The best strategies for keeping warm on the ski slopes. Polar vortex and Siberian winds. Skiers and snowboarders in the French Alps take heed! These weather warnings are an indication of very cold temperatures on the slopes. Here are our top tips for keeping warm whilst skiing and snowboarding. It’s all in the preparation The [...] Continue Reading

Once a child knows a clown will be coming to visit they quickly forget where they are and look forward to seeing them. The clowns arrive and take the place of any sad thoughts or worries the children may have with bursts of laughter, jokes, magic tricks (that don’t always quite work) but most of […]

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Keep the love in your relationship - why your loved one isn't the right person (to teach you how to ski) You can picture the scene. Your partner is a ski enthusiast and wants you to be as excited about skiing as they are so they can book you into their annual pilgrimage to the [...] Continue Reading

Perched at 1500m altitude, Meribel is the central valley of the 3 Valleys ski domain and is a white gold mine, constantly bubbling with activities. All of the businesses in the valley participate to bring you a calendar full of events accompanied by local products, enhanced by fun animations with cheerful choreographies and sprinkled with [...] Continue Reading

Flying, driving or taking a ski transfer to resort this half term? Our guide to keeping up to date with the road conditions. You’re buzzing about your forthcoming ski holiday (and meeting your Oxygene instructor on the slopes) but first you have to make it to resort. It’s no secret that the peak week changeover […]

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Because we know people all have different skills, requirements and levels of expertise Oxygene provides a service that is made to measure both in terms of ski lessons and other activities too. One of the best examples of one of our bespoke Oxygene events is the 10th anniversary celebration for the Planet Handi Sport (PHS) [...] Continue Reading

An explanation of these two sister resorts by a long-term seasonnaire-become-local. Carol explains in very few words why she has lived in Meribel for so long: “It’s an incredible setting”. Carol arrived in Meribel in the year 2000, exactly 18 years ago and has spent 17 of those working for Magic in Motion ski school [...] Continue Reading

Heading away for a ski holiday with the kids? Val d’Isère has got to be your winter destination of choice. Why? Well, aside from the fact it offers some of the best on and off-piste activities around, the resort caters for children extremely well. There’s certainly lots to see and do in this French Alps […]

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Who is in a better position than our ski instructors to advise you on the best slopes to ski on this winter? Here is a little recap of our ski instructors’ favourite slopes in the Tarentaise Valley in Savoie. BEST SKI RUN IN MERIBEL Oxygène ski instructor in Meribel, Pat Lecomte, loves the Combe de Vallon […]

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Oxygène receives a warm welcome to Moutiers. We celebrated the official opening of the new Oxygene central office in Moutiers yesterday, Thursday 30th November. Thank you to everybody who came along and enjoyed the evening. We were delighted to welcome you to see our new office. It was a great opportunity to meet the local […]

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