Browsing entries tagged with France
21 May 2014
A Ski Club Leader is due to appear in a French court this September under the same legislation that affects UK tour operators’ ski hosting service in France. Ski Club chief executive Frank McCusker confirmed…
20 May 2014
The ski season might have only just finished, but skiers and snowboarders are already booking up for next year — with leading tour operators offering competitive early booking deals. French Alps specialist…
14 May 2014
The court case against Le Ski for illegal ski hosting was postponed again at a court hearing in Chambéry today (Wednesday). In February last year Nick Morgan, co-founder of the tour operator Le Ski was…
12 May 2014
Canadian ski resort Lake Louise has just closed for the season — a week later than originally planned — while celebrating an all-time snow record. March, April and May have brought more snow than ever…
24 Apr 2014
Ski resorts have all sorts of whacky ways to end their season — but none more so than the party taking place in La Clusaz this weekend. “Defy Foly”, the end of season party for Lake Annecy Ski Resorts…
28 Mar 2014
A skier from Edinburgh has broken the Guinness World Ski Record for skiing the most number of countries in one month. Jamie Stevenson, who works for Ski Independence, raised more than £3,000 for Disability…
26 Mar 2014
Tour operators are reporting a sudden rise in the number of people booking a last-minute ski or snowboard holiday — and offering fantastic deals for those looking for a snowy escape. Fresh snow has covered…
22 Mar 2014
Party season has kicked off in the Alps. From today (22 March) to 12 April, local DJs will be playing on the terraces of Verbier’s mountain restaurants, and the resort is offering 4 for 3: four nights…
20 Mar 2014
With “no make-up selfies” for Cancer Research taking social media by storm in the UK, next week a skiing challenge takes place in La Tania for the charity Ski 4 Cancer. Run for the first time in 2013,…
6 Mar 2014
Niseko in Japan has joined the Three Valleys in France, Verbier in Switzerland and 10 USA ski resorts in the Epic Pass. For the 2014/15 season, Epic Pass holders will receive five free days skiing…
28 Feb 2014
Don’t drink and ski in France is the loud and clear message from prosecutors this week. If you go boozing and then get on your skis and snowboard, you face up to a year in jail or a fine of €15,000…
25 Feb 2014
Simon Butler, one of seven British ski instructors in Megève last week, has said there is a “war” going on in the French Alps. Mr Butler was arrested at the bottom of a chairlift in Megève on Tuesday…
19 Feb 2014
Val Thorens, one of the highest ski resorts in Europe, now has a new accolade: it has the highest zip wire in Europe, too. The highly anticipated ride, which costs €50 a pop (about £42), opened on Monday,…
18 Feb 2014
Half of parents are willing to take their children out of school for a skiing holiday according to a new report by Club Med — which also says family ski holidays are on the rise. Released last Friday,…
12 Feb 2014
Are you going to be skiing on Friday? In case it hadn’t escaped your notice, Friday is Valentine’s Day and ski resorts around the globe are getting into the romantic spirit — starting with Courmayeur,…
6 Feb 2014
Skiset leads the field in offering serious discounts on ski and boot hire when pre-booked online, and now Where to Ski and Snowboard has teamed up with Skiset to offer readers further savings. In total,…
5 Feb 2014
A British man will next month attempt to break the Ski World Record by skiing 20 different countries in 31 days to raise money for Disability Snowsport UK. Jamie Stephenson, who works for the tour operator…
23 Jan 2014
A British snowboarder who works in central London during the week and commutes to the Alps at the weekend has come second in the first stage of the Swatch Freeride World Tour (FWT). Sascha Hamm, 37, is…
20 Jan 2014
The Stash — an “ecological” snowpark in Avoriaz — has been named the world’s most exhilarating ski run by a panel of the world’s top ski and snowboard experts. Part tree run and part terrain…
8 Jan 2014
If you want to grab a fantastic bargain, now is the time. The conditions are fantastic and there are ski deals everywhere — we’ve just added a load to our “bargains” section — but the offers…
16 Dec 2013
The first Ibiza Rocks the Snow festival kicked off this weekend in Meribel — giving early season visitors to the French ski resort a week of Ibiza-style partying. Every day until Saturday (21 December),…
9 Dec 2013
For the cheapest ski holiday this year you must head to Bansko according to The Post Office. A six-day ski pass with ski and boot hire for one person, a week of ski school and lunch on the slopes with…
4 Dec 2013
A ski hire company has launched a special package for women — skis in every colour to match your outfit. Ski Republic, which operates in France, Andorra and Switzerland, has teamed up with Coreupt to…
