Posted by Kate Naylor on Mon, Feb 06, 2012 @ 05:52 AM
Silver Ski are really pleased to be announcing the winner of our latest Lift Pass Competition. The prize is awarded to Mr Matthew Peacock, a guest from Chalet Topaz at Plagne Soleil, who sent in a fantastic photograph of La Plagne at night....
Well done Matthew, hope you enjoy your free pass!
We are now running another competition - so Silver Skiers, anyone staying at one of our chalets from now until Monday 5th March - please remember to send in your pics taken while on your holiday for inclusion and the chance to win a FREE 6 day lift pass (for use during this season or the 2012/13 ski season - the prize does not qualify for a refund of the cost of the lift pass purchased on your current or previously taken Silver Ski Holiday).
Thank you to everyone who has submitted photos so far, we have really enjoyed viewing them.
Good Luck and Happy Skiing!!
Posted by Kate Naylor on Tue, Dec 13, 2011 @ 06:25 AM
Silver Ski Holidays are pleased to announce the winner of our competition for the best photo or video taken while on a Ski Chalet Holiday with us. And the winner is....
MR ANDY WALSH, from Cheshunt
For his photograph... Above Inversion....
We hope you all agree with us that this is a stunning photograph, making Andy a worthy winner. We hope you enjoy using your free Ski Lift Pass, Andy and we look forward to seeing your next batch of photos in the snow!
Our thanks to all who sent in photos or footage for our use - it really has been fun viewing them all.
Silver Ski would love to receive copies of your photographs and videos taken while on holiday with us over the coming season - book your holiday via www.silverski.co.uk and details of how to enter our competition throughout the season will be found on arrival at your chalet.
Thanks again and good luck to our future entrants!
Posted by Kate Naylor on Wed, Nov 09, 2011 @ 04:37 AM
It’s that time of year again, the new ski season is upon us and the more fashion conscious Silver Ski guests out there are worried about what to wear on the slopes this year. The team at Simply Piste the online ski clothing store, specialise in ski and snowboard wear and have a large variety of ski jackets and accessories in stock for the coming season. They’ve kindly put together a post on what styles they think will be heavily featured on the mountains this year. So, whether you travelling to La Plagne, Courchevel, Meribel or La Tania, read on for great information on what to be seen wearing on the slopes in France.
What to watch out for
Practicality is almost certainly a compromise of style. This makes it hard to put together a definitive list of “what’s cool” for 2011/2012 due to the sheer amount of cool features most ski jackets now have. However we can start by suggesting some simple styles.
In General a lot of items this year seem to have simple print designs. Most are easily transferable across other garments. We love the Women’s Elana Jacket by Animal. Its subtle print design doesn’t scream too loudly and blends nicely with other colours and attire.
Elana Jacket by Animal
We’ve also noticed a lot of manufacturers this year focus their attention on less bulky items. The O’neill women’s Escape Kyanite jacket is a perfect example of a non bulky item. We like the added feature of the Polka dot trim on the pockets and wrist gaiters, very fetching.
O’neill Escape Kyanite Jacket
We’ve seen a trend in women buying bright simple colours this year. You should be able to turn heads for the right reasons and jackets like the women’s Columbia Lay D down jacket is perfect for this. It comes with their special omni tech heat system which has received some very positive reviews. It also comes with a faux fur hood trim which has also seen a rise in popularity in recent seasons.
Columbia Lay D down jacket
Keeping up with the simplicity factor, this next item wouldn’t look too out of place on the high street. Combined with great technical features, the Oakley women’s GB eco shell jacket goes perfectly with many other colours.
Oakley Women’s GB eco shell Jacket
New to the Simply Piste store this year is the Swiss brand Eleven. This item is the Men’s Root jacket. Again what we love about this design is the simplicity. The denim print is a great touch, and as you can see, bulkiness has been cut out of Men’s jackets as well.
Men’s Eleven Root Jacket
Moving away from ski Jackets now, an item we’ve received a lot of positive feedback for this season is the new North Face Womens Abby III boot. They come with some great practical features such as their ice pick technology, ensuring that you don’t take a tumble onto your backside, ruining all the style and dignity you thought you had.
