201: Ski Norway Special ft Gausta, Strandafjellet and Fjellsetra

This episode is a Norway special, featuring the resorts of Gausta, Strandafjellet and Fjellsetra. Iain was joined by Lucy Aspden, Ski Editor at The Telegraph and Rich Astley live from Norway. 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  Ian Williams reported from Les Arcs (2:30) Martha Wells was in Big White, Canada (3:45) Simon Burgess reported from Flaine (4:30) Pip bought ski boots and had them fitted at Michel Croz Intersport in Chamonix (6:45) Andrew Musgrave who finished 7th in the 20km Cross Country in Canmore (7:00) Listen to Iain’s interview with Zak Carrick-Smith in Episode 200 (7:15) Twin brother Freddie Carrick-Smith won gold in the u18 Slalom in the European Champs Sadly, both Esprit Ski + Powderwhite will not operate next winter (7:30) Iain has taken the Flight Free UK pledge not to take any flights in 2024 (10:15) Find out about Iain’s train journey to Chamonix on Ski Flight Free Lucy travelled to Gausta in Norway (10:30) Find out about the Gaustatoppen funicular and links with WWII (14:45) Watch the film ‘Heroes of Telemark’ (18:45) Find out about the Norwegian Trekking Association (DNT) (23:00) Rich is based in the Sunnmores Alps (25:30) Previously he has been ski touring with Uteguiden (25:45) Rich fell in love with the area on a trip to the Kilsti compact lodges (29:00) (29:00) He bought land in the area, and built a property, now available to rent (31:00) Fjellsetra is a great family resort (32:00) Strandafjellet has more freeride ski options (32:15)   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] Andrew Petch: "Episode 199 with Dave Ryding was another great pod" Miranda Walsh: "Another cracking episode thank you. Mr Ryding is a legend!" Matthew: "Loving your work. Just wondering if you’d ever done a pod on helmet headphones? I’m going to go in on the Carv, so thinking about the audio element too" We’ll ask Al for an answer on that. In the meantime you can enjoy our Equipment Specials in our back catalog. If you like the podcast, there are three things you can do to help:   1) Review us on Apple Podcasts or Spotify 2) Subscribe 3) Book your ski hire with Intersport Rent using the code ‘SKIPODCAST’ or simply take this link for your discount to be automatically applied at the checkout. Helen kindly Bought Me A Coffee: "Thank you. I have been listening to all the previous episodes and just love it!" There are 206 episodes to catch up with and 180 were listened to in the last week. 53% of our listeners are in the UK, with 47% across the rest of the world, including listeners in the last week from Colombia, India, Kenya and Malaysia.  There is so much to listen to in our back catalog, just go to theskipodcast.com and search around the tags and categories: you’re bound to find something of interest to you.  You can follow Iain @skipedia and the podcast @theskipodcast.