1 Dec 2013
Splash out on some new ski kit and it could come with a one-day or two-for-one lift pass. Outdoor clothing specialist Helly Hansen has teamed up with 20 resorts to offer ski passes to skiers and snowboarders…
29 Nov 2013
More ski resorts across Europe and the US are opening this weekend — and not before time. This week’s snow report details “excellent” snow conditions across the Alps Yesterday, the Austrian party…
20 Nov 2013
A ski resort in France is introducing guided resort tours for the first time this winter. Every Sunday, instructors from the Ecole du Ski Français (ESF) in La Rosière will guide first-timers around the…
19 Nov 2013
Val Thorens has been named the best ski resort in the world. The French resort, one of eight that make up the Three Valleys, was awarded the prestigious title at the World Ski Awards in Kitzbühel, Austria…
15 Nov 2013
This week’s snow report reveals a promising start to the season and there is more snow forecast this weekend — great news for those of us itching to get on the slopes. Whether you are in Europe or…
7 Nov 2013
The ESF says British bookings are up, as a Court of Appeal hearing over ski hosting in France was yesterday deferred until next May. The case was deferred to give both parties — Le Ski and the Ecole…
1 Nov 2013
A luxury chalet company in Les Trois Vallées is offering adult-only weeks in response to increasing requests from its clients. The Alpine Club, which operates in the ski resort of St Martin de Belleville,…
28 Oct 2013
It’s not just the UK that has been in the grip of a storm — in the past 24 hours there has been heavy snowfall in Canada’s Banff-Lake Louise-Sushine Village. The tourist office has issued a statement…
17 Oct 2013
The International Federation of Lift Operator Associations (Fédération Internationale des Associations Nationales d’Exploitants de Téléphériques or FIANET) has issued a recommendation that all ski…
23 Sep 2013
Over the past two weeks we’ve had reports of snow falling in the Alps — and last weekend the Stubai Glacier and Rettenbach Glacier (Sölden) opened in the Tirol, Austria, meaning that all five of…
20 Sep 2013
Crystal Ski Holidays has teamed up with ski school Evolution 2 to offer social skiing for its customers in France. In February British tour operators withdrew ski hosting or guiding from their programmes…
10 Sep 2013
Where to Ski and Snowboard 2014 has lifted the lid on a big ski resort secret: the gross exaggeration of piste lengths. In the new edition of Where to Ski and Snowboard, released last Monday, editors Chris…
30 Aug 2013
The Three Valleys in France is the latest ski area to join Vail Resort’s Epic Pass, which already includes ski days Verbier and the Arlberg as well as the entire season in ten USA ski resorts. The Three…
18 Jul 2013
Cosmos Holidays has launched a ski and snowboard programme for the first time ever this week, as news of a revival of fortunes in the British ski industry was revealed. Over the coming winter season, Cosmos…
16 Jul 2013
The number of UK skiers taking a ski holiday grew over the 2012/2013 season, for the first time in four years. Some 5,000 more skiers and snowboarders took a winter sports holiday last year, an increase…
14 Jul 2013
Switzerland, Austria and Italy are set for brisk business over the 2013/14 ski season, thanks to the current ban on ski hosting in France. So said Andy Perrin, head of Inghams and sister operators…
26 May 2013
Heavy snow is wreaking havoc in the Alps, where winter refuses to give up its grip and unusually cold conditions continue to prevail. This photo of the Col du Petit Saint Bernard, the route between Italy…
19 May 2013
A handful of ski resorts in the Alps are still open this weekend, and Engelberg (pictured here on Tuesday), closes on 26 May. This weekend skiers have enjoyed an unexpected treat after 15cm of fresh snow…
11 Apr 2013
This weekend is nearly your last chance to go skiing or snowboarding this season — and enjoy snow cover that many in the Alps are saying has been the best in 40 or 50 years. Though conditions are now…
15 Mar 2013
Val d’Isère is holding a yoga festival in April, the first event of its kind in a French ski resort. Around 24 yoga classes, as well as dance and music workshops and concerts will take place over three…
7 Mar 2013
British tour operators have united to fight against last month’s ruling that ski hosting is illegal in France. Following the ruling in Albertville on 21 February, tour operator Le Ski made a formal appeal…
21 Jan 2013
Where to Ski and Snowboard readers say they believe the Ecole du Ski Français (ESF) has no right to interfere with ski guiding that tour operators offer their clients. UK tour operator Le Ski is the first…
16 Jan 2013
Parts of the French Pyrénées are on red alert following heavy snowfalls of more than 50cm in 24 hours. The “alert rouge” – the highest avalanche warning - has been issued by Meteo France for the…
