Category - Classic How to Ski

Going skiing but feeling nervous about your first ski holiday? Or is your skiing stuck in a rut? Either way, tuition from one of the many British ski schools will make a big difference to your...

Everyone needs a little ski tuition now and again, so here is our guide to tracking down the best schools on the slopes.

There are few better places to boost your ski technique than on the groomed pistes of Peak 7 in Breckenridge. Wide, gentle and flattering, the slopes are more or less deserted from Monday to Friday...

There is no doubt that for many families the annual ski holiday is the one they look forward to the most.

Tree-skiing can be terrifying. Dive off-piste into a patch of forest, and what started as a high-spirited adventure can quickly turn into a nightmare. The trees seem too dense, the gaps too narrow...

Fancy your chances in the terrain park this winter? Then for goodness sake practise your “pop”. ‘Pop’ is the name given to the basic take-off-and-landing movement over jumps...

Freestyle skiing looks amazing, and will give you one of the biggest buzzes you’ll ever feel on the snow. But how on earth do you make the transition from scooting about on-piste to launching...

What’s an A-Frame? I’ll tell you what an A-Frame is. It’s the knock-kneed,’dying for a pee’ idiot-pose that blights many people’s ski technique, that’s what...

It’s not easy: the moment you steer off the groomed piste and into the deep stuff beyond. Fitness, technique, equipment, snow quality, mental attidute – they all contribute, and often in...

“It’s not how you look when you learn to ski that’s important. It’s how you feel”. So says My Dahlström, our favourite ski instructor in the ski resort of Are, Sweden...