For this Ski Podcast special Iain has his Ski Flight Free hat on and is joined by Daniel Elkan from Snowcarbon and Anna Hughes from Flight Free UK to discuss train travel to the Alps.

Great options for checking your carbon footprint include the WWF Footprint Calculator and Ecopassenger
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Changing stations in Paris is not difficult. This video shows Iain’s journey to Courchevel last winter
Train travel in the ‘new normal’ is very different
Iain referred to this study about the chances of catching Covid on a train
You can hear more about Iain’s trip to Zermass and Saas Fee by train in Episode 57 of The Ski Podcast
Iain likes to book direct with Eurostar and SNCF
Anna has travelled to Scotland on the Caledonian Sleeper on multiple occasions
It’s possible to travel overnight to Austria with the Alpen Express service
Iain has previously written for Ski2 about taking the train to Champoluc
Sam Haddad travelled on the ski train to Les Arcs
Daniel recommends the Railmap of Europe

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