Style Altitude

01/07/2024

Everyone's heading up to the Col du Lautaret, ready for the to arrive tomorrow going up to the Great Galibier. Check out the weather for the Tour on our weather blog page brought to you from

30/06/2024

Le Tour de France is coming over the Col du Galibier on Tuesday. We've skied, run and cycled up - and down - this classic Col many times. Check out all the ways to conquer the Col...

HOW TO CONQUER THE COL

29/06/2024

It may be summer but here's how to improve your skiing...

CHANGING GEAR: SKIING TO MOUNTAIN BIKING

27/06/2024

Fill this in guys!

This brief questionnaire is intended to gather preliminary information to be used by Kimberley Kay and Dr Carol Porter in a project investigating barriers to participation in snow sports. It should only take 3-4 minutes to complete, and you may of course withdraw from the study at any time by contac...

21/06/2024

IL PLEUR. Incessant rain is creating havoc in the mountains with kayaking tragedies on the river and now landslides. Check out our latest report from the French Alps...
www.stylealtitude.com/serrechevalierweathercam.html

17/06/2024

Gnarcissism, the obsession with being in the gnar. Think you are someone - or know anyone - whose happy place is going extreme, in Gnar Gnar Land? Check out the 7 signs:

WELCOME TO GNAR GNAR LAND

31/05/2024

Cyclists are you ready to do the famous Cols of Serre Chevalier Briançon? Check out the 6m walls of snow and what's happening with the opening of the Col du Galibier...
https://stylealtitude.com/serrechevalierweathercam.html

07/05/2024

The snow taps are fully turned on again in Serre Chevalier. Check it out now on our we**am...

SKI AND WEATHER BLOG

17/04/2024

Hands up who's seen a wild wolf while skiing in the French Alps. No one? Yet there are now over 1000 in the forests with their only predator the French farmer. Check out the future for this protected species...

They might be a strictly protected species but the wild wolves of France often receive bad press from farmers. So how misrepresented is the Big Bad Wolf?

01/04/2024

Love this!

The Stellar Ranch Concept — For the outlaws of outdoorWhen El Niño is foreseen, and the ride is long — you can only trust your horse, your sweetheart, and yo...

11/12/2023

There's one big trend for ski and snowboard wear this winter. Know what it is?

GUESS THE NEW SKIWEAR TREND

07/12/2023

It was almost exactly a year ago, on 8th December that our beautiful 2-year-old Husky/Collie cross had a catastrophic accident, colliding with a friend's ski while touring with us in Serre Chevalier.

LESSON LEARNT

20/10/2023

TicToctober. You know it's not long till the winter ski season when the leaves fall, the days get shorter AND it's Ski Show time! Head to Excel for THE LONDON SNOW SHOW, this weekend, 21st - 22nd October. The Snow Stage sponsored by Inghams will feature from some of the biggest names in the Snowsports scene, including Eddie the Eagle and Chemmy Alcott. Where better to buy new gear not only for skiing but for the current stormy weather in the UK?

20/10/2023

Have a FREE SNOWBOUND EXPO ticket on us!

There is just a few weeks until SNOWBOUND EXPO on 3rd-5th November at the Boston Convention & Exhibition Center. STYLE ALTITUDE has partnered with the expo this year and we're stoked to have secured FREE tickets for you.

Just register .snowboundexpo.com using the code STYLEALTITUDE

10/05/2023

Three, Two, One, dropping. The Box Office is now open for the first 5000 Early Bird $1 tickets for Boston's Snowbound Expo, 3rd-5th November. Buy online using the code STYLEALTITUDE.
https://snowboundexpo.seetickets.com/event/snowbound-expo/boston-convention-exhibition-center/2637965?clearOffer=True&pageIndex=1

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09/05/2023

Galibier road currently cleared to 2300m so 350m to go to the Col. Bikes at the ready.

27/03/2023

Good morning from Serre Chevalier! Check out the we**am.
https://www.stylealtitude.com/serrechevalierweathercam.html

25/03/2023

There's life in the old dog yet...

LIFE IN THE OLD DOG

23/01/2023

Arrived at the very cool (literally) SIGB Ski Test centre in La Clusaz. First test, how warm is your ski wear?

18/12/2022

How can you stay in a ski resort for free? Here's how:

They say there's no such thing as a free lunch, well what about a free ski pad for a week or so? How would you like to stay in the chalet, above, in the French Alps for zero payment? Unlike the strings-attached lunch, this is actually achievable if you join a home exchange network and nab a swap to....

15/12/2022

Who forgot to turn the snow tap off? Still neige-ing. Check the we**am now:
https://stylealtitude.com/serrechevalierweathercam.html

15/12/2022

Snow taps turned fully on Serre Chevalier Briançon Serre Chevalier Domaine Skiable ...catch the flakes on the we**am
https://stylealtitude.com/serrechevalierweathercam.html

13/12/2022

Whaaat? You don't know what to buy a skier or snowboarder for Christmas? Here are some ideas:
https://stylealtitude.com/christmas-gifts-skier-snowboarder.html

12/12/2022

Just dropped, the most innovative ski and snowboard gear for 2023, all winners of ISPO awards:
https://stylealtitude.com/

09/12/2022

Someone's turned the snow tap on...
https://stylealtitude.com/serrechevalierweathercam.html

05/12/2022

Good morning! Check out the great view we have today from the we**am:
https://www.stylealtitude.com/serrechevalierweathercam.html

03/12/2022

It's Neige-ing! Watch on our live we**am in Serre Chevalier Domaine Skiable...link below

The latest reports and ski weather blog with snow conditions in the Alps and live we**am focused on the pistes of Serre Chevalier 1400 Villeneuve, France.

21/11/2022

What to wear skiing or snowboarding, this winter? Check out this guide before you buy..

WHAT TO WEAR SKIING OR SNOWBOARDING IN 2023

15/11/2022

When you meet men with rifles while running up a well used mountain track at midday in November! No wonder there are so many hunting accidents in France...
https://stylealtitude.com/deer-hunters-ski-resort-serre-chevalier.html

28/10/2022

Equipment from a 1937 expedition in the Yukon territory of Canada left by Bradford Washburn was found this year in an expedition started by skier Griffin Post.