The CarveCast travel journal / 2022–2026
Every place.
Its own story.
Resort reviews, road trips and the places where I learned to ski. My films, my photographs and the conversations behind the turns.
37 guides · 7 countries · mountains, linked areas & training venues
From first turns to favourite places. Start with a full filmed review, follow a multi-resort trip, or explore the training venues that made the mountain days possible.
Watch the whole skiing story ↗The personal countdown
My Top Ten.
And a bonus.
The places that mean the most to me, from Les Arcs to Zermatt, with Winterberg as a bonus. A personal list from my October 2026 film, rather than an objective resort score.
CarveCast original film
My Top Ten ski resorts
My own footage and narration. Press play to watch here, with sound.
Narration uses my AI voice. This records past trips; check current resort information for your dates.
The complete journal so far
Where shall we go?
Full reviews sit alongside personal trip notes and shorter photo-archive entries. Linked areas have their own guides too—so the Three Valleys is not squeezed into a single resort.
37 guides
#1 in my Top TenSwitzerland / Resort
Zermatt
The one that feels like home
#6 in my Top TenSwitzerland / Resort
Grindelwald
Where the obsession began
Switzerland / Archive
Mürren
Another side of the Jungfrau region
Switzerland / Archive
Gstaad
Beyond the familiar favourites
#4 in my Top TenSwitzerland / Review
Verbier
Big terrain, bigger memories
#4 in my Top TenSwitzerland / Area
The Four Valleys
One network, different personalities
Switzerland / Trip notes
Les Collons & Thyon
The base behind the Four Valleys trip
Switzerland / Trip notes
Nendaz
A chapter in the Four Valleys journey
Switzerland / Trip notes
Veysonnaz
Exploring from Les Collons
#3 in my Top TenSwitzerland / Review
St. Moritz
The whole experience
Switzerland / Trip notes
Saas-Fee
Part of the early-season road trip
Italy / Trip notes
Cervinia
The Italian side of a favourite day
#2 in my Top TenFrance / Review
Val d’Isère
A proper mountain town
France / Trip notes
Tignes
The other half of a favourite pairing
France / Trip notes
Chamonix
A stop in the longer Alpine story
France / Trip notes
Alpe d’Huez
The first Stöcklis
#5 in my Top TenFrance / Area
The Three Valleys
Different villages. One big journey.
France / Trip notes
Courchevel
A different character in the Three Valleys
France / Trip notes
Méribel
The valley in the middle of the story
France / Trip notes
Les Menuires
A stop that should not disappear into an area name
France / Trip notes
Val Thorens
The high-mountain chapter
France / Trip notes
Saint-Martin-de-Belleville
The village base
#10 in my Top TenFrance / Trip notes
Les Arcs
Exploring instead of repeating
#9 in my Top TenFrance / Trip notes
Sainte-Foy
A small place with a big impression
#8 in my Top TenItaly / Trip notes
Champoluc
Ski testing in the Italian mountains
#7 in my Top TenItaly / Trip notes
Pila
Where testing became part of the journey
France / Trip notes
Avoriaz
From the longer Alpine trip
France / Trip notes
Morzine
From the longer Alpine trip
France / Trip notes
Les Gets
From the longer Alpine trip
Austria / Trip notes
Hintertux
The hard work behind the progress
Austria / Trip notes
Kaprun & Kitzsteinhorn
A glacier lesson that stayed with me
Germany / Trip notes
Winterberg
The bonus favourite
France / Trip notes
Métabief
Another stop on the road
Netherlands / Training
Landgraaf / SnowWorld
Mountain preparation indoors
United Kingdom / Training
Hemel Hempstead
The work between mountain trips
United Kingdom / Training
Chatham
Where regular lessons started
France / Archive
Megève
The village between the mountain days
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What is behind these pages?
Real trips. Original material.
These guides draw on my podcast show notes, my Top Ten film, the longer skiing documentary and my photo library. A resort discussed by a guest or planned for a future trip is not automatically a place I have visited. Shorter archive entries are labelled honestly, and shared-area images keep their area labels.
I am a Stöckli ambassador. Personal rankings and opinions are mine; prices, pass coverage, conditions and operating dates should always be checked with the resort.