Partners and friends

The Daily Dump Snow Report was launched in January 2011 by Ryan Smith and Lachian Humhreys. The aim is to provide you with the latest snow conditions in Chamonix. The Daily Dump Snow Report is a video and photo report of the latest conditions in the Chamonix valley. 

The Daily Snow Report team will be dropping a Twitter first thing before lifts open and a Daily video report by the end of each day. Take the opportunity to connect with The Daily Snow Report on facebook, Tumbler blog, Twitter, & You tube for great updates and news!

Mountain Drop-offs offer professional and reliable airport transfers between Geneva airport and the Chamonix valley. Mountain drop offs has delivered a first class service to many of our Insted students throughout the years and we can highly recommend Mountain drops-offs services. The drivers will pick you up directly from your flight at Geneva airport and deliver you to your accommodation in Chamonix. Flexibility is Mountain drop-offs key - last minute bookings at no extra cost!


Cham Van offer is another transfer company offering reliable airport transfers between Geneva airport and the Chamonix valley. The driver will pick you up at the airport and take you to your final destination.

Andrea Binning is a former Insted student and one of the world's best female skiers. Please visit Andrea's website to read more about her interesting experiences in Chamonix and around the world.

Professional freeskier Kaj Zackrisson is also a former student of Insted. When Kaj is not home in Oslo with his wife, Bennedicte, he spends time at his second home in Chamonix. Together with his friend, Sverre Liliequist, he is the co-founder of KASK ski clothing. Please visit their site and order a cool beanie.

The Choclo project is run by founder Roland Wimbush, who through Choclo project provides versatile clothing for multiple activities and tips on nutrition and training so that you can concentrate on leading a balanced life. The range is more than functional; it has personality. Every time you purchase a Choclo product, 5% of sales go to support Choclo's sponsored orphanage. As an Insted friend you also receive a 10% discount.

ChamoFix provides Swedish, Hot Stones and deep tissue massage treatments and holistic facials for people who play and work in the mountains of Chamonix Mont Blanc. While offering massages to relax and rejuvenate, and beauty treatments to make you feel wonderful, a background mission of ChamoFix is to MASSAGE MOUNTAINEERS! In Chamonix we believe it’s great to share the restorative and revitalising benefits of massage with all those people who love to play hard, work hard, or both.

Based in Argentiere, Chamonix, ChamoFix can treat clients in the whole Chamonix valley from Les Houches and Servoz through Chamonix town to Argentiere and Vallorcine. ChamoFix provides massage treatments onsite in your chalet, hotel or residence. ChamoFix offers full body Holistic/ Swedish Massage, Deep tissue & Trigger Point Therapy, Indian Head Massage and the incredibly relaxing Hot Stones Massage. Every massage is adapted to the individual needs of each client, so often a combination of massage techniques is used.

For a massage in Chamonix, contact ChamoFix on +33 609.86.88.38

Renee Smith is our Insted friend and marketing advisor. She has helped us with the greatest inspiration of all to help expand our brand as a international language school based in Chamonix, San Sebastian, Biarritz and Teeriffe. Renee runs her own company, AdSpice, who is a Pan-European marketing business who helps clients with simple and intelligent marketing solutions. Insted can warmly recommend AdSpice as a great partner to reach your marketing goal in the best and most efficient way.

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