Category - Ski Resorts

Classic Ski Resorts

There’s a lively atmosphere in Tremblant in the evening, more so than in a lot of North American resorts. Try La Forge Bar & Grill between the Tremblant ski slopes and Place St-Bernard, or...

Tremblant Ski School has an excellent reputation despite having no competitors. All the instructors are bilingual and both group and individual lessons are available. Train to be a ski instructor in...

Tremblant has 95 runs serviced by 14 state-of-the-art lifts. Snowboarders and freestylers have an additional 18 acres of ramps, rails and jumps. But Tremblant’s main draw is for families. This...

Check that the accommodation you are booking is in the centre of town. Many of the places that describe themselves as being in Tremblant (Domaine du Diable, Domaine du Geant, Domaine Nansen) are a...

  The Stats Altitude: 230m Top Lift: 875m Ski area: 78.9km of piste Adult lift pass: CDN$300 for six days Official Site | Ski Map | Webcam In a Nutshell Tremblant is a rarity in North America: a...

Saas Fee is an apartment and hotel town. You won’t find many catered chalets here, such as the ones you get in Meribel or Val d’Isere. That said, the standard of accommodation here is...

In the past, the rather staid Swiss Ski and Snowboard School had the run of the resort of Saas Fee, and was heavily criticised for being old-fashioned and not keeping abreast of modern technique...

There’s not a huge choice on the mountain, unless you drop back into the village for lunch. The Metro-Alpin at Mittelallalin contains Three-Sixty, the world’s highest revolving restaurant...

Bizarrely, for a resort with an undersized ski area, Saas Fee’s apres-ski scene is full-throttle. It starts in the little knot of bars, on either side of the river at the top end of town. You...

The Allalin glacier, at the top of the resort, is no scrap of ice. Even though, like every Alpine glacier, it’s on the retreat, it’s still an impressive piece of work, and dominates the...