The other day my wife and I stopped for a quick snack in a mountain restaurant in La Plagne. We had a plate of chips: nice French fries, and plenty of ’em, for 7€. A couple of weeks before that...
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“It’s not how you look when you learn to ski that’s important. It’s how you feel”. So says My Dahlström, our favourite ski instructor in the ski resort of Are, Sweden...
The story goes that when the ski resort of Are, Sweden installed its night-skiing floodlights in 2006, NASA rang the Swedish government up and asked what was going on. They could see the light from...
Two things really impressed Welove2ski about the skiing in Are, Sweden – as you’ll see from our video. First, its quality. The pistes are not especially long: but the best of them offer...
You can blame Linda Wasell. Every since I saw her picture, below from Are in Sweden, I’ve been dreaming of Swedish cream. Or rather, Swedish cream cakes. Cream cakes are something you almost...
Should we have been surprised that the apres-ski in Are, Sweden is good? Maybe not. After all, in bars all over the Alps you’ll find tight little groups of Scandinavians, all immaculately...
Looking good is a way of life in Sweden. And for skiers there’s no better place to tap into that sense of style than the central square in the ski resort of Are, Sweden – ringed with...
It was the revelation of my week in the Aosta Valley. I’d already heard good things about the skiing there: but I had no idea Aosta Valley restaurants would be such a treat. I skied five...
When it comes to ski resorts, does bigger always mean better? I’ve never been convinced of the fact, and the Aosta Valley resort of Pila is one of the many reasons why. This friendly ski area...
I’ve ended up with a bit of stiff neck today after skiing in Cervinia. Not from the tumble I took in a brief venture off-piste, which left my mate Ian doubled up with laughter: but from...
