It’s time we put Engelberg back on the skiing map. For years it’s been neglected by the English-speaking world, and it deserves more respect – as both a great resort for ski weekends, and the...
Category - Where To Ski
There are of course many great ski areas around the world, but few come close to the mind-blowing range of off-piste skiing to be enjoyed on both the French and Italian sides of Western Europe’s...
Well knock me down with a deftly-aimed ski pole. Have you seen who’s headlining this year’s Altitude Comedy Festival? Eddie Izzard. For several weeks the organisers have been promising to pull a...
For many downhill skiers, the rather forlorn sight of a cross-country skier doing laps in a field close to the bottom of some ski lifts will prompt them to ask: “Where’s the fun in that...
Have you ever heard of Madesimo? The handful of the skiers I asked whilst researching this post responded by saying: “Oh yes, I went with my school back in the 1970s!” Everyone else seemed to have...
There’s a bit of a shindig taking place in Meribel this weekend as the world’s top women skiers descend on the resort (literally) for the World Cup Downhill and Super Combined Events. It’s the first...
Okay, so just about everything in Are, Sweden is underrated: the on-piste skiing, the restaurants, the apres-ski (at weekends, at least), the quality of the accommodation. We Brits are so fixated on...
Family ski holidays are a tricky business. You’ve got the needs and requirements of several people to accommodate, some of whom may not be used to skiing all day (especially if they’re small). You...
I’ve just been reacquainting myself with the two best ski runs in Are, Sweden, They’re called Lindsrappet and Gastrappet: two hell-for-leather pistes which tumble down the lower flanks of Areskutan...
Sometimes you just don’t have the time to explore a whole ski area. Maybe you’re on a weekend getaway to the Alps. Or perhaps you’re on a week-long ski holiday, but you’ve decided to take a day trip...
