Off-piste skiing in Breckenridge has a pretty low-key reputation. This is a ski resort known for its easy-peasy, ego-boosting pistes and mighty terrain parks, rather than its challenging powder...
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This is ski instructor Shawna Mckeown, at the top of Peak 8 in Breckenridge: borne aloft by her new fan club – Michael Mallett, Roger Ainger, and me. Shawna’s a great instructor: patient...
A week of sumptuous skiing awaits the winner of our latest competition.
1. The competition will run on Welove2ski.com until 12 noon on Thursday, November 28, 2013. This is also the closing time and date for entries. 2. The competition is open to all residents of the UK...
Want to know who had the most snow last winter? Well, you won’t find the answer in the northern Alps, that’s for for sure. After a run of decent seasons the region’s luck evaporated...
“Take it very easy here,” said my guide, as we gazed down through the trees to the frozen expanse of Lake Åre far below. “It’s steep and narrow and you need to keep in my...
Okay, I can tell you this much: it’s definitely not ‘mush!’. If you’re standing on the runners of a dog sled, trying to convince 10 Swedish-born Alaskan huskies to give it...
Pictured above is Livio Gabrielli my guide, hard at work in one of the best restaurants in the Alps – Baita Checco. It’s set in the small but stunning ski area of Catinaccio, which lies...
You can’t really teach people how to be great hosts. It either comes naturally, or not at all. Stefano Zulian, owner of the Baita Cuz, is one of the naturals. The Baita Cuz is a mountain...
It looks innocent enough: a cute little cabin just outside the Kristallhütte, in the Hochzillertal ski area of Austria. It’s just by the place where you stop and click out of the skis, before...
