Browsing entries tagged with France
13 Feb 2022
France has joined fellow ski nations Switzerland and Norway in dropping all pre-entry testing for Covid-vaccinated travellers. The requirements to take an antigen test 48 hours before travel to France…
4 Feb 2022
Norway has joined Switzerland in abolishing Covid entry restrictions, and the NHS Covid Pass for teens 12-15 arrives just in time for half term — more great news for British skiing families. There is…
21 Jan 2022
Travel some alpine countries is set to become far easier in the coming weeks, with Austria and Switzerland relaxing test requirements for visiting Brits this weekend. From tomorrow, Saturday 22, January,…
19 Jan 2022
We’ve been inundated with emails from French ski resorts welcoming British skiers back after restrictions were finally lifted last week, but none has been quite as eye-catching as this one from Les Arcs…
17 Jan 2022
The independent French ski and snowboard school Oxygène is offering free snowsports lessons across 14 different ski resorts this season, to celebrate its 30th anniversary. The free ski and snowboard sessions…
13 Jan 2022
Ski companies have spoken of their relief and delight that France has this morning confirmed it will lift restrictions tomorrow, in time for skiers to travel this weekend. In a televised announcement at…
8 Jan 2022
As rumours abound that restrictions in France on British travellers entering the country for leisure will be lifted at the end of next week, one company has estimated that ski resorts in the country have…
24 Nov 2021
The wearing of proper face masks is to be compulsory on ski lifts in France this winter for anyone over the age of 11, with Covid passes required if case rates rise, according to a new protocol announced…
21 Jan 2021
Ski lifts in France are to remain closed during February and possibly beyond, said government ministers yesterday. While French ski resorts were hoping they would get the go-ahead to open lifts from 1…
20 Jan 2021
As French ski resorts await news from the government on whether they can reopen their ski lifts in February (an announcement is due today, Wednesday 20 January), the team at Val Thorens tourist office…
10 Jan 2021
While Italy and Austria have delayed the opening of their ski resorts to tourists until mid-January at the earliest, last week the French government said coronavirus infection rates in France remain too…
3 Dec 2020
Skiing will be allowed in Austria from 24 December, but limited to locals only with hotels ordered to remain closed. The news was announced yesterday by the Austrian chancellor Sebastian Kurz, speaking…
25 Nov 2020
We’re getting a continuous drip-feed of news about skiing in Switzerland as more resorts – encouraged by early snowfalls – open at weekends and announce their plans for the season proper. Most…
29 Sep 2020
With fresh snowfall across the Alps last week thoughts are turning to skiing and guidance on keeping skiers safeguarded from Covid-19 have been released from the French and Austrian governments. This advice…
1 Apr 2020
The French ski resort of Val Thorens has published a set of drawings for children to colour in to help keep them busy at home during the coronavirus outbreak lockdown. The resort in the world-famous Three…
15 Mar 2020
France and the US have now followed Italy, Austria, Switzerland, Germany, Norway and Andorra in closing their ski lifts for the remainder of the season due to the COVID-19 threat. Skiers due to travel…
4 Feb 2020
The French ski resort of Les Gets is launching an illuminated, multi-media night walk this summer. The “Lumina night walk” is the first of its kind in a European ski resort and is expected to draw…
16 Dec 2019
A rental service for kids skiwear is entering its second winter in the French Alps. Les Petits Montagnards offers a wide choice of skiwear for children aged between one and 16 years for between €45 and…
21 Nov 2019
A second wind turbine has been installed on the Col du Prorel in Serre Chevalier, continuing the rollout of its Renewable Energy (RE) project and ecological revolution. The wind turbine, installed by in…
6 Nov 2019
Tour operator Ski Amis has great-value catered chalets in La Tania and Les Menuires in the Three Valleys ski area and in La Plagne and Les Arcs in the Paradiski area. Both these giant French ski areas…
25 Sep 2019
