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Inspire you adventure

Posted on September 16, 2016 by iwood.web

Teaming up with the Adventurer Squash Falconer FREEFLO is proud and excited to announce being a part of a very special and exclusive Snow & Rock evening ‘Inspiring Your Adventure’on Wednesday 19th October at the Snow+Rock flagship store in Covent Garden in London.

Enjoy drinks and nibbles whilst listening to adventures. Get FREE advice and take full advantage of the generous 15% OFF discount on the new outdoor collection in store. Tickets are only £5 and all proceeds go to the Bowl Cancer UK charity. For further details and bookings please visit: https://inspiringwithsquashandfloss.eventbrite.com

We are also teaming up together with Snow & Rock to run Two Off Piste and Backcountry adventures for next winter on the 8th January and 16th of April 2017 in the Espace Killy. Further details will follow.

We look forward to seeing you there.

Step into your next adventure with FREEFLO and Squash Falconer.

FREEFLO specialises in progressive on and off piste skiing, backcountry ski touring and women specific ski courses in Tignes, Val D’Isere, St Foy and La Grave. Please visit our site: www.freefloski.com and join our newsletter for free. Like us on Facebook and Instagram and we will keep you up to date on posts, photos and videos for free. Check out more adventures with Squash at squashfalconer.com.

Off Piste Tignes and Ski Tour to Pointe Boussac

Posted on March 21, 2016 by iwood.web

Short uphill for more downhill: Episode 1
Just after or even when it is snowing everyone rushes out on the mountain to ski fresh powder to get the adrenaline rush of skiing lines off piste with that remarkable floating feeling. Often the powder which is accessible by the lifts in big resorts are skied out by the end of the morning. Some days when I am teaching on the hill most places are skied out by 11am, thats when knowing the mountain is to your advantage. With knowledge and understanding you can ski further a field into the backcountry and go to the secret places to find the stash of powder where less people go. I really enjoy this new type of skiing as you have best of both worlds touring up hill and longer lines off piste downhill.

Route: Pointe Boussac Tignes/Val D’Isere
Off Piste skiing between: 2407m -3070m NE/NW
Max Gradient: 38-40 degrees
Uphill: 40 mins
Total Route time from funicular: 2.5hrs
Total Return Route time from Tignes:3.5/4hrs
Skiers Level: Intermediate/Advanced off piste
Ski Touring Level: Intermediate/Advanced
Start: From the top of the funicular in Val Claret
Finish: At bottom Fontaine Froide
Lift pass needed: Espace Killy
Map needed: 3633ET

This route is a great route that you can achieve in half a day and you feel like you have achieved a bit of everything a summit, steep uphill ascent and a longer time skiing off piste. The difficulty is the last 200m of the accent where it is vertically challenging and you need to be good with your kick turns but if all else fails you can always boot up. The off piste lines off the Pointe Boussac are in abundance and are as varied and challenging as you want them to be!

If you would like to ski this route or another route similar please get in contact with FREEFLO. FREEFLO specialises in progressive on and off piste skiing, backcountry ski touring and women specific ski courses in Tignes, Val D’Isere and La Grave. Please visit our site: www.freefloski.com . Like us on Facebook and Instagram and we will keep you up to date on posts, photos and videos for free.

Step into your next adventure with FREEFLO. We look forward to skiing with you.

Looking forward to next winter in Tignes 2014/15

Posted on August 19, 2014 by iwood.web

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With the drop in temperature and the nights getting shorter I can’t stop feeling that next winter is not too far away. Thoughts come into my mind as I have time to reflect. I ponder on ideas of how I can improve on last winters ski teaching and guiding in the Espace Killy! How can I improve on my ski lessons? Which courses to run? Popup chalets?This video is just a few of my fond memories of ski teaching in Tignes,Val D’Isere and Sainte Foy last season 2013/14 and the ski lessons that I had with some great people .

Different to any ski school FREEFLO offers intutive British Personal Ski Coaching in the snow-sure resorts of Tignes, Val D’Isere and La Grave. We specialise in all mountain and off piste skiing, plus backcountry ski touring and women specific ski courses. Fun and passionate we are highly experienced and fully qualified to work in France. With FREEFLO the quality of your experience, and safety are our priorities. With passion we help people to improve, have fun and to enjoy the freedom of the mountains. For further information please drop an email to: [email protected]

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Spring Powder Ski off piste Tignes 20th April 2014

Posted on April 21, 2014 by iwood.web

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RzASAabZx74

Heli skiing in reverse- Mickeys Ears to Lac Chervil Tignes, France .

Posted on March 4, 2014 by iwood.web

[youtube=http://youtu.be/VyZyvBH2JLE] My first time in a helicopter was being thrown in the back of one with a broken leg. The experience wasn’t what I imagined and one that I would like to forget. A mixture of great pain and excitement that I was flying. It was my most expensive ride and journey back of my life.

Now in 2014 in Tignes I can put two passions together skiing off piste and then taking a Helicopter out. Being a BASI L4 ISTD Ski Teacher and guide and with the helicopter training I can now explore new places and take a helicopter back to resort with friends and clients.

There was no better way than to start my Heli adventures than the ski down from Mikeys ears to Lac Chervil in Tignes France. For fit people it takes a 15 minute hike along a ridge to then get your skis on for a short traverse. A short steep hike up then follows to the top of Mikey’s ears where you have to keep balanced on your feet and in a small space put your skis on. Thats when you have to switch your skiing head on. You then ski down keeping right and enter the main entrance of the couloir which is around 80m in length and averaging 6-10m wide. You then exit out into a fresh untracked bowl and aim for the tree line. You ski a steep pitch through the trees and then join a footpath which then leads into a quarry where you get a Heli copter out. What an amazing experience. I can’t wait for the next Heli adventure.

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