Working a ski season - Look With New Eyes https://www.lookwithneweyes.com Stories and travel guides from the Lake District Fri, 03 May 2024 08:54:20 +0000 en-GB hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/wp-content/uploads/2020/09/cropped-lwne-logo-black-rgb-861px@72ppi-32x32.jpg Working a ski season - Look With New Eyes https://www.lookwithneweyes.com 32 32 127582044 My 2018 review: the year of adventure https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/my-2018-review-the-year-of-adventure/ https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/my-2018-review-the-year-of-adventure/#respond Mon, 31 Dec 2018 21:09:41 +0000 https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/?p=3958 I sit and write this in Bariloche, the Argentine Lake District, a place I didn’t even dream I would be at the end of 2017. I love going back over my photos and remembering all the small details and moments from the year, from catching up with a long lost friend, to the delicate autumn […]

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]]> https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/my-2018-review-the-year-of-adventure/feed/ 0 3958 6 points to consider before applying for a ski season job https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/6-points-consider-applying-ski-season/ https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/6-points-consider-applying-ski-season/#respond Tue, 10 Jul 2018 08:30:45 +0000 http://www.lookwithneweyes.com/?p=2008 Deciding and applying to do a ski season is an exciting process but if you accept that first job offer that comes along, you may find your party animal mentality stuck in a quiet French hamlet for 5 months. Before sending out those CV’s, take a minute to consider these points which will hopefully set […]

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]]> https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/6-points-consider-applying-ski-season/feed/ 0 2008 A winter season in the French Alps: March and April https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-winter-season-in-the-french-alps-march-and-april/ https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-winter-season-in-the-french-alps-march-and-april/#respond Thu, 24 May 2018 07:33:52 +0000 http://www.lookwithneweyes.com/?p=3187 March After the deep snow and freezing temperatures of December and January, March was a welcome lightness. As we left for work in the mornings, the sun was now emerging over the mountains, the afternoon sunshine lasting low into the afternoon allowing lazy pre-work snoozes in a piste side bar before heading back the chalet to cook […]

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]]> https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-winter-season-in-the-french-alps-march-and-april/feed/ 0 3187 A winter season in the French Alps: January and February https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-winter-season-in-the-french-alps-january-and-february/ https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-winter-season-in-the-french-alps-january-and-february/#respond Fri, 27 Apr 2018 09:39:54 +0000 http://www.lookwithneweyes.com/?p=3093 After promising myself to do monthly updates from the Alps, the weeks slipped past. Days were filled with work, snowboard, work. Wednesday’s were typically a full day snowboarding or sleeping off work. So my photos have piled up and I’m now sat here at my desk back home, back out of the ski season bubble […]

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]]> https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-winter-season-in-the-french-alps-january-and-february/feed/ 0 3093 A winter season in the French Alps: The first 6 weeks https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-winter-season-in-the-french-alps-6weeks/ https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-winter-season-in-the-french-alps-6weeks/#respond Wed, 24 Jan 2018 17:12:07 +0000 http://www.lookwithneweyes.com/?p=3037 And sometimes, the mountains call you back for another season, despite your words from five years ago that my season days were over. And you oblige. I applied for my fifth season on a whim after living a relatively settled life back home for almost two years. Normal life wasn’t cutting it, it was time […]

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]]> https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-winter-season-in-the-french-alps-6weeks/feed/ 0 3037 A day in the life of a chalet chef https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-chalet-chef/ https://www.lookwithneweyes.com/a-day-in-the-life-of-a-chalet-chef/#comments Wed, 29 Mar 2017 16:09:45 +0000 http://www.lookwithneweyes.com/?p=2410 Work. Mountain.Work.Play.Sleep. The rhythm of life for five months of working in the French Alps. I’ve done four seasons in total for two different companies in Morzine and Val D’Isere – one mid-market family company and one higher end gourmet company but generally, the days were the same. I had slightly more mountain time with […]

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