Browsing entries tagged with Italy
28 Feb 2022
Carezza in the Italian Dolomites has unveiled the world’s third cable car with an open-air viewing platform. Carezza in the South Tyrol is a small ski area and resort off Val di Fassa, linking Passo…
21 Feb 2022
There’s no better ski area in Europe for skiing perfectly groomed, very quiet pistes than Italy’s Monterosa ski area, which spans three lift- and piste-linked valleys . If you want a few days away…
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,…
4 Jan 2022
Ski helmets have become mandatory for all skiers and snowboarders under the age of 18 in Italy and boozing on the slopes outlawed following the introduction of new Slope Safety rules on 1 January 2022.…
8 Feb 2021
Ski resorts in some areas of Italy are likely to open from next Monday, 15 February. Although the Italian government has not yet formally announced the re-opening, the country’s media is reporting that…
9 Dec 2020
Skiing remains off the cards in Italy to anyone except professional athletes, with new regulations introduced last week to prevent travel between different regions and communes to help reduce the spread…
3 Jun 2020
Ski tour operators are reporting that skiers are feeling positive about the 2020/21 winter season and planning to take ski holidays. A customer survey by French specialist Peak Retreats reports that…
20 Apr 2020
The Italian ski resort of Cortina d’Ampezzo will start work in June on a new gondola that will for the first time link the ski areas of Tofane and Cinque Torri. The journey has previously only been possible…
10 Mar 2020
Ski resorts across the whole of Italy have now been closed, following the country-wide lockdown in Italy to prevent further spread of coronavirus. Following our news story yesterday, the ski resorts that…
9 Mar 2020
Ski lifts in the Aosta valley and other northern regions of Italy have been closed until further notice, as part of the government’s lockdown in an attempt to contain the coronavirus outbreak. The means…
21 Mar 2019
Work will begin this spring on a massive gondola that will straddle the Swiss-Italian peaks in Zermatt and Cervinia. The 3S lift between the Klein Matterhorn (3,821m) in Zermatt and the Testa Grigia (3,458m)…
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…
2 Nov 2018
Champoluc in Italy’s Monterosa ski area has been put on the UK skiers’ map by small tour operator Ski 2 which pioneered holidays here 20 years ago. Ski 2 now takes around 2,500 guests a year to this…
17 Oct 2018
A new five-star hotel and two new pistes will open this winter in the popular Italian ski resort of Courmayeur. The two new pistes will run down the Arp ridge, overlooking the southern side of Mont Blanc.…
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…
27 Sep 2018
The Dolomiti Superski, a ski pass network in Northern Italy that includes 1200km of pistes and 12 ski resorts over its total area has invested €90million for the coming winter in celebration of its 45th…
18 Jul 2018
The Italian resort of Champoluc will this season get its first 5* hotel, along with a new gondola and “Adventure Ski Course”. Camp Zero Hotel, which is located within a five-minute drive from…
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,…
5 Sep 2017
Where to Ski is back! Last night, Monday 4 September, Editor Gill and Editor Watts hosted our annual launch in London — unveiling the first of a number of new, smaller guides to individual countries.…
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…
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…
9 Mar 2017
The Aosta Valley in Italy is offering free lift passes for skiers booking accommodation through its ski resorts’ tourist offices. Over selected dates between now and the end of the season, Breuil Cervinia,…
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…
20 Dec 2016
Snow has been falling in the Alps — with a storm hitting very localised areas. According to our snow guru Fraser Wilkin of weathertoski.co.uk (who produces our weekly snow reports) the heaviest snow…
6 Dec 2016
Lots of ski resorts offer visitors the chance to enjoy first tracks on freshly groomed slopes, ahead of the official lift opening, but an Italian ski area is going one step further. Trentino has launched…
23 Nov 2016
It’s that time of year again — forget Black Friday, the idea has snowballed within the ski industry which is celebrating White Wednesday, White Friday and even White Week offers. Ski Famille is offering…
3 Nov 2016
Tour operator Ski 2, which specialises in the Italian resort of Champoluc, is branching out with a new operation in Les Gets, France this winter. Ski 2 has been operating in Champoluc for 18 years, but…
21 Oct 2016
Whistler Blackcomb has been added to the Epic Pass for the coming ski season, following the final closure on its acquisition by Vail Resorts. This means that all 2016-1t Epic Pass and Epic Local Pass holders…
12 Oct 2016
Skiers can now compare train prices at a glance with a new price-checker resource on rail-ski website Snowcarbon. The price-checking tool, which goes live tomorrow (Thursday 13 October), will allow skiers…
6 Oct 2016
