What’s an A-Frame? I’ll tell you what an A-Frame is. It’s the knock-kneed,’dying for a pee’ idiot-pose that blights many people’s ski technique, that’s what...
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If you like flattering intermediate skiing against a beautiful backdrop and a genuine Savoyard mountain welcome, then Le Grand Bornand could be the place for you. The local groomed terrain totals...
Firstly you need to decide whether you want to stay in Le Grand Bornand itself or in nearby Chinaillon where there is more choice and more ski convenience. The little village of Saint-Jean-de-Sixt is...
Le Grand Bornand is hardly the apres-ski capital of the Alps and, if you’re expecting a Chamonix or even a Les Deux Alpes, you’ve come to the wrong place. Nevertheless there are some 36 bars in the...
We’re in the French heartland here and, not surprisingly, the ESF dominates the learning business with branches located at Le Grand Bornand tourist office and at the foot of the of the slopes in...
Wherever you eat in Les Grand Bornand it is difficult to escape traditional Savoyard ambience and pungent-smelling melted cheese. But why would you want to? The village is as authentically montagnard...
By James Choularton of Outdoor Traders Alain Baxter is Britain’s most successful World Cup skier and, over his two decades as a member of the British Ski Team, he has brought skiing fans from...
It is normal as a parent to want better for your children than you had yourself. And so as my partner and I hadn’t had the opportunity to learn to ski as children, we decided that it was high...
There’s a lot to be said for spring skiing in the Trois Vallees. Not only do you get all the usual pleasure that comes from blasting round the slopes at Mach 3. You get long, sunny days too:...
Gerhard Told has been teaching children to ski for 37 years, and his school – Kinderkaiserland, at the top of the gondola above Scheffau – is something of a landmark in the Skiwelt. Each...
