The Swiss resort of Mürren is celebrating the 100th anniversary of the first slalom race held there on 21 January 1922. British skier Sir Arnold Lunn campaigned for the recognition of the new sport and helped the village, in the heart of the Bernese Oberland’s Jungfrau Region, to become the cradle of Alpine ski racing. […]
We’ve already had enough of the most depressing day of the year, so we’re opting for a slight name change: Blue Run Monday! Pistes don’t get more ‘feel good’ than cruisey groomers, which is why we’re celebrating blues glorious blues – the all-embracing pistes that boost confidence, give your thighs a breather and let you […]
It’s a cool and snowy start to March in the Alps, and there’s MUCH more to come! The white stuff is due especially thick and fast on Friday evening and Saturday morning in most French resorts, providing oodles of fresh powder for the lucky devils skiing next week. Italy is getting a good dusting, with the Milky Way […]
Finding the biggest and best fireworks display is always a priority when Guy Fawkes’ night is looming, but get lucky in Lapland and you’ll really know what all the fuss is about. Rockets and Roman Candles are old news here, where there’s something far more spectacular in the skies… and it won’t scare pets or young […]
Is it me, or does the whole world now describe anything for sale as a “deal”? They’re not ski holidays anymore, they’re ski deals. Even when you start to type “april ski ” into google, it offers to complete your sentence as “april ski deals“. So are we suddenly getting a better price than we did […]
What can you do in ski resorts that’s more exciting than ski holidays? “Wingsuit Base Jumping” may be the coolest thing in the history of very cool things. We’d all like to ski like James Bond and, with Brits booking more ski holidays than ever before, many of you probably can. But the days of Connery […]
On the fringe of conventional ski holidays can be found the odd ski resort with a special reputation – here’s what La Grave.com has to say aboutskiing la grave: “By exploring the domain of La Grave-La Meije, you are not in a typical ski resort. This is a real mountain environment as you head down in an […]
We all know how learning to ski or snowboard goes – you spend your first wobbly day or two of the ski holiday within arms length of the cafes, on a nursery slope as steep as… well its almost completely flat. Then you progress a little further from the ski resort up the hill and […]