The North Face Abby III Boots
We’re really excited about our kids ski wear range this year. And to celebrate this we’ve chosen some funky designs from our new partner Molo. In particular the tots Rainbow Pyxis suit is very vibrant...... It appears that simplicity does not apply in ski wear fashion for children.
The Molo Tots Pyxis suit - Rainbow
Icebreaker is usually known for its base layer clothing. However their Flexi chute neck gaiter is actually quite appealing and trendy looking. Again it’s fairly simple, not too exuberant and looks like it fits great.
Icebreaker Flexi Chute neck gaiter
Finally to add a little bit of humour to this post, I found these great beanies this morning by a total fluke, and now I’m hooked on them. The Beardo Beanie’s come from Canada and we’d love to get hold of some over here, simply for the quirkiness alone.
The Beardo Beanie
Silver Ski Holidays would like to thank Michael Sparkes from Simply Piste for contributing this blogg.
We hope you all enjoy viewing their products at:
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Posted by Kate Naylor on Tue, Oct 18, 2011 @ 09:49 AM
We would love to receive copies of your holiday photos and videos taken whilst on holiday with Silver Ski, for inclusion in our publicity material. If you would like to be included please send your best shots or video edits to:
docs@silverski.co.uk
It is always fun to share your experiences with others and ski holidays usually provide a variety of great moments - have you captured any that you would like to share? Hilarious antics in the snow, relaxing in the chalet, groups around the dining table, breath-taking views or proud moments to cherish, we would love to see them all.
Silver Ski would really appreciate any material that you would be happy for us to include in our promotional material on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and our Website etc (submission of your material will be deemed by Silver Ski as your permission for us to use it in our marketing or advertising campaigns).
As a small incentive and a little ‘thank you’ a prize of a FREE 6 day ski lift pass will be awarded to the producer of the best clip or photo taken on a previous Silver Ski Holiday. The winner will be chosen and announced on Monday 12th December (just as the ski season commences) and the lift pass prize may be used in conjunction with a Silver Ski Holiday any time during the 2011/12 season.
Thank You and Good Luck - we look forward to receiving copies of your special Silver Ski moments.
Posted by Kate Naylor on Wed, Sep 28, 2011 @ 04:52 AM
Then look no further! Silver Ski Holidays Ltd have recognised the difficulty facing keen skiers wishing to travel over the festive period this season with Christmas Eve/Christmas Day and New Year’s Eve/New Year’s Day falling on the usual weekend transfer days. Silver Ski have negotiated revised flight times over this period and are offering our Christmas break as an eight day special to avoid travelling on Christmas Day. Therefore our Christmas holiday departs on Sunday 18th December with a return to the UK on Monday 26th December (8 day holiday). This gives our clients the perfect opportunity to enjoy the festivities, such as seeing Santa on the slopes in resort, and enjoying a traditional Christmas Dinner served in the chalet on Christmas Eve (European style). Wake up on Christmas morning to enjoy a lovely cooked breakfast before hitting the slopes, wonderful!
Christmas week is filling up fast, although rooms are still available in all resorts, with prices starting at just £499pp.
So, how about New Year?
The Silver Ski flight timing has also been re-scheduled to make the most of this week with holidays commencing on Monday 26th December and returning to the UK on Monday 2nd January. There will be a real party atmosphere in all our chalets on New Year’s Eve and these festivities are ideal for party goers of all ages, including children. But hurry, if you are interested, Silver Ski only have 15 rooms remaining with prices from £589pp.
The lovely Chalet Bonin is situated in an enviable, virtually ski door to door location at Plagne Village. This superb chalet has just 2 rooms remaining at New Year and is priced at £729pp.
If you are interested in finding out about these holidays, please contact Silver Ski on 01622 735544 or for more details visit our website at www.silverski.co.uk
Posted by Kate Naylor on Mon, Sep 19, 2011 @ 07:45 AM
It's Snowing!!! It's Snowing!!! It's Snowing!!!
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Picture taken yesterday (Sunday 18th September), from Chalets Bonin/Bon Coin in Plagne Village in La Plagne, France. Silver Ski staff working in resort are all very excited to have sight of the all important 'white stuff' and wanted to share this amazing scene with you all.
