News from Esprit Ski
The latest news and updates from across our resorts.
A taste of the Aosta Valley in London
Interested in food, wine and champagne? You may want to head to Regents Park between the 20th and 23rd June for the Taste of London festival. Featuring world renowned chefs such as Michel Roux JR, Theo Randall and Raymond Blanc. Also at the festival, for the first time, will be representatives of the Aosta Valley. [...]
Esprit Ski’s new Chalet Oliver in La Rosiere
La Rosiere has been a firm favourite of our Esprit families for many years and we are delighted to announce the addition of a new property to our already amazing selection in this family friendly resort. The Chalet Oliver is a 32 person chalet situated at the end of the main street in La Rosiere, [...]
Esprit Ski new chalet hotel in Gressoney, Italy
We are delighted to announce that Esprit Ski are offering our guests the opportunity of visiting the resort of Gressoney, an idyllic village at the heart of the Monterosa ski area in Italy, with high altitude skiing. Gressoney is part of the Monterosa ski area which is surrounded by some of the tallest peaks in [...]
Esprit Ski sponsored racer Issy Kirk update
Latest update from Issy Kirk, the young Team GB skier sponsored by Esprit Ski. Well done to Issy Kirk on the excellent first place that she achieved in the Delancey British National Alpine Ski Championships in Meribel. Issy achieved the first place finish in the Super G category with a winning margin of 0.28 seconds. [...]
Adverse Weather Conditions for the UK – Sunday 24th March 2013
Dear Guest Snow is forecast in many parts of the U.K. over the next 48 hours particularly in the Midlands and North West. Every effort will be made to ensure that all flights operate although some delays may be expected. Our advice is that you should report for your flight at the advertised time but [...]
Esprit Ski sponsored racer Issy Kirk update
Latest update from Issy Kirk, the young Team GB skier sponsored by Esprit Ski. Issy has been competing in the British Interschools Ski Challenge in Chamonix which took place on the 18th and 19th March. She achieved an amazing 1st place in the Girls Giant Slalom on Monday. On Tuesday she achieved a podium finish [...]
Family Ski Holidays
What to think about when taking the children skiing Flight times out of UK – are they a civilised hour for children? Check distance/time from arrival airport resort. Choose an operator with plenty of experience and that offers a choice, not just limiting families to a particular resort where they “do” child care. Esprit Ski [...]
Fireworks and Skiing demonstrations in Courchevel
On Tuesday 26th February in Courchevel 1650 the Ecole du Ski Francais will be putting on their Snow and Fire Ski Show. This combines demonstrations of different winter sport techniques whilst the pistes are lit up by projectors and hand held flame torches. The whole evening is finished off with an impressive firework display which [...]
Esprit Ski sponsored racer Issy Kirk update
Latest update from Issy Kirk, the young Team GB skier sponsored by Esprit Ski. Issy is taking a break from competition at the moment and is back at home for school before she heads back out to the mountains on the 10th March. Over the Christmas period and into January Issy has been very busy [...]
Family of 4 ski deals on 10th February 2013
We have a small selection of ski deals for departures on the 17th February. They all include flights and transfers, breakfast, afternoon tea, separate children’s high tea and adults evening 4 course meal with complimentary wine. Choose from London Gatwick or Southampton for departures. Chalet Braconnier in La Rosiere, was £3000, now £1699 Chalet Aravis in Les Arcs [...]
Esprit Ski sponsored racer Issy Kirk update
Issy Kirk has been in touch to update us on her racing schedule. She is currently competing for the Great Britain Children’s Ski Team in Trofeu Borrufa, Andorra. She achieved an amazing second place for team GB in the slalom event on January 28th finishing 1.66 seconds behind the racer from Spain. She is due [...]
Family ski deals for 27th January 2013
We only have a few family ski deals left for this weekend 27th January and we have listed them all below. All the prices include flights, transfers and half board accommodation with complimentary wine at dinner. All flights are from London Gatwick. Prices include room supplements but do not include any child care costs so please [...]
Issy Kirk youtube footage from Grand Slalom crash
Esprit Ski are proud to be sponsoring Issy Kirk, a young team GB ski racer. Issy was recently competing at a series of races for the Anglo Scottish competition in Les Houces, Chamonix. She did well in the slalom event by coming second overall. A few days later she was competing in the Giant Slalom, [...]
UK Weather Travel Update
To all our customers travelling this Sunday. All our flights, charter and scheduled, are planned to operate on schedule this Sunday, although some delays may occur due to the weather conditions. Guests should check in as normal but allow extra time for your journey to the airport. If you do miss your flight you should [...]
Esprit Ski review of the SkiA sweetspot trainer
We got in contact with SkiA recently and they were kind enough to loan us a couple of their Sweetspot ski trainers so that we could try them out. We asked some of our friends on facebook to help us out and let us know what they thought of the Sweetspot ski trainer. Background The SkiA Sweetspot ski [...]
Issy Kirk dual slalom training video
Issy Kirk, our young GB Esprit Ski sponsored downhill ski racer, has been in touch again to share with us some footage she shot on her GoPro of her training on a slalom course. The footage sees her competing in a series of races against other members of the BSA training camp in Les Houces, [...]
Daily Mirror writer loves Esprit Ski in Alpe d’Huez
Nicholas Bowman of the Daily Mirror has recently visited our Chalet Hotel Mariandre in Alpe d’Huez and has written a lovely article about his experience which can be found here. Nicholas writes about how his family love the resort but were not keen on the drive up to resort because of the 21 hairpin bends [...]
Issy Kirk shares video of her Giant Slalom training
After her 2nd place finish in last weeks BSA slalom event at Les Houches, Chamonix, Issy Kirk has been out practicing her Giant Slalom runs for the upcoming International races for GB Team in Andorra on the 26th February and the BASS Alpine championships in Champery, Switzerland. Issy wanted to share with everyone her point of [...]
Snow update from Les Gets
Our Area Childcare manager Rain was in Les Gets on Saturday and managed to get this photo of the Esprit Ski chalet La Chaumiere. Les Gets saw 18cm of fresh snow fall on Friday and it looks set to continue over the next few days. We are fully booked in Les Gets for the next [...]
Issy Kirk update from the BSA races in Chamonix
Esprit Ski sponsored young slalom racer Issy Kirk has been in touch to let us know how she got on at the British Ski Association Anglo/Scottish slalom in Les Houces, Chamonix over the weekend of the 5th January. Issy did really well with a second placed finished overall thanks to a 3rd place in race [...]
