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...

Looking for great food and a warm welcome? Then look no further than Maison Carrel in La Thuile. It’s a friendly and unpretentious mountain restaurant on the lower slopes of Gran Testa (2379m)...

Here’s one of the great mysteries of life – well, skiing, anyway. Why do so many skiers go to Chamonix/skiing yet so few go to Courmayeur? After all, they’re only half an hour apart...

Check out the pictures, below, from the Skiwelt ski area: taken on a day which showed this part of Austria at its very best. Of course, any mountain range on a sunny day is going to be beautiful. But...

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...

“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...