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...
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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...
The resort has a dozen restaurants and bars, mainly located in the row of shops, bars and restaurants close to the front de neige in the old town. For the most part they are simple, unpretentious and...
Skiing takes place on both sides of the valley, and a piste bridge links the two. Montgenevre’s own area, beneath 2680m Le Chalvet, holds considerable charm and challenge, with runs for all...
Accommodation in Montgenevre has come on in leaps and bounds in the last ten years. Gone are the tired old hotels and apartments. Le Napoleon was the original inn set at the foot of the slopes, and...
Dr Michael Huber, President of the Kitzbuhel Ski Club (KSC), is a man with a lot on his mind. And no wonder - because he’s in charge of the most famous ski race in the world: the Kitzbuhel Downhill...
“The accommodation is the best we have come across in North America,” said a reporter. We wouldn’t go that far, but all of it adjoins the piste and includes a range of pleasant...
