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Links to sites of relevance to ski touring and ski mountaineering

This page provides links to ski-touring related organisations and companies known to the Eagle Ski Club. Please note that inclusion in this list does not mean that the Eagle Ski Club endorses a site, or any of the products or services mentioned in it. Current YearBook advertisers/discounters are at the top of the relevant sections.

Travel

Austrian railways
Carbon calculator A quick emissions comparison, Train: 0.13kg/km, Air: within Europe 0.5 kg/km and outside Europe 0.32 kg/km, Coach: 0.08 kg/km, Car: approx 0.15 kg/km.
Eurostar
French railways
German railways
Snow Express
Swiss railways Also includes Postbus links.
www.seat61.com Tips for booking trains to Europe.
http://www.ski-lifts.com/ - resort transfers from Geneva airport
Alpybus - resort transfers from Geneva airport

Suppliers

BackCountry Master boot fitters, High Street shop and on-line retailers.
Barrabes.com Spanish outdoor gear site offering club discounts – "Special offers for Mountaineering clubs according to the size of each order (from 5 to 20% for a minimum order of £200)".
Braemar Mountain Sports
Dynastar
Euroski Ltd Supplier of Nordic equipment.
FaceWest Adventure Equipment Specialists.
Field & Trek
Freetime Climb and Ski Retailer based in Carlisle, with mail-order
Garmont
Lockwoods Boot fitting specialists and touring gear stockists.
Mountain Equipment Co-op Canadian site for outdoor equipment and gear.
Mountain Spirit Backcountry Ski Equipment.
Scarpa
Service Sports
Ski Equipment Ski boot fitters and touring gear stockists.
Snow & Rock
Sport Conrad Freeride and ski touring online store.
Swiss Topographic Institute All Swiss maps.
Telemark Pyrenees
The Map Shop

www.walkoutdoors.com - independent UK-based online outdoor equipment retailer

Specialist Tour Operators

Alpine-Guides A friendly and experienced team of professional guides, who offer alpine guiding, ski mountaineering and expeditions worldwide, all in the company of leading activists.
John Hogg's Alpine Adventures.
Mountain Tracks is run by Nick Parks, a member of the ESC who organizes and leads a number of trips to the Alps throughout the winter.
RPM Guiding Family run Guiding business based in Chamonix, France.
Ski Off-Piste Julie-Ann Clyma and Roger Payne are British guides based in Leysin.
Wilderness Adventure Winter adventures holidays
The Telemark Ski Company provides instruction & touring in the Alps & Norway, for all levels of Telemark, Nordic & Alpine skiers. Coaching is by BASI ski instructors, UIAGM guides lead alpine tours on glaciated terrain.
Adventure Scotland telemark touring and coaching.
Alpine Tracks provide winter and summer holidays in Morzine.
Mistaya Lodge (Canada) Guided backcountry skiing in the heart of the Canadian Rockies.
Mountain Bug French Pyrenees Alpine skiing and ski touring holidays.
Mountain Innovations independent travel to/from Scottish hills – includes snow and conditions reports.
Peak Retreats Holidays and accomodation primarily in La Grave, Argentiere and Chamonix and the Vanoise.
Pyrenean Mountain Tours Tours, couses and holidays in the Pyrenees and beyond.
Quest 4 Adventure offer Mountain Adventures in the Lake District including Rock Climbing, Mountaineering and Winter Skills
Tangent Expeditions
Telemark Ski Company
Trail Alpine
Travel-quest run by your former Eagles webmaster, this specialist travel directory includes ski mountaineering and wintersports as well as other mountain sports like climbing, mountaineering, and winter walking.
Wasabi Travel - customised ski trip operator working worldwide
White Mountain Adventures cross-country and backcountry ski touring in the Canadian Rockies.

Accomodation

Hotel Solaria Comfortable hotel in Bivio, Swiss Ski Touring Paradise.
Cranford Guest House A family run guest house in Braemar with an active interest in mountain winter sports.
Keith and Lyn Walker (email) have two appartments to let in Chamonix, each sleeping four.
Canadian Ski Hostels Hostel accommodation in Banff, Fernie, Big White, Silver Star, Kimberley, Nelson, and Kelowna.
Low Gillerthwaite Field Centre, Ennerdale, Cleator, Cumbria. Superb outdoor activity and field study base. Hillwalking, mountain biking, rock climbing, orienteering, ghyll scrambling, canoeing, abseiling on the doorstep. For further details contact the Warden on 01946 861229 or e-mail Warden@lgfc.org.uk.
Nick Edwards (email) has three appartments to let in La Rosière, sleeping 1×six and 2×four.
Scottish YHA

Others

Gites d'étape et Réfuges guide to (mostly French) accommodation in the mountains and recreational areas. The web version of a popular book.
Global Snow Shows Ski and Snowboard Exhibitions, in Southampton, Manchester, Birmingham and Brighton.
Telemark Tips
Vanoise National Park (France) includes the opening dates and other details of all the refuges in the Vanoise.
Web cameras in ski resorts all over the world.
Wilderness Medical Training specialises in training lay-people (including expedition ski tourers!) in advanced medicine for travel to remote, hostile place.

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