Parallel Trails

Risk and reward - a hospital bed #blog. This is an important message for #skiing #families - so please read and share as widely as possible paralleltrails.co.uk/risk-an… #ski #familytravel #familyholiday #mountains #adventure #accident #injury #hospital #travel #insurance

Good to read some sensible and clear guidance from @FranceMontagnes on the Covid restrictions for the #ski season. With of course usual caveat about case number changes. #skiing #familyski #familyholidays #travel #france #mountains #winter

@SimonCalder @benclatworthy @nessfisher @abi_butcher @skigrahambell @ChemmySki

Interested to hear what @FranceMontagnes @UK_FranceFR think of this development? #familytravel #ski

If there was an outside chance of UK #families going #skiing in the #Alps or #Pyrenees for a week at Easter, the #PCR testing & quarantine measures tweeted by #French PM @JeanCASTEX and now the transport minister appear to scupper it (or at least make it problematic & expensive).

Want to read more about @daveryding and his journey from dry slope racing to World Cup slaloms? He’s our current Slope Star paralleltrails.co.uk/slope-s…

YES @daveryding - 3rd in the World Cup slalom in #Adelboden 👊🏼💪🏼 #skiing #podium

Difficult to get to the #mountains right now, but thanks to @FranceMontagnes I have some Tomme de Savoie to enjoy in hilly Sussex 🍷🧀👍🏼

And French ski school @UKesf said there will be further focus on off-piste skiing and that ESF will be pushing to encourage families to ski together as a self-contained group with an instructor. Watch for competitions and free lesson giveaways this season to try and entice us.

There is a hope mountains will be the answer we all need - an escape this season. But of course the situation will have to be guided by the different Governments.

For French resorts this season, skiing without face coverings will be possible...when you're actually skiing. Face coverings of course compulsory in lift queues, on lifts, at ski school meeting points, in restaurants, on public transport etc.

Understandably bookings for this winter have decreased (no detail given on by how much) and there is an expectation this #ski season will be very last minute. Mountain people are flexible and can adapt, we were told.

Just joined a virtual media briefing from @FranceMontagnes. There was a sense of trying to stay positive and upbeat against the backdrop of rising #Covid_19 cases across Europe and the realism of 14-day quarantine for #family #skiers returning to the UK this season. #ski #travel

Now is a good time to support #travel #journalism. So buy a copy of @Francemagazine this month - bonus is you get to read a fab summer #familytravel piece by Ben about @hautemaurienne 👍🏼👍🏼 #alps #mountains #france #sneakpreview

The Parallel Trails boys Seb and Ollie are back on #skis and back on the plastic for the first time since lockdown. Very organised systems in place @chathamski dry slope 👏🏼 #skiing #ski

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We completed a DIY #ski rack this evening. Let’s hope it’s still up on the wall when #lockdown ends! Amazing what you can do with an old Atomic ski and some nuts & bolts. #skiing #familyskiing #covid19 #coronavirus #stayathome

ICYMI here’s 17 year old Seb #skiing an off-piste line from the top of Ranfoilly to the bottom of the bowl @lesgetsnews during Feb half term. #familyskiing #ski #lesgets @GoPro @GoProUK youtu.be/5JudnTVWIds