{"id":2177,"date":"2015-11-06T13:36:49","date_gmt":"2015-11-06T12:36:49","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/?p=2177"},"modified":"2016-10-21T16:34:32","modified_gmt":"2016-10-21T15:34:32","slug":"james-bond-ski-resorts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/james-bond-ski-resorts\/","title":{"rendered":"SN007: Bond is back on the slopes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">It\u2019s been 15 years since 007 last hit the slopes,\u00a0but Spectre sees Daniel Craig\u00a0master the mountain in style. As you&#8217;d expect, Bond\u00a0always visits the classic resorts whether he&#8217;s skiing, riding on a snowmobile blade or bombing down the hill on a broken plane. Here is <strong>the <em>definitive<\/em> list of James&#8217;s <em>finest<\/em> ski resorts<\/strong> &#8211;\u00a0even if you haven&#8217;t spared a second thought for Spectre, they\u2019re well worth experiencing.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/austria\/solden\/\" target=\"_blank\">SOLDEN<\/a><\/span>, Austria<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">The futuristic ICE-Q mountain restaurant only opened a couple of years ago up at 3048m on the Gaislachkogl \u2013 and it\u2019s already made it to the silver screen in <em>Spectre (2015)<\/em>. Starring as Dr Swann\u2019s clinic, this is where Lea Seydoux is snatched by a terrifying\u00a0Dave Bautista. A spectacular chase ensues along the \u00d6tztal Glacier Road through the Rettenbach tunnel (the same one you drive along to reach the slopes on the glaciers). And when Bond\u2019s plane wings snap off in a couloir \u2013 always a pain \u2013 the truncated aircraft toboggans into a chalet with splintering effect. Rumour has it Craig stayed in <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski-holidays\/hotel-bergland_11650\/\">Hotel Bergland<\/a> for the month of filming here \u2013 since the top floor could be secured against any potential Blofeld visits. Get the look with Tom Ford\u2019s Quilted Shell and Wool Ski Jacket and Ski Wool-Twill Trousers (a steal at \u00a31455 and \u00a3995 respectively in Selfridges), then head up to ICE-Q where thankfully they serve more than just health drinks in real life.<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2165\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2165\" class=\"wp-image-2165\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ice-Q-Solden.jpg\" alt=\"Ice Q Solden\" width=\"490\" height=\"326\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ice-Q-Solden.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Ice-Q-Solden-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2165\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Ice Q &amp; Solden Tourism<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/YYKB75aIHWE?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/france\/chamonix\/\">CHAMONIX<\/a><\/span>, France<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Cham plays the role of the Azerbaijan Caucasus Mountains in <em>The World is not Enough (1999)<\/em>. Stepping in for Pierce as stuntman is champion snowboarder Tom Sims, while freeride goddess Francine Moreillon took to the mountain for Sophie Marceau. If you fancy schussing in their tracks, a guide will be able to show you the run: Known locally as the \u2018James Bond Trail\u2019 it flows over the Argentiere glacier all the way back to the Montervers rail station in resort. Then to Bar du Moulin for a <em>shaken, not stirred<\/em> tipple amidst sheepskins and classic ski art.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/bwWD9mUyQuE?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/switzerland\/murren\/\">MURREN<\/a><\/span>, Switzerland<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Way up at the top of the Schilthorn, the Piz Gloria rotating restaurant was the lair for arch Bond baddie, Ernst Stavro Blofeld in <em>On Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service (1969)<\/em>. These days you can gobble up 007 themed breakfasts, looking out onto the Eiger, M\u00f6nch and Jungfrau and some 200 other peaks, while the whole place turns 360\u00b0. Then explore the BOND WORLD exhibition and Walk of Fame, before skiing Lazenby-stylie down the six mile Inferno run. Hopefully without an army of gunmen tumbling around you\u2026 Hats off to anyone who loses a ski and manages to equal those slick mono-skiing skills. The first bits of the ski chase scenes include clips of another first class resort, <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/switzerland\/saas-fee\/\">Saas Fee<\/a> (which in a nice <em>turn<\/em> of events, also has a rotating restaurant up top, three s!xty).<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2184\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2184\" class=\"wp-image-2184\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Schilthorn-007-World.jpg\" alt=\"Schilthorn 007 World\" width=\"490\" height=\"318\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Schilthorn-007-World.jpg 640w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Schilthorn-007-World-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2184\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">\u00a9 Schilthorn Bond World &amp; Jungfrau Tourism<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lrkerh77MYY?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/italy\/cortina\/\">CORTINA<\/a><\/span>, Italy<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Roger Moor stares steamily from the balcony of room 108 at the <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski-holidays\/grand-hotel-miramonti-majestic_10874\/\">Miramonti Majestic Grand Hotel<\/a> in <em>For Your Eyes Only (1981)<\/em> \u2013 also the chosen lodging of Elvis and Brigitte Bardot back in the day. Cortina hosted the Winter Olympics in 1956, and a lot of the facilities pop up in the film. It all starts with the ski jump, followed by a dramatic chase along the Socropes area\u2019s tree runs (including that domino ski lesson scene all learners dread) and a wild ski down the bobsleigh track. The ice rink also stars, alongside several appearances from those gorgeously craggy Dolomites. See them for yourself on a helicopter tour, but please don\u2019t follow by example and wrestle the driver from his seat\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ogCTonrtlvQ?