When you’re a skier it’s often the little things that count – such as a lift from the hotel ski locker/ski shop which give you direct access to and from the slopes; and said lift has a bouncy, padded...
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“Oh, so you’re going to Kirkwood tomorrow? Man, that place is steep.” That’s pretty much what everyone said when I told them about our upcoming daytrip to Kirkwood Ski Resort – the rootsy little ski...
What we need across the Alps are much lower temperatures and SNOW. The good news is that we are going to get both – with knobs on. The mild weather is making a swift exit today to be replaced by...
Don’t be put off by Gunbarrel. It’s the first thing most people will tell you about in Heavenly Ski Resort, and for many skiers it’s an intimidating prospect. Dropping through 1,800 vertical feet...
1. There’s only one way down Fünf…Vier…Drei…Zwei…Eins…go! There are few more nerve-wracking seconds on skis than the countdown to your turn to leap out of The Inferno...
Nature, it seems, just can’t make up her mind what to serve up next. It’s looking like another yo-yo week across Europe, with daytime temperatures bouncing through a 10C spectrum with a bit of snow...
I write this with my suitcase open, my boarding-pass printed and the Heavenly webcams up on my laptop. Tomorrow, I’m going skiing in California. And there’s an extra buzz on top of the usual sense of...
What a fortnight the Pyrenees are having. If you saw our January 17 snow report, you’ll know many resorts there were walloped by a big storm last week. The Grand Tourmalet ski area in France reported...
Montgenevre is not the resort to pick if you are looking for a buzzing nightlife – you’d be better off in a resort like Les Deux Alpes or – if you want to ski the Milky Way area...
“An ideal resort in which to learn,” said a reporter. We’re not sure Montgenevre is quite the best resort in the world for beginners – and we wouldn’t recommend it for...
