324: Snowcamp’s Impact Retreat, Northern Snow Show & Australia/NZ Snow Updates

We learn how a new retreat in Chamonix is creating opportunities for inner city young people, find out what’s going on at this year’s Northern Snow Show and we have the latest snow news from Australia and New Zealand.

Host Iain Martin was joined in the studio by Laura Marriot-Clarke, founder of the Chamonix company, Girl Powder Mountain Retreats and Morv Bett, Head of Snowsports and Futures at Snow Camp, and down the line by Matt Robinson, Head of Events at Snow Centre Manchester, Rachael Oakes-Ash from snowsbest.com and Guy Beatson in Whakapapa, NZ.

SHOW NOTES

Find out more about the AJ Bell Three Valley Rally (3:30)
Rachael Oakes-Ash from snowsbest.com is the ski expert on Australia & New Zealand (3:45)
Guy Beatson is based at Whakapapa in New Zealand (6:00)
Episode 312 is a special interview with Rachael (7:30)
Iain spoke with Matt Robinson about the Northern Snow Show (7:45)
Book a Premium Ticket for the show (10:00)
The London Snow Show takes place at Olympia on 17 and 18 October (12:45)
Take this link for your FREE Saturday tickets to the London Snow Show
Take this link for your FREE Sunday tickets to the London Snow Show
Snow Camp featured on the podcast most recently in Episode 249 (14:00)
Iain fundraised for Snow Camp in 2025, visiting all five of the UK’s indoor snow centres in a single day (14:15)
Amirra Blackwood discussed her journey in Episode 249, working for Ellis Brigham and SCGB (18:00)
Girl Powder Mountain Retreats are based in Chamonix (20:00)
The Snow Camp ‘Impact Retreat’ in Chamonix (24:45)
Dates and Costs of the ‘Impact Retreat’ and how to book (30:00)
Snowcamp was included in the list of Top SME Apprenticeship Employers in the country (31:30)
Snowheads is a great online snowsports community (33:00)

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ster: “I must take exception with Rob in Episode 318 who stated that the ‘main resort’ in the Aosta valley is Courmayeur”

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