Facebook TwitterSpring has sprung in the UK, but the Alps are holding onto a perfect balance of cool temperatures, deep snow and dazzling wall-to-wall sunshine. Last weekend saw snowfall up to 80cm in some resorts, leaving fresh conditions for SNO lovers to enjoy this week. Better still, there’s more forecast next weekend! Hurrah for Mother Nature! […]
Facebook TwitterMarch has started with some fabulous conditions ! >> this week began with dumps across the French Alps and ended with fresh falls in Austria, while most of the French resorts have been doused in dazzling sunshine. Here’s how a dozen of our favourite resorts have looked over the past few days: Tignes >> chalets […]
Facebook TwitterLast weekend saw widespread snowfall across the Alps, especially in France, western Switzerland and western Italy. The white stuff continued falling in a number of resorts on Monday, and better yet, forecasters are predicting a significant top up in most areas today. It looks like the Snow Gods are preparing the pistes for an amazing half term […]
Facebook Twitter The fact that there’s a day set aside to celebrate snowboarding shows just how much we love it, but in some mountains, snowboarders aren’t quite so welcome. Three ski resorts have actively banned snowboarding (Alta and Deer Valley in Utah and Mad River Glen in Vermont). We tried to find out why! […]
Facebook TwitterOur prayers to the Snow Gods seem to be working – snow has been falling on large parts of the Alps since yesterday, and more is expected on Sunday. Austria is getting the lion’s share, and even at lower altitudes, it’s ancient mountain villages are finally seeing the blanket of white they’ve been waiting for. Light […]
Facebook TwitterWith most of Britain returning to the daily grind this week, we’re using the New Year as a timely excuse to daydream about the mountains and rustle up some ski-related resolutions – one for each month of 2015 (and all a whole lot more tempting than a green tea diet, we promise). 1 Ski your bucket […]
Facebook TwitterAs high streets heave, noses run and office parties peter out, we know where you’d we rather at Chistmas >> in the mountains! After huge snowfall through November, here are the resorts doing a great job of holding onto the white stuff and grooming it to pisted perfection. Hurry off to one of our […]
Facebook TwitterThe ski season starts in a month, and in preperation Mother Nature’s been lowering temperatures and sprinkling the Alps with a lovely layer of the white stuff. If it continues as it looks set to, this could be one of the greatest season beginnings for years… Here’s what ten of our favourite resorts looked […]
Facebook TwitterDon’t get us wrong – we’d gladly spend all 365 days of the year skiing or snowboarding. But that’s not to say it’s worth having a crack at something new now and again. We’ve gathered together the weirdest, most wonderful activities we’ve found in the mountains so far: Bun J Ride, Tignes A […]
Facebook TwitterSwiss ski champ Andri Ragettli has been putting the rest of us to shame by a) preparing for the coming ski season already and b) doing it with flair. The 18 year old freeskier from Flims won his first slopestyle World Cup earlier this year, taking home the legendary FIS crystal globe for outstanding […]
