It is iSki-Val’s policy to respect your privacy regarding any information we may collect while operating our website. This Privacy Policy applies to https://www.iski-val.com (hereinafter, “us”, “we”, or “https://www.iski-val.com“). We respect your privacy and are committed to protecting personally identifiable information you may provide us through the Website. We have adopted this privacy policy (“Privacy Policy”) to explain what information may be collected on our Website, how we use this information, and under what circumstances we may disclose the information to third parties. This Privacy Policy applies only to information we collect through the Website and does not apply to our collection of information from other sources.
This Privacy Policy, together with the Terms and conditions posted on our Website, set forth the general rules and policies governing your use of our Website. Depending on your activities when visiting our Website, you may be required to agree to additional terms and conditions.
Like most website operators, iSki-Val collects non-personally-identifying information of the sort that web browsers and servers typically make available, such as the browser type, language preference, referring site, and the date and time of each visitor request. iSki-Val’s purpose in collecting non-personally-identifying information is to better understand how iSki-Val’s visitors use its website. From time to time, iSki-Val may release non-personally-identifying information in the aggregate, e.g., by publishing a report on trends in the usage of its website.
iSki-Val also collects potentially personally-identifying information like Internet Protocol (IP) addresses for logged in users and for users leaving comments on https://www.iski-val.com blog posts. iSki-Val only discloses logged in user and commenter IP addresses under the same circumstances that it uses and discloses personally-identifying information as described below.
Certain visitors to iSki-Val’s websites choose to interact with iSki-Val in ways that require iSki-Val to gather personally-identifying information. The amount and type of information that iSki-Val gathers depends on the nature of the interaction.
The security of your Personal Information is important to us but remember that no method of transmission over the Internet, or method of electronic storage is 100% secure. While we strive to use commercially acceptable means to protect your Personal Information, we cannot guarantee its absolute security.
Our Service may contain links to external sites that are not operated by us. If you click on a third-party link, you will be directed to that third party’s site. We strongly advise you to review the Privacy Policy and terms and conditions of every site you visit.
We have no control over, and assume no responsibility for the content, privacy policies or practices of any third-party sites, products or services.
iSki-Val discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only to those of its employees, contractors and affiliated organisations that (i) need to know that information in order to process it on iSki-Val’s behalf or to provide services available at iSki-Val’s website, and (ii) that have agreed not to disclose it to others. Some of those employees, contractors and affiliated organizations may be located outside of your home country; by using iSki-Val’s website, you consent to the transfer of such information to them. iSki-Val will not rent or sell potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information to anyone. Other than to its employees, contractors and affiliated organizations, as described above, iSki-Val discloses potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information only in response to a subpoena, court order or other governmental request, or when ISki-Val believes in good faith that disclosure is reasonably necessary to protect the property or rights of ISki-Val, third parties or the public at large.
If you are a registered user of https://www.iski-val.com and have supplied your email address, iSki-Val may occasionally send you an email to tell you about new features, solicit your feedback, or just keep you up to date with what’s going on with iSki-Val and our products. We primarily use our blog to communicate this type of information, so we expect to keep this type of email to a minimum. If you send us a request (for example via a support email or via one of our feedback mechanisms), we reserve the right to publish it in order to help us clarify or respond to your request or to help us support other users. iSki-Val takes all measures reasonably necessary to protect against the unauthorized access, use, alteration or destruction of potentially personally-identifying and personally-identifying information.
iSki-Val may collect statistics about the behaviour of visitors to its website. iSki-Val may display this information publicly or provide it to others. However, iSki-Val does not disclose your personally-identifying information.
To enrich and perfect your online experience, iSki-Val uses “Cookies”, similar technologies and services provided by others to display personalized content, appropriate advertising and store your preferences on your computer.
