What a week! As anyone who saw yesterday’s bonus snow report will know, the north-western Alps have just been walloped by the white stuff. Over a metre has fallen in places – and there’s more to come...
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There’s up to a metre of fresh snow in the French Alps, thanks to one of the biggest early-season storms to hit the region in recent memory. The storm blew in on Monday, and it’s still...
Hold onto your bobble hats, everyone. The next blast of winter is about to hit the Alps. Later today, a powerful weather front is due to muscle in from the west, and France, Switzerland and western...
Sorry folks! This competition is now closed. But we’ve got another competition running – with a ski holiday in France or Switzerland up for grabs. At last! The Welove2ski competitions...
Flippin ‘eck. Have you seen what’s been going on in the Alps? Since our last snow report, on Monday, some of the resorts lining the Swiss-Italian border have been walloped by over a metre of the...
The resort is friendly and unpretentious with a range of bars and nightclubs, but they only really tend to liven up at weekends. When the lifts close, head for the Bar Heaven, the Ombrello bar or the...
Passo Tonale is one of Italy’s highest ski resorts, with skiing from early to very late in the season, and all-year-round skiing on glacier too. As in all Italian ski resorts, families are...
The Tonale-Presena Ski School has a good reputation and offers ski, snowboard, freestyle, snowshoeing, race-training and off-piste courses. The other choice is Ponte-Tonale which was founded in the...
Hut Capanna Presena (+39 0463 758299), at the top of the cable-car, is recommended, as are Rifugio Valbiolo (+39 0364 900016), Rifugio Negritella (+39 0364 900661) and Rifugio Bleis (+39 335 708...
The Stats Altitude: 1883m Top Lift: 3069m Ski area: 100km of pistes Adult lift pass: 220-257€ for six days Official Site | Ski Map | Webcam In a Nutshell Good-value village with snowsure skiing from...
