The plan for these days off was to have a play around the Espace Killy whilst making a sample film of the area for the company website.
The Espace Killy is a ski area in the Tarentaise Valley, Savoie in the French Alps, named after the skier Jean-Claude Killy. It covers the resorts of Val d'Isère and Tignes!
In Espace Killy there are 300 km of pistes:
22 green runs, 61 blues, 46 reds and 25 blacks, plus 44 km of cross country skiing
2 terrain parks
2 glaciers
90 ski lifts
After a 45min drive from Bourg, Steven "Spielberg" Carter and I headed up to check out the runs. After a cruise about and a few chair lifts later, we spotted some good looking powder and started the filming.
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Cheeky freshies selfie |
After a couple more powder runs we arranged to meet up with Ash, Lee, Niall and a few of the other staff from the Tarentaise area to get in some group filming in uniform.
As the guys are based in Espace Killy for the season, they have a really good knowledge of the mountain which meant we weren't stopping to question runs or worrying about getting stuck anywhere.
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Steve having the best time! |
With the benefit of the guys' local knowledge, this meant plenty of time for some fast skiing and boarding over all different sorts of terrain. It also gave us the opportunity to get in some good filming in different type of scenery too.
Now as much as I love typing about the mountains, I'm sure you'd much rather see the sample video we put together.
(We did end the day with a kebab too but that didn't make the cut) Enjoy!