Skiers who like to stay in Bourg Saint Maurice have a great new route directly into the Les Arcs ski area this winter. The funicular that has taken skiers and snowboarders directly into Arc 1600 from the…
11 Sep 2019
Les 2 Alpes in France is installing four new ski lifts and reconfiguring several ski runs for the coming winter. The ski resort — which estimates it has 10,000 visitors each day — says the reconfiguration…
9 Sep 2019
The French ski resort of Les Arcs has introduced several new types of ski pass for the coming winter. In doing so, they join a growing number of resorts and ski areas offering more dynamic pricing as people’s…
2 Sep 2019
Val Thorens in the Three Valleys, France, is to be the first ski resort in the world to introduce a four-wheel drive, self-driving electric shuttle bus. The driverless bus, which is manufactured by French…
16 Aug 2019
The French ski resort of Les Gets has massively increased its snow-making facilities for this coming winter, as well as creating a new blue run, a new ski touring piste and building a brand new spa in…
6 Aug 2019
An investigation is underway to find out how a blaze started last night in the ski resort of Morzine, France. The fire has destroyed three buildings including two restaurants and the chalets and apartments…
6 Aug 2019
The French ski areas of Serre Chevalier is upgrading two lifts for the coming season — at a cost of €8 million. The two new chairlifts — Eychauda and Cibouït — are going into the Monêtier area.…
10 Jul 2019
The French ski resort of Courchevel in the Three Valleys is installing three new lifts for the coming winter — and building a brand new modern lift building in Le Praz. In Courchevel Le Praz, a new 10-seater…
24 Jun 2019
This year, the French ski resort of Les Arcs celebrates its 50th anniversary, and to kick off the fun it has a summer of activities planned to keep all outdoor fanatics, as well as families and children,…
17 Jun 2019
British summer has barely started — with snow still falling in some parts of the Alps — and summer skiing is beginning. In Tignes, the Grande Motte glacier will open from Saturday (22 June) until 4…
11 Jun 2019
Work has begun on two new lifts in the Portes du Soleil connecting the French resort of Avoriaz with the Swiss resort of Champéry - Les Crosets. The faster and more efficient connection will be welcomed…
7 Mar 2019
The French ski resort of Serre Chevalier is aiming to host a record-breaking event later this month, hoping to put together the largest gathering of amateur skiers in the world. Some 1900 skiers and snowboarders…
24 Jan 2019
This winter, if you’re flying into Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc airport and the worst happens, the airport will organise ski equipment to be delivered to your accommodation immediately. Chambéry Savoie…
24 Dec 2018
The cost of taking your family skiing has risen in many resorts for the coming season, but pick carefully and you can still get value for money, says Andrew Brown of Post Office Travel Money, which last…
3 Dec 2018
Ski chalet operator Ski Amis has won Best Chalet/Winter Sports Accommodation (Medium) in the 2018 British Travel Awards. Ski Amis offers a catered chalet service in some of the top resorts of…
27 Nov 2018
The wait is over — Where to Ski in France is here! After toiling away for months at his desk while the UK basked in sunshine, Editor Gill finally put the finishing touches to the second book in the Where…
7 Nov 2018
Two of the biggest ski areas in France are boasting some significant updates to infrastructure this season, offering skiers and snowboarders even more convenience and fun. Chalet specialist Ski Amis is…
15 Oct 2018
Bardonecchia and Bansko have come out on top as the cheapest ski resorts in this year’s Ski Resort Report from Post Office Travel Money and Crystal Ski Holidays. The 12th annual Ski Resort Report, published…
8 Oct 2018
The French ski resort of Les Menuires is celebrating the launch of winter season with two 12-hour days of skiing, called “Right round the Clock: the Les Menuires 24 Hours”. The event will run over…
1 Oct 2018
The Haute Maurienne Vanoise has changed its ski passes for this winter, re-naming its Eski-Mo Ski Pass and adding a new one, both offering access to the valley’s fabulous family-friendly ski resorts…
25 Sep 2018
