Certainly it needed vision to choose the remote spot of Kicking Horse, the bottom third of which used to be the old community ski hill of Whitetooth above the valley town of Golden. Golden is no...
Ski Resorts: An Encyclopaedia of the World’s Ski Resorts
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SKI RESORTS: AN ENCYCLOPAEDIA OF THE WORLD’S SKI RESORTS
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Our Most Popular Ski Resort Guides
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Don't be put off by its famous and forbidding World Cup course. Kitzbuhel is also home to easy-skiing pistes, luxurious hotels, and cosy mountain restaurants.
A family favourite is Mark Warner’s Chalet-Hotel Berangere, which is in a great position at the foot of the slopes. Facing south, with a superb view of the mountains, the hotel has a large...
Fernie in Canada has some fabulous off-piste skiing, and a good snow record.
The Himalayas seem like a powder factory. It is not always perfect, but there is almost always some good skiing.
Alyeska has a high percentage of advanced and expert runs, and Valdez has some of Alaska’s best heli-skiing.
The town is by no means attractive. Large hotels that are urban rather than alpine in construction and character straggle along the roadside for a couple of kilometres from the railway half of Davos...
Samoens is a large and quaint old village. Unfortunately you can’t ski to it but have to download by cableway. “One of the most beautiful villages in the alps,” said a reporter. ”There are...
Traditional, immaculately-kept hotels are the rule in Klosters, along with apartments, but we’re beginning to see a few truly gorgeous and Brit-friendly catered chalets here as well. As well as...
The authorities have done a great job in Sainte Foy – regulating the style, and above all the size of buildings in the later spurt of development, so there are none of the bulky and intrusive...