Podcast The Ski Podcast is sponsored by Les 3 Vallees - the largest ski area in the world Val Thorens is celebrating its 50th anniversary this winter Alex Irwin from ‘150 Days of Winter’ reported from VT on their opening weekend Snow Factor in Glasgow has closed 'Around the World in 50 Slopes' is the new book from Patrick Thorne Svalbard featured in Episode 94 of The Ski Podcast Jem’s group were in Dragobrat in Ukraine Find out about the charity War Child here You can buy Powermad’s ski socks here Pyrenean Odysseys is based in Luz St Sauveur The Paris-Lourdes night train is one of only two serving ski resorts in France Episode 160 was a sustainability special Iain travelled with his family to Cauterets to prove a half-term ski trip on a budget is possible Read Iain’s article for ‘The Independent’ about train travel to ski resorts Find out more about Intersport Ski Hire here James Gambrill is General Manager of The Ski Club of Great Britain We spoke to James in Episode 75 just after he'd taken over as GM FEEDBACK   Sean Lally: "Love the pod" Richard Salden: "Enjoying the podcast & the wide range of topics and opinions" Andy Thain: "Keep up the good work" There are over 160 episodes to catch up with and amazingly 127 of them were listened to in the last week.  I'd love to hear where you listen to the podcast - commuting, in the gym, or at work. Andrea Dalton will be listening "on my dog walk in the morning". I enjoy all feedback about the show, so please contact on social @theskipodcast or by email [email protected] If you enjoy the show, why not review us as it helps other people find us. Apple Podcasts is best - if you leave a comment we'll read it out on the next episode. You can follow me @skipedia and the podcast @theskipodcast