Wax and tune your snowboard at home Waxing and edging your snowboard can be extremely rewarding and really isn't that hard to do. Sure, you can take it to a shop to get it sorted, but I think you miss out on a great bonding experience. The simple guide below shows that you don't have to put a great amount of effort [...]
Banff 11-week instructor course diary - Week 9 Here are the some of NONSTOP Banff’s edited highlights from Gavin Morton, with no gossip included whatsoever…
On the hill
Monday morning started slowly as a number of the group were suffering from helping Canada celebrate their well deserved ice hockey gold medal and doing such an excellent job of hosting the 2010 winter Olympics. Johnny [...]
6-Week Master the Mountain Diary 6: The Boulder Hut Trip The final week on the Master the Mountain Improvement Course
By Jen Mitchell, NONSTOP Course Host
The Master the Mountain course came into it’s final week this week with a sense of excitement and anticipation. Not only did we have Olympic fever with the Canadian team winning their first gold on home soil in [...]
Alpe d'Huez, France
View from Alpe d'Huez at sunset
Alpe d'Huez is in the Southern Alps, at an altitude of 1860m, about one hour from Grenoble. Its a warm resort, wonderfully chaotic in design combining some old traditional buildings with a modern town. It is known for it's great weather - it has an average of 300 days a year of sun - and its numerous attractions, such as a superb modern sports centre and a huge flood lit slope, which serves as a slalom course, a snow park and a children's play area.
As well as its fair share of bars, restaurants it has a nightclub and a pizzeria, open until 7am! You should immediately notice the friendliness of this Southern resort which makes visitors come back year-on-year.
Skiing - The resort is linked to the villages of Villard-Reculas, Vaujany, Oz and Auris, creating a vast ski area (220km of slopes). The panoramic views, good weather, well-kept nursery slopes and numerous black slopes make it a good resort for skiers of all levels. For the advanced skier there are black runs including “The Sarenne” the longest black run in Europe at 16km. There are also a number of famous off-piste descents.
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