11 Jan 2013
Temperatures are dropping and it’s snowing again in the Alps. Just when everyone is heading back to work after the New Year break, the snow is coming — and it’s much needed after this week’s warm…
9 Jan 2013
UK tour operator Le Ski has more than a month to wait until a French court decides whether the company was illegally providing employees to show holiday skiers around the pistes in the Three Valleys last…
18 Dec 2012
Avalanche dogs and their trainers are this week finishing three weeks of annual training in the French ski resort of Les Deux Alpes. This is the seventh year that training has been held by the National…
17 Dec 2012
With only one mainstream airline offering free ski carriage this winter, more and more skiers and snowboarders are thinking about hiring equipment in resort this year. The winter sports equipment retailer…
18 Nov 2012
250 ski instructors from resorts all over France will now NOT descend on London this week for a winter warm-up. Tourist body Atout France has confirmed that the event has been cancelled “for technical…
10 Nov 2012
Snow has been falling this week and more is forecast across the Alps this weekend, with Obergurgl in Austria joining the ever-growing list of ski resorts opening early. Conditions are so good in Obergurgl…
26 Oct 2012
Canadian authorities are reminding all off-piste skiers to brush up on their avalanche skills this season, following the death of a mountain worker in British Columbia. Pat Lawrence Desmarais, a 50-year-old…
15 Oct 2012
Monday morning has brought snow across France, Austria, Italy and Switzerland — with particularly heavy dumps on the
11 Oct 2012
Train tickets to the Swiss and French Alps have gone on sale today. Services to both countries leave every Saturday from 22 December to 13 April, with prices starting at £149 return to France, and £189…
28 Sep 2012
As Tignes prepares to open to skiers this weekend, ski resorts in Australia have extended their season and are hailing it as one of the best ever. Thredbo and Perisher in New South Wales and Mt Buller…
20 Sep 2012
The Alps have been hit by more snow for the third week running — in time for more glaciers to open this weekend. Austria and Switzerland both reported fresh snowfall last night, with temperatures…
3 Jan 2012
French lift passes are one of the items that will cost more as a result of the French government’s 1.5% increase in VAT (TVA in France) on these and other goods. The ruling took effect on 1 January…
1 Dec 2011
A travel company has launched its new coach service to the French Alps with a bargain (but limited*) fare of £49 each way. SkiShuttle.co.uk is targeting the “skint skier” with a new weekly…
6 Oct 2011
Peak Retreats, specialist tour operator to the French Alps, has won the Best Ski Company award again at the annual Guardian, guardian.co.uk, Observer Travel Awards. This is the third consecutive win for…
30 Aug 2011
With Christmas and New Year’s days falling on a Sunday this year, Lagrange holidays has introduced a few flexible incentives for those skiers planning to hit the slopes during that week. These include…
22 Sep 2010
Another industry shake-up has been announced this week, with news that one of the UK’s leading ski chalet operators to France, Ski Beat, has been sold to Directski.com – a dynamic, online independent…
28 Mar 2010
Ski operators are beginning to offer summer programmes to encourage year-round holidays in the mountains. As well as glacier skiing, there are plenty of adrenalin sports on offer at most resorts during…
1 Aug 2009
One of the largest lift operators, Compagnie des Alpes, has released its winter 2008/09 report, in which it announces the sale of its stake in Verbier - but also reports record profits.The company,…
8 Jul 2009
Tickets are now on sale for Eurostar’s ski train services to the French Alps - and starting prices are a little lower than last winter.Eurostar will offer two weekly services for winter 2009/10…
31 Dec 2008
Some of the best freestyle riders worldwide will be in Tignes next week (4-9 January) for five action-packed days of competition in the parks and pipes.The Tignes Airwaves is back for a fifth year and…
27 Dec 2008
There’s quite a lot that’s new on the Swiss side of the Portes du Soleil ski region this winter… Faster connectionsThe key development on the mountain is installation of the country’s…
22 Dec 2008
Intrawest’s second European ski development has opened in Flaine, France.Flaine Montsoleil is a new four-star residence that follows Intrawest’s famed Arc 1950 village as the latest in smart…
11 Jan 2006
They are a cross between blades and standard skis. They come in two lengths, feature classic release bindings and are emblazoned with trendy, cool decals. They are set to steal the freestyle and…
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