Communications

Recollections of a great winter's day skiing with a dedicated, happy team of volunteers at Verbier4All from English freelance journalist, Simon Watkinson. Not being one for surfing the Internet, I don't really remember how I came across Verbier4All's excellent...

PART II The long slope home We paused on the crest of the Col de Gentianes, looking down towards La Chaux. Having not factored in the ZipLine experience into our timing, most of the snow had been skied off the slope and the little that remained was in the form of...

PART I The Mont 4 ZipLine 4 All The plan was to take our young uniskier up to Mont-Fort to show her the panorama of the Alps. I hadn’t bargained on Sophie. That Saturday, we were skiing with a very determined young American. When Sophie suggested the Mont 4...

For the last ski of the Verbier4All season, Julie, Jean-Victor and Kathryn were joined by some of Kathryn's friends from London. They joined in the fun, carried Julie down the steps at Gentianes and followed the rig down to La Chaux. Coming down the Jumbo steps with...

My name is Jemima and I have Osteogenesis Imperfecta, also known as Brittle Bone Disease. I never thought I would be able to ski and I wouldn't have been able to do it without you guys. It was a really fun, awesome experience. I will definitely be back and would like...

Just as a bird flaps its wings to take flight, Julie waves her arms to express her joy: sitting in the seat of a Tempo Duo steered by a Swiss ski school instructor, she speeds down the slopes. This is the first time we are skiing together as a whole family, and for...

This December, I headed over to Fiesch in Upper Valais, for a PluSport technical training course to teach skiing to people with learning disabilities. The first days were spent revisiting the fundamentals of ski teaching, the key movements and the workings of ski...

We were a little baffled when Kasia contacted us: She had been wracking her brains as to how she could make her contribution to Verbier4All; ‘I’m not a strong skier yet,’ she told us, ‘But I can fly.’ At her own expense, this young pilot offered to put the name of our...

Even with the most meticulous preparation, things do not always go according to plan. Our Secretary, Kathryn, recounts … We arrived, all three of us, Jean-Marc, Alexis and I, at the storeroom long before the appointed hour to get ready for our big day in Siviez....

Un don de la commune de Bagnes nous a permis de payer la formation de notre propre pilote, Jean-Marc Farquet, une légende à Verbier pour ses 13 Patrouilles de Glaciers. Voici son récit divertissant de la formation. « Le 29 février R.V au col de Bretaye sur Villars...