Peak Retreats has won The Times Travel Editor’s Award 2018 for offering skiers a ‘slice of rural France’ and helping to make their ski trips unforgettable. The company offers a range of luxury self-catered…
19 Sep 2018
The ski resort of La Plagne in France is offering a world first this winter: the chance to stay in piste groomer high up in the mountains. The “Over the Moon” snow groomer experience offers guests…
13 Sep 2018
The Lognan mid-station of the Grands Montets cable car in Chamonix, France caught fire at 1.40pm on Tuesday 11th September, suffering damage that may not be fixed in time for the ski season. While no one…
11 Sep 2018
Located at 1,850m within the Tarentaise Valley, in the French Alps, La Rosière is a charming ski resort which has the additional benefit of links to La Thuile in Italy. La Rosière benefits from favourable…
4 Sep 2018
The People Hostel which is due to open on the 15th December in Les Deux-Alpes is a new approach to ski resort accommodation and is firmly aimed at the budget-conscious skier and snowboarder. The hostel…
24 Jul 2018
The original upper station of the Solaise lift (France’s oldest cable car station) is currently being transformed into a 34-room hotel known as Le Refuge de Solaise. The hotel which will be at an altitude…
16 Jul 2018
Peak Retreats has added Arêches-Beaufort to their resort portfolio. The Beaufortain village resort of Arêches-Beaufort features 50km of pistes, and has a top resort height of 2320m. The resort is also…
21 Jun 2018
Val d’Isère has invested €10million on replacing the gondola at La Daille with a 10-seater lift created by the designer of Ferrari and Maserati. Construction on the “Symphony 10” is underway at…
5 Jun 2018
The French ski resort of Val d’Isère made history last weekend, reopening its winter pistes on 3 June for the first time in history. While ski resort’s glaciers are normally open during the summer…
4 Jun 2018
The French Alps specialist Peak Retreats has become the first mainstream UK operator to add Arêches-Beaufort to its programme for next winter. This village, in the heart of the Savoie region of France,…
30 Apr 2018
The French ski resort of Val d’Isère closes its lifts tomorrow, Tuesday 1 May, but has announced it will reopen some of them in June for summer skiing for the first time in its history. Some nine…
5 Apr 2018
It’s very unusual these days for ski resorts to open up whole new mountainsides for skiing. Environmental objections usually win the day. But after years of negotiating and compromising on plans, the…
14 Mar 2018
WHERE TO SKI AND SNOWBOARD PROMOTION The French ski resort of La Tania in the Three Valleys has been something of a sensation this winter for family ski chalet company Ski Amis — with entire weeks selling…
28 Jan 2018
The French ski resort of La Rosière has become even more family-friendly this season, with new developments including a 1km “Fun Cross track” and an extensive spa. Tour operator Peak Retreats specialises…
10 Jan 2018
Authorities across Europe are working hard to restore power and access to ski resorts following record amounts of snowfall. This image this morning from Duclos Alain Duclos at data-avalanche.org shows…
26 Dec 2017
Around 150 skiers and snowboarders were trapped in a lift in the French Alps on Christmas Eve, prompting a huge rescue operation. A gondola in the French ski resort of Chamrousse broke down at around 3pm…
12 Dec 2017
Serre Chevalier Vallée, the largest stand-alone ski area in France, is opening for the season this weekend (16 December) with a good helping of snow thanks to the recent storm — and an unusual new sport…
30 Nov 2017
“Nothing can now change the fact that snow conditions in the Alps in early December will be vastly better than they have been for the last three seasons,” says our snow guru Fraser Wilkin, founder…
15 Nov 2017
Courchevel has opened three runs today following a bounty of early-season snow. The ski resort in France’s Three Valleys opened the Verdons, Biollay and Bellecote runs at 9am this morning, Wednesday…
6 Nov 2017
A big storm has delivered a dump of snow across the Alps — with up to 100cm of new snow above 2,300m in some areas — and more snow is on the way. In the Austrian ski resort of Kitzbühel, where the…
22 Oct 2017
Tour operator Ski 2 has specialised in holidays to the small village of Champoluc in Italy’s Monterosa region since it started almost 20 years ago. Last year it branched out to offer ski holidays to…