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/switzerland\/st-moritz\/\">ST MORITZ<\/a><\/span>, Switzerland<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">This Alpine classic has starred in a couple of the 007 films, but it\u2019s always been as a body double for somewhere else: Austria in <em>The Spy Who Loved Me (1977), <\/em>and Siberia in<em> A View to Kill (1985)<\/em>. A shame really, as somewhere with this much pedigree has Bond written all over it. The Corviglia area hogs the limelight in The Spy&#8230; (no having to worry about falling off the cliff though \u2013 that bit was filmed in Canada).<\/span><\/p>\n<p><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zy0JGKJGZQQ?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">While the opening sequence of A View&#8230; features the Diavolezza area on the Morteratsch Glacier, starring world champ Mike Nemesvary. Ever the eco warrior, Bond recycles a skimobile blade to use it a snowboard, creating the first riding scene in Bond history. For a 007-worthy suite, book into the legendary <a style=\"color: #808080;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski-holidays\/hotel-kulm_10370\/\">Kulm<\/a> (which saw the start of winter tourism in 1864) and steal your way into the gentlemen\u2019s club for an invite onto the Cresta run. Did you SNO?: Both films star Roger Moore, who loves the white stuff so much he has a chalet in <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/switzerland\/crans-montana\/\">Crans Montana<\/a><\/span>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><center><\/p>\n<div class=\"post-video\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1165\" height=\"655\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/PKsr5yrxE-k?wmode=transparent&#038;fs=1\"  allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><\/center><\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: center;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\"><span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski\/austria\/kitzbuhel\/\">KITZBUHEL<\/a><\/span>, Austria<\/span><\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Though it doesn\u2019t crop up in any films (yet\u2026) Kitz has a played a big role in the life and times of 007. James spent a lot of his childhood there with Hannes Oberhauser \u2013 one of the main themes in <em>Spectre<\/em> \u2013 where he learned to ski. And it\u2019s also where newly married Bond plans to take Tracy for their honeymoon before her tragic death in <em>Her Majesty\u2019s Secret Service<\/em>. The town meant a lot to Fleming, who lived there for a while during Finishing School and often returned for a visit. We can just imagine 007 zipping down the Streif, on a car chase down the colourful Vorderstadt and lounging by the\u00a0<span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski-holidays\/hotel-schwarzer-adler_10109\/\">Schwarzer Adler<\/a><\/span>&#8216;s rooftop pool&#8230;<\/span><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_2167\" style=\"width: 500px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-2167\" class=\"wp-image-2167\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Kitzbuhel-Prettiest.jpg\" alt=\"Kitzbuhel Prettiest\" width=\"490\" height=\"387\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Kitzbuhel-Prettiest.jpg 2480w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Kitzbuhel-Prettiest-300x237.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/11\/Kitzbuhel-Prettiest-760x601.jpg 760w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 490px) 100vw, 490px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-2167\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Where Ian Fleming lived and 007 learned to ski \u00a9 Kitzbuhel Tourism<\/span><\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Want to ski like James Bond?\u00a0 Q-Branch made this page which lets you search holidays in All 007 resorts at once!<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #808080;\">Find\u00a0your licence to thrill (sorry) on the <span style=\"color: #333333;\"><a style=\"color: #333333;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/ski-deals\/james-bond-ski-holidays\/\" target=\"_blank\"><strong>James Bond ski holidays<\/strong><\/a><\/span> page.<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"themify_builder_content-2177\" data-postid=\"2177\" class=\"themify_builder_content themify_builder_content-2177 themify_builder themify_builder_front\">\n\n\t<\/div>\n<!-- \/themify_builder_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>It\u2019s been 15 years since 007 last hit the slopes,\u00a0but Spectre sees Daniel Craig\u00a0master the mountain in style. As you&#8217;d expect, Bond\u00a0always visits the classic resorts whether he&#8217;s skiing, riding on a snowmobile blade or bombing down the hill on a broken plane. Here is the definitive list of James&#8217;s finest ski resorts &#8211;\u00a0even if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[13],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2177","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-ski-holidays","has-post-title","no-post-date","has-post-category","no-post-tag","has-post-comment","has-post-author"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2177"}],"version-history":[{"count":43,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":5517,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2177\/revisions\/5517"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2177"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2177"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sno.co.uk\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2177"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}