Category - Ski Holiday

Classic Ski Holiday

After driving the length of France and finally getting into the apartment that will be my winter home, I was pleased to find Arc 2000‘s free WiFi still functional. I was doubly pleased to find...

Skiing, this December, is believing. Despite glowing reports from much of the Alps, it’s hard to believe how good conditions are without experiencing them for yourself. Here on the Italian side...

This weekend saw the first big ski weekend of the Italian season – and in Courmayeur it really did start with a bang. Whilst waiting for the cable-cars to open on Saturday morning a rumour filtered...

Franz Klammer, arguably the greatest downhiller of all time, has become a patron of Ski 4 Cancer – the UK charity that provides alpine breaks for families affected by the disease. Ski 4 Cancer...

What a great ski deal! Winter is almost here, and as you’ll have seen on our most recent snow report, resorts are opening up throughout the US Rockies…with oodles of snow, Whistler is opening...

This is the fifth and final part of our ski fitness guide, presented in association with Inghams. It’s been prepared by Dr Steve Ingham, head of physiology at the English Institute of Sport...

Emile Allais, the maestro from Megeve and the great-grandfather of French skiing has died aged 100. Allais, who continued to ski until he was 99, won four gold medals and four silver at three...

The snow is falling heavily in Zermatt this week and the run from the glacier to Trockener Steg should open this Friday. However you won’t find this on our snow report. All this white abundance is...

No two winters are ever the same – and there can be few better illustrations of that fact than the ski seasons of 2010-11 and 2011-12. Snow-wise, 2010-11 was a slow-motion disaster for the...

Seems like an odd idea to ride a gondola in London – dressed for skiing. But Digby Rawlins, one of the ski holiday experts at Ski Solutions, decided to organise a group of skiers to ride the...