17 Oct 2017
Prices in European ski resorts have plunged in the past year — with Morzine costing 13% less during the 2016/17 season than the winter before, according to a report by the Post Office. The report,…
12 Oct 2017
Two very different ski resorts are opening this weekend. In Austria, the world-famous resort of Kitzbühel will begin the winter season on Saturday, 14 October, one of the first non-glacier ski areas to…
18 Sep 2017
It’s been snowing again in the Alps, which bodes well for anyone planning a spot of autumnal glacier skiing. For the third weekend in a row, snow has blanketed ski resorts across the Alps, delighting…
10 Aug 2017
The ski resort of Chamonix will host a new music festival next spring which it hopes will become “the” closing party in the Alps. Musilac Mont-Blanc will be a winter version of the rock-pop Musilac…
6 Aug 2017
The ski resort of Méribel in France’s Three Valleys is installing a new lift above the satellite village of Mottaret that will whisk skiers to the summer in a fraction of the previous times. The…
25 Jul 2017
The French ski resort of Val Thorens is replacing its Moraine chair with a 10-seater gondola to significantly improve the comfort of skiers. The new €14million lift — which will be open in time for…
21 Jul 2017
Two hotels from leading luxury operators will be opening in the Swiss and French Alps in the next couple of years. The first hotel to open will be a Four Seasons, currently being finished in the French…
7 Jul 2017
Club Med is opening a new flagship family resort in Samoëns this coming winter. The 420-room ski-in, ski-out Grand Massif Samoëns will offer something hugely different to the small French ski resort…
16 Jun 2017
Ski instructors can take advantage of free race training in Tignes at the end of the month, thanks to Snoworks. Snoworks is offering free giant slalom (GS) and slalom coaching during the week beginning…
9 Jun 2017
Crystal Ski Holidays has launched a new flight from Yorkshire to the French Alps. The flight from Doncaster Sheffield Airport (DSA) to Chambéry Savoie Mont Blanc Airport for this winter coincides with…
22 May 2017
The future of French ski resort La Grave, legendary among experts for its steep and wild terrain, looks more secure following an agreement with nearby Alpe d’Huez. On 11 May, the Société d’Aménagement…
4 Apr 2017
The French ski resort of Val d’Isère has today announced a massive development that will transform its centre. The five-year, €200million (£170m) redevelopment “Le Coin de Val” will add new hotels,…
13 Mar 2017
Next season’s Epic Pass has gone on sale, offering unlimited, unrestricted access to an incredible 45 top ski resorts around the world. The 2017-18 Epic Pass, issued by Vail Resorts, is currently available…
2 Mar 2017
Next week the ski resort of Morzine in France is running “Morzine loves Women” week to coincide with International Women’s Day next Wednesday, 8 March. Each day of the “Morzine loves Women” week…
31 Jan 2017
This week’s opening event of the Freeride World Tour in Chamonix has been cancelled due to unsafe conditions. The first event of the tour that pits the world’s best freeride skiers against each other…
25 Jan 2017
Readers of Where to Ski and Snowboard can save up to 10 per cent on week-long skiing holidays and short breaks in the French resort of Megève this March — with prices starting at just £295 per person…
11 Jan 2017
While a row is breaking out over whether skiing has or hasn’t been good in the Alps in recent weeks over the pond, a storm of historical proportions has been pounding ski resorts across North America.…
6 Jan 2017
Heavy snow has “transformed” the landscape in Austria this week, with up to 80cm falling in parts. It’s welcome news for ski resorts who have been desperate to keep skiers and snowboarders happy…
14 Dec 2016
French Alps specialist Peak Retreats, best known for its wide selection of self-catering ski accommodation, has teamed up with Club Med to offer all-inclusive ski holidays. In response to what it says…
9 Dec 2016
The French ski resort of Valmorel is this season celebrating its 40th birthday — and offering free ski passes for anyone celebrating their 40th birthday, too. The Tarentaise resort opens on 17 December…
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