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NOVEMBER 2013
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HEMISPHERESMAGAZINE.COM
BEST PLACE FOR ROCK
AND ROYALS
“If you’re a singer in search of uphill
transport,
VERBIER
in Switzerland
is the place to go. Like Diana Ross
before him, James Blunt bought
a chalet here, got his name tag on
a chairli and license to ride it in
perpetuity. The resort’s
LA VACHE
restaurant (part-owned by Blunt) is
prime celebrity-spo ing territory, as
is après hour at the nearby
FARINET
bar. Over a single Corona on the
terrace recently, I watched Prince
Harry and on-off girlfriend Cressida
Bonas, Prince Andrew and daughters
Beatrice and Eugenie, and Blunty
himself stroll by. Later, Holly Branson,
daughter of Sir Richard, danced on
the bar with the same snake-hipped
bravado she displays on the slopes.”
Minty Clinch,
freelance ski and
travel journalist
BEST PLACE TOMEET A
SKI GOD/GODDESS
“It’s not always easy being involved
with someone who’ll change plans
every weekend because they’ve heard
there’s powder in a faraway place.
But if you really must worship at the
temple of Gore-Tex and improbably
fat skis, then try the bar at
LE
CASTILLANHOTEL
in La Grave, France,
southeast of Grenoble. La Grave has
no groomed pistes, but its terrifyingly
steep slopes and oh-my-god beauty
draw expert skiers from all over the
world. Le Castillan is where they go to
toast each other, so you’d be er have
some unusual opening lines to grab
their a ention.”
Sean Newsom,
founding editor of
welove2ski.com
It’s
James
Blunt!
SKI POLL
© DENIS EMERY/EPA/CORBIS (LE CASTILLAN); GETTY IMAGES (BLUNT, ROYALS)
SKI ROYALTY
The Duchess of
York (left) and
Princess Beatrice
