{"podcast":{"title":"The Ski Podcast","slug":"the-ski-podcast-1125806","podcast_index_feed_id":1125806,"rss_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4995750.rss","website_url":"https://audioboom.com/channels/4995750","image_url":"https://audioboom.com/i/42727437/s=1400x1400/el=1/rt=fill.png","author":"The Ski Podcast","episode_count":317,"summary":"Want to know more about the world of skiing and snowsports? The Ski Podcast is an award-winning podcast with over 300 episodes covering all aspects of the world of skiing and snowboarding, from resorts to racing, Ski Sunday to slush. Host Iain Martin is joined by guests from the world of snow in episode to chat about wintery stuff and probe around the avalanche of ski news. Listen to our back catalog at www.theskipodcast.com The Ski Podcast was voted 'Best Wintersports Podcast' in the 2021 Sports Podcast Awards and nominated for 'Best Broadcast Programme' in the 2023 Travel Media Awards. Iain is a freelance journalist specialising in snowsports. He is also the founder of Ski Flight Free - a campaign to encourage skiers to take the train or drive to their ski holiday. If you want to get in touch or take part you can email us: theskipodcast@gmail.com Music: www.purple-planet.com Logo: www.vexels.com","last_synced_at":"2026-06-26T14:29:21.730121+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806"},"episode":{"title":"317: Chamonix Stories #4 | David Webster (aka 'ChamonixSkiBum')","slug":"317-chamonix-stories-4-david-webster-aka-chamonixskibum","published_at":"2026-06-26T04:32:00+00:00","page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806/317-chamonix-stories-4-david-webster-aka-chamonixskibum","show_page_url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806","url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8920797","audio_url":"https://audioboom.com/posts/8920797.mp3?modified=1782387313&sid=4995750&source=rss","summary":"In the third in our series of ‘Chamonix Stories’, we meet David Webster, better known on YouTube as “ ChamonixSkiBum ”. David has almost 10,000 subscribers and 1.7 million views on his channel, where he publishes snow reports, reports on his high mountain skiing and more Chamonix valley adventures. 📸 @olajaniak SHOW NOTES First ski experiences (2:30) Skiing at Gloucester Dry Slope (3:00) Ski seasons in Courchevel (4:30) David has a PHD in Geology (5:15) Favourite runs in Les 3 Vallées (7:00) Moving to Chamonix (8:00) Background in mountaineering (8:30) Skiing with a guide? (10:00) Putting on skis in steep terrain (10:45) The Jager couloir (12:00) Col de Plan , North Face of the Aiguille du Midi (12:30) Cunningham Couloir / Passarelle Couloir (14:00) ‘By Chamonix standards’ (14:45) Glenn Plake skis the Passarelle Couloir in ‘ Blizzard of Aaahs’ (15:00) The Vallee Blanche & the Mer de Glace (15:00) The danger of crevasses (18:00) Deciding to become a 'YouTuber' (18:45) Snow reports (22:30) Cameras used (23:00) 360 view of going down the arete at the Aiguille du Midi (25:00) Wild swimming and cycling (25:45) Wearing shorts for the Vallee Blanche (26:00) “It’s like Disneyland for adults” (27:15) FEEDBACK If you enjoyed this episode, or if you have any comments, please let me know. You can do that by leaving a comment on Spotify , Instagram or Facebook – or drop me an email to theskipodcast@gmail.com . We’re also on WhatsApp . James Rice: \"Love the podcast. It's absolutely indispensable for me and a ‘must listen’ every week.\" Louise Cotter: “I am really enjoying the Chamonix series. The Oak app is awesome.” Max Martin: \"High quality and high interest on all things skiing. Just listened to the Chamonix special. Well worth a subscribe.\" There are now 317 episodes of The S…","meta_description":"In the third in our series of ‘Chamonix Stories’, we meet David Webster, better known on YouTube as “ ChamonixSkiBum ”. David has almost 10,000 subscriber…","key_points":[],"chapters":[],"topics":[],"duration_seconds":1793,"processing_state":"not_requested","actions":[{"name":"request_transcript","method":"POST","url":"https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-ski-podcast-1125806/episodes/317-chamonix-stories-4-david-webster-aka-chamonixskibum/transcription-requests","description":"Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode."},{"name":"read_markdown","method":"GET","url":"https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-ski-podcast-1125806/317-chamonix-stories-4-david-webster-aka-chamonixskibum.md","description":"Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource."}]}}