Late last night I received an email from Tom Banfield, the moustachioed Boss des Bosses organiser, explaining that after more than twenty years Compagnie Mont Blanc (Chamonix) had pulled the plug on this historic competition.
Since 2002 Courchevel has entered a team every year with a mixture of results. From winning in 2002 to a string of 6th places it has always been
After a change of management the Kalico has also changed its name. With a little play on words itÃÂs now called KU-DE-TA. Hopefully the sign, which looks like it took 5 minutes to make, is only temporary and will be replaced by something more . As you can see (only just) the terrace has also been enlarged and now stretches all the way to the stairs in the Forum meaning i
Thanks to the nice people at 4OD a piece of courchevel ski history has been unearthed. Back in the 90ÃÂs before Big Brother a much younger Davina McCall hosted a show for Channel 4 called Streetmate where she would find dates for two singles found off the street. Back in 1998 she came to Courchevel for an episode of Skimate where she tried to matchmake the hotel manager
The Ski and Snowboard Show descends on LondonÃÂs Olympia this October and will be packed full of new and interactive winter sports features. This year the revamped show returns with two exciting new partners ready to hit the slopes - The Independent and the Evening Standard.
ALL NEW ñ Land Rover Mountain Theatre: Sir Ranulph Fiennes tops the bill in a series of awe
As news of peopleÃÂs seasonnaire jobs start to come to light. It looks like Jimbo and Phil will be upping sticks from the Refuge and be moving the Kalico.
The Refuge will be opening as a bar this season. They are currently looking for thick skinned people to work behind the bar.
Not another shocking story concerning the head of the Catholic church's upcoming visit to England. Something FAR more important.
Most of the bars in Courchevel have gone into shock after news leaked out that serial seasonnaire Will Gill has foregone the following 2010/11 winter season. Instead of waking up every morning on the floor of someone elseÃÂs staff accommodatio
