New Ouigo trains will link Paris with the Alps this winter
SNCF have announced that a new low cost TGV service will connect Paris to Bourg-Saint-Maurice this winter. Trains will start from 17 December 2020 and run to 29 March 2021, and will also connect with Grenoble and Albertville. From Charles de Gaulle Airport to Bourg St Maurice From December Ouigo trains will run between Roissy-Charles-de-Gaulle...
Sign the ‘POW Pledge’ from Protect Our Winters
The ‘POW Pledge’ is a new project from Protect Our Winters, which calls on the outdoors industry to take climate action to help protect the environment. Climate breakdown is real and we need to act now The business sector accounts for around 70% of carbon emissions globally and the outdoors sector is significant – worth...
British Skiers Planning to Travel by Train up 50%
At Ski Flight Free our whole remit is to encourage British skiers to choose to travel by train to the Alps or in a (fully-laden) car instead of flying. Yet it was with mixed feelings that we read the news that the number of skiers planning to fly has plummeted. Skiers planning to fly down...
French Ski Resorts commit to sustainability
Despite the Covid crisis, ski resorts are still taking steps to improve their sustainability. Alexandre Maulin, president of Domaines Skiables de France (DSF), said at their annual conference: “We are ensuring we cover the quantifiable and quantifiable, so we can’t be accused of ‘greenwashing” The carbon footprint of a ski holiday is determined more by...