Tag - Ski Holiday

Unlike France and Switzerland, Austria got off to a slow snow start this winter – but, boy, have they caught up now. A 24-hour Boxing Day blizzard has dumped up to 40cm of powder across the Tirol...

Its been bucketing down across the Alps recently and Courmayeur seems to have snagged more than its fair share of this fabulous snow that we’ve had to kick off the winter season. You could almost say...

After driving the length of France and finally getting into the apartment that will be my winter home, I was pleased to find Arc 2000‘s free WiFi still functional. I was doubly pleased to find...

Skiing, this December, is believing. Despite glowing reports from much of the Alps, it’s hard to believe how good conditions are without experiencing them for yourself. Here on the Italian side...

This weekend saw the first big ski weekend of the Italian season – and in Courmayeur it really did start with a bang. Whilst waiting for the cable-cars to open on Saturday morning a rumour filtered...

Franz Klammer, arguably the greatest downhiller of all time, has become a patron of Ski 4 Cancer – the UK charity that provides alpine breaks for families affected by the disease. Ski 4 Cancer...

What a great ski deal! Winter is almost here, and as you’ll have seen on our most recent snow report, resorts are opening up throughout the US Rockies…with oodles of snow, Whistler is opening...

This is the fifth and final part of our ski fitness guide, presented in association with Inghams. It’s been prepared by Dr Steve Ingham, head of physiology at the English Institute of Sport...