We seem to do more & more short break splitboarding and backcountry trips for people each season. The benefits are obvious I guess, if as a group of 3 or 4 can’t make an advertised week with us here then … Read More
Usually having a punt at predicting a long range Alps snow forecast (for 2016) is like trying to pick the winner in the Grand National. Not impossible but never ever easy. However, the roasting hot summer temperatures we have experienced … Read More
You can get asked lot of interesting questions when you’re out with a group on one of our splitboard courses. This is a good thing as it shows that people are keen to learn. Be that about the mountains, conditions … Read More
Sat looking out of the window (15th May!) watching the snow beat down and settle on the cars made us think back to the good times we have had on our splitboard courses this winter season just gone (well almost). … Read More
Most years we try to get a November splitboarding mission under our belts ahead of the coming winter season and this year was no different. Early snow had come measured in the meters and after a quick reconnaissance split trip in our … Read More
The Rider Social is hosting a splitboard test week in 2015 for the guy’s at The Sick And The Wrong. Since 1993 they have been offering great advice and products and are probably the UK’s biggest retailers of splitboards. They … Read More
If you are thinking of a booking splitboarding course or snowboard holiday with us and want the inside skinny then have a read of the rather lovely testimonial we have received form one of our guests last year.
The Sick And The Wrong have been selling snowboards since 1993 making them one of the longest running independent retailers in the UK. Back in ’93 they stocked 12 boards, this year they have 200! So whilst things have changed what … Read More
Following on from a brilliant Rider Social week testing Never Summer 2013 snowboards – here’s a post from Pete at Love Snow telling you all about it.
On a decent powder day locals from surrounding resorts are often to be found in and around Chatel. This is down to its off-piste playgrounds including Hidden and Happy Valley where cliffs, windlips, cornices, powder fields and natural hits a plenty can be found.