A cookie is a string of information that a website stores on a visitor’s computer, and that the visitor’s browser provides to the website each time the visitor returns. iSki-Val uses cookies to help iSki-Val identify and track visitors, their usage of https://www.iski-val.com, and their website access preferences. iSki-Val visitors who do not wish to have cookies placed on their computers should set their browsers to refuse cookies before using iSki-Val’s websites, with the drawback that certain features of iSki-Val’s websites may not function properly without the aid of cookies.
By continuing to navigate our website without changing your cookie settings, you hereby acknowledge and agree to iSki-Val’s use of cookies.
Those who engage in transactions with iSki-Val – by purchasing iSki-Val’s services or products, are asked to provide additional information, including as necessary the personal and financial information required to process those transactions. In each case, iSki-Val collects such information only insofar as is necessary or appropriate to fulfil the purpose of the visitor’s interaction with iSki-Val. iSki-Val does not disclose personally-identifying information other than as described below. And visitors can always refuse to supply personally-identifying information, with the caveat that it may prevent them from engaging in certain website-related activities.
Although most changes are likely to be minor, iSki-Val may change its Privacy Policy from time to time, and in iSki-Val’s sole discretion. iSki-Val encourages visitors to frequently check this page for any changes to its Privacy Policy. Your continued use of this site after any change in this Privacy Policy will constitute your acceptance of such change.
We’re a tight-knit team of highly experienced mountain professionals in Val d’Isere. Off-piste and backcountry skiing are our specialities, but we also offer a range of other services including technical lessons, snowboarding, telemark, and heli-skiing!
We’re a tight-knit team of highly experienced mountain professionals in Val d’Isere. Off-piste and backcountry skiing are our specialities, but we also offer a range of other services including technical lessons, snowboarding, telemark, and heli-skiing
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Chris has been living and skiing professionally in the Tarentaise valley for over 30 years. His principal playground is the Espace Killy but for those wishing to explore further afield, he is also very familiar with the Paradiski area, Sainte-Foy and the Three Valleys.
Hugely experienced, his mission is to find the best conditions for your ability and safety and to improve your technique and mountain knowledge along the way.
His mountain talents have clearly also filtered down to the next generation – after just 3 years as a member of the French ski mountaineering team, Chris’s daughter Emily has brought home the World Cup two years running.
Melvin is a dynamic young instructor who was practically brought up either on skis or on the water. A fully qualified ski instructor with a passion for freeride and freestyle, Melvin is equally at home on skis or on a snowboard. During the summer, he leaves the mountains behind and heads for the Atlantic coast where is also a qualified sailing and wakeboard instructor. Oh, and he is also a talented speed-rider. In short, there is no end to his talents and he is a fantastic asset to the team.
Didier is what you might call a “skier’s skier”. He spent many years as a trainer and coach with ENSA, the national training school for ski instructors, in parallel with his career within the UCPA where, as chief instructor at the centres of Tignes, Val d’Isere and Les Deux Alpes, he was also responsible for the training of young instructors. Didier is without doubt the best technician of the team, and enjoys the challenge of refining his technique to adapt to the new technologies and materials that are available to skiers today. His main activity within iSki remains off piste skiing, but teaching those who are willing to learn, whatever their level, remains a passion. He is also an extraordinary telemarker (and hence telemark instructor) and can occasionally be seen leading his off piste groups on telemark skis.
After an initial – and successful – career in business following his university degree, Philippe finally decided to follow his true passion which was skiing. Having skied competitively at club level from a fairly early age, he was able to qualify as an instructor with relative ease, and since then has devoted himself to off piste skiing and ski touring around the Tarantaise.
Hugely experienced, Philippe also teaches all levels of the “MetaSki” teaching system, a scientific approach that complements body mechanics and is often far more successful than traditional techniques for nervous skiers or those experiencing some kind of “skiers block”.
A fluent French speaker, Kiera is an important member of the team as she manages all the planning as well as email and phone traffic. An excellent skier herself, she can often be spotted “tail-gating” one of our off-piste groups, helping out if necessary, but otherwise just enjoying herself.
