Archive for April, 2008

10th International Climbing Festival

From Friday 11 July 2008 to Sunday 13 July 2008

The best international climbers gather in the heart of Chamonix to challenge each other in this World Cup competition judged on both skill and speed…

Championships to select France’s best up and coming young climbers are also held at the same time.

Club des sports de Chamonix

Phone +33 (0)4 50 53 11 57

For accommodation check out Independent Mountain

Gourmet Drive, Golf + Cuisine Event in Meribel

Dates: 11th, 12th + 13th July 2008.

With the Gourmet Drive held every summer, golf becomes a fun celebration. The event attracts gastronomes who worship the virtues of fine food, sportsmen and women indulging their passion and close and far-away friends who get together on the green baize of the course high above Méribel.

Rising to the challenge of constantly delighting golfers, the chefs vie with each other for inventiveness and know-how. And in a region with a reputation for gastronomy they elaborate mouthwatering treasures that raise the local produce to new heights.

Message From The Owner

We’ve had a busy year at Independent Mountain, and it’s thanks to all of you visiting the website and coming on holiday with us that we can continue to keep growing and providing the high level of service that we pride ourselves on!! We aim to continue our growth of all of our current resorts, and over the course of the year bring even more resorts for you to choose from!!

A Questionaire To Independent Mountain Regarding Sports Tourism In Morzine

1. How much of your business relies on tourism?

100% of my business relies on tourism – be it property owners or clients coming on holiday, it’s all related to the Mountain tourist trade!!

2. How much of your business relies on sport-related tourism?

I would say that 95% of my business relies on sport-related tourism, as primarily people owning properties or having holidays in the mountains are here for the sport, with the remaining 5% for quality of life.

3. Which are the busy months?

Winter: Mid-December through to the end of April

Coming Soon - Independent Summer

After a great couple of years building up a detailed list of properties and information on our mountain resorts, we are about to launch our summer operation - Independent Summer. We will be starting by offering beach properties on the east coast of Australia, and will then be looking at covering the south coast of France so that we will have a year round summer industry for you to choose from.

We’ll keep you posted with everything that goes on, and if you have any particular areas of the world that you would like us to start looking into, then just email me directly on james@independentmountain.com and i’ll be happy to look into what we can add onto the website.