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The White Room Team - Summer 2011

There will be six of us in The White Room team for summer 2011 - three of us out guiding on the trails and three of us to look after you in the chalet. Meet the team:

Mountain Bike Guiding Team

We're as passionate about guiding as we are about riding our bikes. We believe that top-quality guiding is the most important factor in making sure that you get the most out of your mountain bike holiday. All of our guides have been living, riding and guiding in the Tarentaise for years. Between us, we know hundreds of trails spread across the whole valley. We live here all year-round and we like nothing better in the Spring & Autumn than getting out and riding new trails to show you in the Summer! All our guides are fully-qualified to work in France and hold a French "Carte Professionel" - your guarantee that we're properly qualified, insured and registered in France as outdoor professionels.

Steven McDonald

Iona McDonald

Yvan Bonin

Years in the Tarentaise: 4

Rides: Orange Alpine 160

Favourite Sainte Foy trail: The Thin Red Line

Favourite trail in the valley: High Voltage

Signature Move: Frontside cake-munch

Qualifications:
Scottish Mountain Bike Leader
International Mountain Leader
BASI 2 Snowboard Instructor (not relevant, but he's very proud of it - Iona!)

Years in the Tarentaise: 4

Rides: LaPierre Spicy

Favourite Sainte Foy trail: The Anthill Mob

Favourite trail in the valley: Helter Skelter

Signature Move: 3-week-long trackstand

Qualifications:
Scottish Mountain Bike Leader
International Mountain Leader

Years in the Tarentaise: 6

Rides: Labyrinth Agile

Favourite Sainte Foy trail: There's Been Another Murder!

Favourite trail in the valley: 1,000,000 Switchbacks into Veni, Vidi, Vici

Signature Move: Death-defying rolling-endo switchback

Qualifications:
Moniteur de Cyclisme Francais

Chalet Support Team

Tom Scott - Driver

Mansel Jones - Chef

Amy Nelson - Chalet Host
Coming soon!
Coming soon!
Tom worked in Sainte Foy over the winter and lived next-door to us. He's going to be working as our driver, getting us to the top of the trails and dragging us back to the chalet at the end of the day. Is looking forward to seeing how his short-travel hardtail copes with a summer in the Alps! Mansel is a professional chef and has just spent the winter running a chalet not too far away in Saint Martin de Belleville. He's cooked for a lot of people in a lot of places and we're looking forward to a summer of awesome food! Amy is Mansel's partner and jointly ran the chalet with him over in Saint Martin. Having ditched the 9-5 order to spend a winter in the snow, we sensed a kindred spirit! Amy will be making sure the chalet is organised while we're out on the trails and will be looking after everyone in the evenings.