A new spa in the French resort of St Foy is offering a special treatment under the light of the full moon.
The special treatment at Les Fermes de Sainte Foy uses moonstone and is offered between 8pm to midnight on the 11th January, 9th February, 11th March and 4th April 2009. The service is priced at 50 Euros for 45 minutes.
The spacious and modern Spa & Beauty Centre offers many other personalised beauty treatments outside the full moon period and also boasts a swimming pool, sauna, jacuzzi and a gym.
Other options include the Alpine Body Scrub with Bex mine salts and Alpine Plants; the Stress Relief treatment which begins with a visit to the steam room followed by an essential oil massage, hot cataplasms, body wrap and herbal tea or for those tired by a snow shoe session, the Après La Marche treatment is a special leg treatment with a soothing massage for tired legs, a foot massage and the application of a cold gel from hip to toe to increase the lymph circulation.
The Chablais Alps is the western portion of the Alps near Lake Geneva in Switzerland zigzags to the Mont Blanc pinnacle. The Col des Montets keeps them from reaching Mont Blanc proper, however. There are several large mountains in the area too. The tallest is Dents du Midi (Mountain Teeth) at 3257 meters, with others like Mont Ruan at 3053 meters and Dents Blanches at 2759 meters. Chablais, Les Portes du Soleil, then, is a sizable quarter of the Chablais Alps housing some thirteen resorts between Mont Blanc in France and Lake Geneva in Switzerland.
Continue reading ‘Chablais, Porte du Soleil ski resort: unbelievable ski experiences’
The Transforme Association and the Sainte Foy Tourist Office will organise the French National Transplant and Dialysis Winter Games from 25th-30th January.
The Transforme Association and the Sainte Foy Tourist Office organise the National Transplant and Dialysis Winter Games. Five days of activities including cross-country and downhill ski races, open to all transplant and dialysis patients, these games help promote the achievements of the patients and importance of organ donating. Next winter Sainte Foy welcomes the World Transplant Winter games from the 17th-22nd January 2010 when around 300 people who have had transplants are expected to compete.
Turoa Ski Area on Mt Ruapehu closes for the winter season on Sunday November 15 making it the last Ski Area in the southern hemisphere to do so.
Mt Ruapehu marketing manager, Mike Smith says the season of five month and two days is one of the longest they’ve had.
Continue reading ‘Southern hemisphere 2008 season ends’
Ski manufacturer Dynastar Lange have launched their first web photo contest called the Legend Days Photo Contest.
Participants will have the chance to win three “Legendary days” in the Chamonix Mont-Blanc Valley with living-legendary athletes (Aurélien Ducroz, Jean-Pierre Vidal and others ) all inclusive. Other prizes for runners-up include skis, ski boots and backpacks.
To enter the competition, skiers are invited to upload their best pictures, in which they are the subject, to: http://legend-days.dynastar-lange.com
There are three categories: action – lifestyle – unique
Web users will vote for the best shot in each category. The best 20 pictures in each category will be selected and a jury made of Dynastar Lange team skiers and other experts will choose the winner in each category.
The game will be online until January 18th 2009 and the winners will be announced shortly afterwards.
Showoff Terrain Park Upgrades For Panorama
The Showoff Terrain Park at Panorama Mountain resort in Canada has taken delivery of 200 feet of brand new boxes ready to upgrade the park for the coming winter.
The shipment included two 24ft Straight Boxes, a 24ft 8/16 Flat Down Box, a 32ft Roller Coaster to Kicker Box, a 34ft 12/10/12 Flat Down Flat Box, a 34 ft 12/10/12 Down Flat Down Box, and a 36ft 10/16/10 Battleship Box.
“This is the biggest shipment we’ve ever received”, claims designer Lange.
They look even better than I imagined. I’m excited and freestyle riders should be too,”
said Panorama’s chief park designer Eric Lange. Continue reading ‘Freestyle riders paradise as Panorama adds to impressive snowpark’
With the Summer and Fall Road Trip Planning now safely behind you, you might think you’re ready to rest through the Winter, content to hole up with only the holiday forays to consider. But hibernation is for bears, not people, and especially not outdoor people. So as much as you might initially think those woolly slippers are destined to toast your toes all Winter long, pretty soon, images of blue-white slopes, roaring lodge fires, and rosy cheeks start flitting across your mind and you remember…
Continue reading ‘Three hot ski in, ski out resorts to explore this winter’