Tagged: mountain living

Digital Mountain Style

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The Play by Native Union.  Photo credit: Native Union & The Conran Shop.

Looking for mountain family living ideas?  If you’re in the market for cool gadgets, The Play by Native Union might enhance your mountain family life.

The gadget enables users to make video recordings on a 2.4 inch, comment bubble-shaped, color LCD screen which is magnetized for sticking on fridges and other surfaces.

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Mountain Real Estate For Sale

 Mountain Real Estate For Sale

A ski chalet for sale. Photo credit: Skipad.co.uk.

Looking for mountain real estate?  If you’re in the market for European mountain property, Skipad.co.uk has launched a new For Sale section.

This For sale section lists chalets and apartments and properties available for season-long lets. Ski properties now listed are from ski resorts in France, Switzerland and Austria.

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Warm In The Mountains

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A duvet is an ideal choice for sleeping warm and comfortable in winter mountains.

Getting your home or resort property ready for the winter mountains?

If you’re updating your bedding, we highly recommend duvets for staying warm and sleeping comfortably in winter mountains.

This fall/winter, we’re intrigued by the new eider down duvet from The Best Bed Linen in the World company.

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51 Degrees Of Switzerland

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Dining room at 51º Spa Residences by Swiss Development Group in Leukerbad, Switzerland.

Fancy a mountain property in Switzerland?  Luxury property developer Swiss Development Group has launched its luxury development, 51º Spa Residences, in Leukerbad, Switzerland.

51º Spa Residences will feature thermal spa hotel & residences surrounded by the alpine backdrop of Switzerland’s Valais region. The development is named after the highest temperature of the thermal water.

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New France Alps Development

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New Alps property development Hameau du Kashmir in Val Thorens 2300.

Erna Low Property has launched a new development, Hameau du Kashmir, located in Val Thorens 2300.

The mountain real estate development is located within the Trois Vallees (Three Valleys).

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Mountain Traveler: Jorge Kozulj

Mountain Traveler is a series about travelers in the mountains.

Mountain guide Jorge Kozulj contributed this guest photo essay on Patagonia mountain travel and life. He is the founder of Andescross, an outdoor guiding company in Bariloche, Patagonia.

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Climb, girl, climb: Guided climb with my friend Jill, Summit of Torre Principal in Frey area, Cerro Catedral, Bariloche, Patagonia.

Andescross came from a natural development of my lifelong connection with the mountains.

As a teenager, along with my friends, we mountain biked the trails to the local climbing crag after school.

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Mountain Camping In Portugal

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Top: Apple Tree Yurt; Middle: Schist Olive Mill at Cabreira on the Rio Ceira; Bottom: Wild swimming spot.

Hannah McDonnell wrote this guest post on mountain travel in Portugal. She
has lived in Portugal for seven years on a mountain smallholding with her family.

The Acor mountain range in Central Portugal is one of Europe’s best kept secrets.

It’s a magical landscape of shimmering rivers running through forested hills.

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