Ice and Fire… La Plagne Ski Diary

Mix Mountain La Plagne: second year of the Music Festival.

The Plagne Montalbert tourist office and the hotel club “Lauzière” are organising the second Mix Mountain La Plagne music festival. It will hit the pistes of La  Plagne from 28 January to 1 February 2013. There are loads of daily activities including:

• mixing competitions.
• après-ski with mix and grill.
• BBQ on the piste with a DJ.
• partying in the bars.
• demos of new video mixing technology.

Friday night sees the closing of the Mix Mountain Music Festival with DJ “star”, dancers, performers, show cocktails and more.

Mix Mountain La Plagne line up so far includes:

French house DJ Gregory Klosman, who has worked on remixes for the likes of Lady Gaga’s, Erick Morillo and Mathieu Bouthier producer of ‘Need U’, which hit No.1 spot on Pete Tong’s buzz chart in the UK. Tristan Garner has been putting himself on the world map as one of the most talented DJ/producers of the NEW French generation following in the footsteps of Cerrone, Daft Punk and Cassius and Greg Seronne, electro house music DJ and resident DJ at Queen Club in Paris, Ministry of Sound in London and Bar Rouge in Shanghi.

With some truly impressive snowfalls across the early part of the season, and more predicted in the weeks to come, January is shaping up for some excellent skiing this year. So, if you’re fed up of the grey days and cold weather in the UK, why not head out to the alps for a bit of January skiing?

 January often gets a bad press among British skiers because it falls completely outside of the school holidays. But among seasonaires, January is a firm favourite and guests who try it often come back year after year.

My number one favourite thing about January is that it is typically quieter on the pistes than the rest of the season so you get to spend longer on your skis and less time in lift queues. If you’re into the park skiing it’s a must as well with many of the pros using the quieter snow parks to get some practise in.

January’s Good Snow Record

For anyone who is a fan of fluffy powder snow a January ski holiday is hard to beat – there’s been masses of snow across the alps over the last few weeks and snow and sunshine forecast for the next few weeks.

January is a great time to get some extra tuition in too as being outside all of the school holidays there is often plenty of space in the ski schools. Less demand for lessons means more one-to-one time in group lessons, and your pick of instructors for private tuition.

Snowy Lift

Bargain hunters love January too with prices traditionally being lower than the rest of the season.  As an example, here at Ice and Fire we’re offering Sunday 13th – 20th January for £399 per person fully catered with no single supplement.

So, what are you waiting for? Get in touch today!