Vegan skiing and snow boarding

[SophieFP]

Now we're booking a vegan skiing and snow-boarding trip for March 2009 - get in touch!
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Hi all,

We organise our own exclusively vegan ski holiday every year, run from the UK and holidaying in France, and invite lots of other veggies to join us for the week. That way we all get yummy food and no yukky animal stuff hanging round the chalet, plus great company, people to ski with and the chance to form life-long friendships.

In the process of booking as a group we raise funds for good vegan & eco causes without the holiday costing you any more than if you booked it yourself.

This year we've run to a 3rd chalet, so will have 32-38 people altogether. There are only a few places left, so get in touch if you are interested!

See:http://www.veggiesnow.org/next_trip

[bryzee86]

wow that looks really cool. We're poor this year cos we're going to NYC in Macrh, but maybe another year?

[SophieFP]

Just send me a private message with your email address if you want to be on the Veggie Snow email list for first notice of future trips.

S x

[Sluggie]

I'm sooo excited and March is such a long way away...

[tipsy]

aw darn, for a second i thought you were in the states...

too good to be true usually is...

[SophieFP]

This year's trip was fantastic with so much snow and cake, and just lovely people to ski and board with (1/3 boarders this year). I'm already looking into options for the 2009 trip (prob in France, maybe Austria), so if you have any ideas or want to be on the emailing list and aren't yet then send me a private message!

[Joeybee]

Oh My God!!!!! This sounds fantastic, i would definatley be interested in doing it next year, i'd love to go on a vegan ski trip!

[SophieFP]

Hey Joeybee just send me a private message with your email address and I'll add you to the veggie snow updates email list!

[flying plum]

sophie - do you use exclusively vegan companies? i'm looking to work a ski season next year, but am wary of working as a normal chalet girl, because i'll be expected to cook meat, which i can't bear to do. there are other jobs, i know, and likely i'll end up just doing what i do here (cocktail bartender), but i've heard chalet-girling is good fun, so if there was a vegan-only company that you use, that would be awesome!

amanda

[SophieFP]

If there were vegan-only or even veggie-only chalets we wouldn't need to run these trips!

Chalet hosts can't easily get away from handling meat, unless perhaps you were in a very big one and were just given the veg prep job, though even then people are expected to muck in wherever is needed.

Bars & restaurants in France are now non-smoking so bar jobs must be more pleasant as a result. There's also childcare, massage, driving, shop work, management and repping - relevant qualifications usually required but possible to obtain. I hear nannies get paid well and get 2 days off so less stress than hosting. 2 years' training needed but a life time of opportunities ensue. look at a website like ski natives for more ideas.

[SophieFP]

I'm now booking the March 2009 trip - probably in Tignes France. They'll be the usual huge amount of vegan food being fed to you while you relax after a hard day in the snow.

And you can get there by train if you are anywhere in Europe. Direct fast trains from London St Pancras.

Tell me now if you're interested!