Great deals are available for the first week of the ski season, with prices from just £359pp - contact Silver Ski Holidays Ltd on 01622 735544 for details or visit www.silverski.co.uk
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Posted by Kate Naylor on Tue, Sep 06, 2011 @ 09:52 AM
Silver Ski are delighted to be able to offer £100 off selected chalets for the New Year Week, departing on the 26th December.
Selected chalets available now for ONLY £589pp, but there are limited spaces available. Discerning skiers will surely appreciate the excellent value that these holidays provide - with flights from Gatwick to Grenoble, transfers to your resort, plus breakfast, afternoon tea and a three course evening meal with unlimited local wine.
So, why wait? Contact the staff in the Silver Ski Maidstone Office ASAP and get yourself a place booked in one of our beautiful catered chalets in the stunning French Alps (La Plagne, Courchevel, Meribel or La Tania) and party with the best of them! For further info. www.silverski.co.uk or call 01622 735544
Posted by Kate Naylor on Tue, Aug 30, 2011 @ 12:18 PM
The 3 valleys is the largest ski area in the world with 600km of ski slopes which equates to 2500 hectares of groomed runs. The snow cannon count currently lies at 1500! The area boasts 200 ski lifts that can transport 260,000 skiers hourly, phew!!
Courchevel is a very extensive area in itself, encompassing the 1650 skiing on the Chanrossa in the East, the main area on Vizelle and the Saulire in the centre, and the La Tania skiing on Col de la Loze in the West. Add to that the runs down to 1550 and Le Praz and you have a terrifically varied wide and deep area, with some 64 lifts and a vertical range of 1300-2700 metres.
Not only is Courchevel the ideal skiing location, don’t forget that it also boasts fantastic boutiques and beautiful restaurants. The area is often frequented by not only the rich and famous but also Royalty. So, if it’s good enough for them…..what are you waiting for?
Book into one of our fantastically situated chalets in Courchevel 1850 now….
Posted by Kate Naylor on Tue, Aug 16, 2011 @ 04:43 PM
--Chalet Le Biol
If you are looking for a great ski get-away over the festive period then you may be interested to know that Silver Ski Holidays have had a complete group cancel in Chalet Le Biol at Courchevel 1650 for the New Year ski week.
This chalet was priced at £729 per person, but is now being offered for the discounted cancellation price of just £629 per person (a very competitive price for this peak season week).
Chalet Le Biol is a spacious, traditional chalet with a large, open living area with views over the piste. The chalet sleeps up to 18/20 people and is situated in an enviable location right on the piste - perfect for beginners and keen skiers alike. The holiday includes flights and transfers from Gatwick to Grenoble (supplements apply), together with breakfast, afternoon tea and a three course evening meal with unlimited local wine.
For details or for other fantastic Early Bird skiing deals visit www.silverski.co.uk
or call 01622 735544
Posted by Kate Naylor on Tue, Jul 05, 2011 @ 05:34 AM
After discussion with friends recently who have suffered through the economic downturn - being made redundant from highly successful roles, a conversation ensued over how to turn this sole destroying event into a positive. As a group of reasonably successful (if we do say so ourselves!) 40-50 somethings, we began our debate on a Friday evening over a couple of glasses of vino. We all considered the routes we may take if the opportunity to change our lives ever came our way.
Most were, I suppose, unsurprisingly truthful and confessed that they would immediately do everything in their power to seek re-employment, straight back into the rat race, to try to ensure financial security for their families. Some considered re-investing their redundancy money and branching out into the property rental market. One (rather drunk) regaled his pipe dream of upping sticks, abandoning the UK, and living life as a naked beach bum (the finer details of which will remain firmly within our Friday night drinking circle).
For me, my dream is that of working my finances to allow me to pursue life on the piste (yes, with an ‘e’ - skiing, not just drinking!). I really would love to experience skiing for a whole season. Living the life of the chalet host or ski guide, who work hard and play hard!! Imagine being able to justify quality time on the slopes, every day, having given a couple of hours of hard graft in the morning. The dream life continuing when returning to your chalet late afternoon feeling totally invigorated, exchanging stories of life in the white stuff while preparing the evening meal with your fellow powder heads (over the inevitable glass or two of French plonk). Perfect!
For many this is not just a pipe dream, but a real life possibility. If ski-ing and socialising is your bag then you may be interested to know that Silver Ski Holidays Ltd are actively looking to recruit staff for the whole of the coming season - Submit your application here!
