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- Which Swiss female skier won the Verbier Xtreme in 2019?
- Who is the director of the Tourist Board?
- What’s the name of the blue flower that gives its name to one of our mountain passes?
- Which year was the first ‘Verbier Xtreme’?
- Which year was the Mont-Fort lift competed?
- What is the name of the local cow breed?
- Which two French snowboarding brothers have both won the Freeride World Tour title?
- Which English singer has a lift named after him?
- How many km is the 4 Vallées ski area?
- What is the meaning of ‘I na’ the local patois (dialect)?
- What type of creature is an ‘Alpine accentor’?
- You have skied down the Col des Mines, but do you know what was mined there?
- What is the name of the nursery slope in the centre of Verbier?
- The Vieux Bisse that you walk along in summer was man-made in which century?
- What is the French name of the Greppon Blanc intinerary known as ‘Mash’?
- What’s the name of the bus stop at the end of ‘Mash’?
- Which famous Swiss skier was named ‘Freeride Skier of the century’?
- What is the name of the famous avalanche rescue dog that the St Bernard dog foundation is named after?
- What was the name of the building replaced by Hotel Cordée?
- What is the name of the rocky outcrop overlooking Verbier just below Savoleyres?
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ANSWERS
[/vc_column_text][vc_column_text]1.Elisabeth Gerritzen
2.Simon Wiget
3.Gentian
4.1996
5.1983
6. Herens
7. Xavier and Victor De Le Rue
8. James Blunt
9. 410km
10. Snow
11. Bird
12. Lead/Silver
13. Les Moulins
14. C15th
15. L’Étygeon
16. Prapperot
17. Dominique Perret
18. Barry
19. Alba
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