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More Mountain Guests win the Garmin Challenge
June 7th, 2010 by SThomas in Morzine
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Garmin® Crowns its Alpine Champions
Garmin® celebrates a successful winter season and rewards the fastest, highest and furthest travelled in the Alps. More Mountain Morzine, one of Garmins hand selected Alpine test centres for the new Garmin Foretrex GPS, are thrilled to announce two of the three winners as their own!
Garmin® the global leader in satellite navigation celebrated its first and successful winter season in snowsports by announcing the 3 champion skiers and snowboarders from the Alpine Garmin Test Centres that travelled the fastest, highest and furthest. It turns out that 2 of the 3 winners stayed with us here at More Mountain in our luxury chalets in Morzine this winter.
Throughout the Winter 09/10 season, over 5,000 guests swooshed through the doors of Garmin Test Centre Chalets across the Alps and snapped at the opportunity to trial the Foretrex 401 GPS devices, as sported last season by BBC Ski Sunday’s Graham Bell.
The practical wrist-worn device provided thousands of trialists with immediate speed, height and distance feedback, as well as extensive navigational capacity. More than simply enhancing the users’ slope-time, at the end of the day trialists uploaded their daily tracklogs to Garmin Snow Club for automatic entry into the season’s league table and chance to win a week’s winter holiday and Garmin devices. After 5 months, and well over 10,000 tracked miles, Garmin can reveal the Test Centre Champions for Winter 09/10:
How Fast? – Jonathan Brothers, 75.1mph – More Mountain Chalets, Morzine
*A week’s winter holiday for two at More Mountain, plus a Foretrex 401 device*
How High? – Andy Fisher, 10,585m (vertical descent) – Pleisure Holidays, Courchevel
*A Foretrex 401 and Dakota 20 device*
How Far? – Ben Lakin, 45.07miles – More Mountain Chalets, Morzine
*A Foretrex 401 device*
“In our first year of presenting the brand to the snowsports market, we have been overwhelmed with the response” said Chris Merrell, Garmin’s Marketing Manager. “We knew that the Foretrex 401 filled a gap in the market, but for demand to increase 10-fold on last year has taken even us by surprise. We now intend to push on into Winter 10/11 taking the learning’s gained from our excellent Test Centres and ambassadors Graham Bell and Ed Leigh to further increase the benefits that Garmin brings to snowsports.”
Both Garmin devices are available at all Snow + Rock and Ellis Brigham stores nationwide.
Foretrex® 401 – SRP £199.99
DakotaTM 20 – SRP £279.99
For a chance to win a FREE HOLIDAY or Garmin GPS next season, book your stay at More Mountain and join the winning team from this year!
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More Mountain Morzine are now a Garmin Test Centre!
January 22nd, 2010 by SThomas in Chalets
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More Mountain has been selected as one of the leading chalet companies in the Alps to act as a test centre for the new Fortrex401 GPS Satellite Navigation system on the slopes!Garmin® the global leader in satellite navigation deliver the new must-have item for the slopes as it announces a series of GPS devices and a range of activities geared toward the snowsports enthusiast.
The wrist-worn Foretrex® 401 is set to provide millions of recreational skiers and snowboarders with the fundamental statistics that they have long craved; how high, how far and how fast did we go today? Of course, this sophisticated, waterproof device is packed with extensive capabilities for the more inquisitive, but its simplicity makes it possible for everybody to get more from their time on the slopes.
Garmin has joined forces with More Mountain as a specialist chalet operator in the Alps to form an official Garmin Test Centre, offering More Mountain guests the opportunity to test-drive the latest GPS technology. At the end of the day, guests simply upload the day’s data, or ‘tracklog’, at Garmin Connect to review their movements and statistics including highest speed, total descent, total ascent, maximum elevation, total distance and much, much more.
To foster the competitive spirit that will no doubt arise, Garmin has created a season’s league table at www.garminsnowclub.co.uk to champion the persons that travel the fastest, the furthest, and the greatest descent. The victorious not only secure bragging rights for the year, but are then in with a chance of winning a week’s winter holiday at More Mountain so get riding!
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More Mountain and Subvert Slushy Social
April 21st, 2009 by Jon in Snowboarding camps
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That’s it. That’s all! All over for another winter and what a week to finish on…
The Slushy Social!
35 like minded snowboarders enjoying the last week of the snow.
Slush, Blue Skies and a Cheeky Powder Day.
Slushy park sessions, piste jibbing tom foolery, a massive selection of test boards to try and lashings of Mutzig.
Thanks to everyone involved and taking part – what a great week.
See you all next season.
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Girls Snowboarding Camp Morzine
September 8th, 2008 by Jon in Snowboarding camps
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More Mountain Girls Snowboarding Camp 2009 OUR CAMP – Now Fully BOOKED!
There are many opportunities to try specialist snowboarding camps in Morzine now – everyone is doing it, however, we reckon here at More Mountain we add that little bit extra to give you even better value for money. This year, our Girls Snowboarding camp in association with the UK Pro Riders from Our Camp is aimed at women over the age of 25 who are looking for a more “mature” approach to riding the Snow Park and Half Pipe.
Couple that with social riding with like minded ladies and a few powder days thrown in for good measure, weather permitting of course, and you have the perfect mix!
This year we have decided to use The Loft as it sleeps 8 very comfortably in 4 luxury ensuite rooms with full size baths, a massive Flatscreen TV, great for video analysis at the end of the day plus also has L’Occitane Effervescent Bath Bombs to soothe the aches and pains of the day after a hard day on the slopes!
This year for the price of £659 UK Pounds, you get Free Lift Pass, Free Airport Transfer and 6 Days Coaching from Pro Riders at Our Camp, plus all the usual More Mountain extras like fabulous food, quality wine and girly goody bags.
For additional information, please see our camps page.
Have a little bit of luxury at The Loft this year… Anyone for Champage and Canapes Darling?!
Here’s to a great week!
Samee xx
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Snowboarding Camps in Morzine Avoriaz
August 29th, 2008 by Jon in Snowboarding camps
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sNOwParking is designed by the snowboarding owners at More Mountain Luxury Chalets in Morzine to provide a “Guys” specific week of pipe, park and back country tuition, provided by the Qualified Snowboard instructors at Avoriaz Snowboard School.
It is amazing value, £689 includes 5 days qualified freestyle tuition, Portes Du Soleil Full area lift pass and Transfer to and from Morzine, all your food and beers, not to mention top quality luxury accommodation in The Loft which is our luxury boutique style 4 bedroom chalet in central Morzine.
The “sNOwParking” camp is aimed at blokes, over the age of 25 who have been riding for a while. It may be that you have hit a brick wall when it comes to getting confidence to hit the Park or HalfPipe. Possibly, you may not have a good understanding of how to approach a kicker and stomp the landing correctly, or perhaps pull a 180 for example. This is what sNoParking will show you, without feeling intimidated in the Park by the gromits pulling 540’s already!
Check out last years video for an idea of what to expect, head over to our videos section.
Once we have practised our freestyle, afternoons are spent social riding and depending on the weather, if it dumps, we also get to have a professionally guided back country powder day with avalanche and transceiver training. 15kms of uninterrupted off piste….Mmmm Yes! Follow that with a few Mutzigs….Happy Days!
Our good friend Col Mytton, UK Sponsored Rider and regular cover shot Pro on Whitelines and Document Snowboard magazine will hopefully be guesting with us for an afternoon.Speak to Jon for more details on 0033 686021805 or email at jon@moremountain.com
Places are limited so get in quick…there are only 4 spots left.