Have you booked your ski holiday yet? For the next five days, Crystal Ski Holidays is running a flash sale, offering an extra £100 off per person on 100 different hotels, apartments and chalets across…
22 Sep 2016
Heated chairlifts are now commonplace in Austrian ski resorts – Kitzbühel has 10 of them. Now Italy is having its first installed, a high-speed eight-seater near the ski resort of Selva in Val Gardena.…
4 Sep 2016
Some of Europe’s top ski areas have been added to the Epic Pass for this coming season. The multi-resort pass from Vail Resorts has added Les 3 Vallées, Paradiski and Tignes-Val d’Isère in France,…
30 Aug 2016
Ski tour operator Inghams has added the resort of Montgenèvre in France to its programme for the forthcoming season. Inghams will offer two chalets in Montgenèvre, the3.5 diamond Chalet Rocher de L’Aigle…
16 Jun 2016
It might be nearly Summer Solstice but are you already starting to plan this season’s ski holiday? There’s no better time to book than right now with fantastic deals running for the next couple of…
23 May 2016
Question: when was this photograph taken? Mid winter? A couple of months ago? Answer: This morning. The Chamonix-based ski manufacturer Zag posted it on Facebook with the caption “Who said winter was…
1 Mar 2016
The predicted storm across the southern parts of the Alps has passed, leaving some parts of Northern Italy under an enormous white blanket. In last week’s snow report, our weather guru Fraser Wilkin…
19 Jan 2016
With December’s snow drought firmly behind us in the Alps (with snow forecast all week and next weekend), we’ve teamed up with Monarch, one of the UK’s leading independent airline groups, to offer…
6 Jan 2016
The snow has continued to fall this week, with many resorts already claiming a metre of the white stuff, with much more to come. The heaviest falls have been mainly in the northern French, and northern…
4 Jan 2016
Last night, a second wave of snow hit the Alps, with some resorts receiving up to half a metre of snow overnight. “It’s good to have the snow back!” said Avoriaz tourist office on its facebook page.…
1 Jan 2016
Skiers can now ‘try before they buy’ a holiday in Italy’s Aosta Valley, with the launch of virtual piste maps by tour operator Interski. You can take a virtual ski down the blue, red and black pistes…
11 Dec 2015
The Sella Ronda in the Italian Dolomites opens both ways this Sunday, 13 December. “At the moment, the temperatures are low and the snow-making systems are producing snow,” said a statement from Dolomiti…
5 Dec 2015
Prices are down in three-quarters of ski resorts this season, according to new research — with cheapest prices to be found in Bansko in Bulgaria. This year’s Ski Resort Report, released this morning…
25 Nov 2015
In case it has escaped your notice, winter has arrived in the Alps. After weeks of warm, sunny weather, the forecast storms blew in over the weekend dumping up to 120cm of snow in places and delivering…
19 Oct 2015
It has snowed again in the Alps, and more ski resorts are beginning to open! Skiers enjoyed fantastic conditions in Cervinia, Italy last weekend, with 120cm of snow on the 3,500m Plateau Rosà glacier…
9 Sep 2015
Despite a hit-and-miss season, with below average snowfall, major transfer day issues in France and strange, changeable snow conditions, Crystal Ski Holidays has reported strong growth in its ski market.…
16 Jul 2015
An anniversary ascent of the 4,478m peak of the Matterhorn will take place tomorrow, with a team of climbers from Britain, France, Italy and Switzerland. The ascent is part of a week — and indeed year…
28 Jun 2015
A new cable car has opened in Courmayeur, offering serious off-piste skiing opportunities including access to the world-famous Vallée Blanche. The SkyWay Monte Bianco has taken four years to build, at…
17 Jun 2015
Summer skiing will get underway in France this weekend, when the largest skiable glacier in Europe opens its lifts. With 111 hectares of slopes on its glacier at 3,200m, Les Deux-Alpes leads the charge…
28 May 2015
Inghams is to open a Chalet Hotel in Italian ski resort of Champoluc this winter. The four-diamond Chalet Hotel Champoluc is set at the skiers’ end of the village centre, in a virtually ski-in/ski-out…
22 May 2015
Neilson has become the latest ski tour operator to employ qualified instructors to guide its guests around resorts. The instructors will also offer free coaching in the half-day sessions, which are guaranteed…
7 Mar 2015
Nearly 200 skiers were successfully rescued when high winds struck a gondola in Val Gardena, Italy on Thursday afternoon. Winds of up to 70mph blew a tree onto the cable of the Ciampinoi gondola in the…
13 Jan 2015
The Ski Club of Great Britain is to lodge an immediate appeal against a court ruling made in France against one of its leaders last Thursday. Ski Club leader Ken Piddlesden appeared in court in Albertville…
12 Jan 2015
Prices in ski resorts across Europe have plunged by up to 23 per cent, according to a survey by Post Office Travel Money. The survey, which was compiled using prices from 27 resorts in Europe and North…
30 Dec 2014
Well, it snowed! After a nail-biting run-up to Christmas, an epic storm last weekend, 15,000 people getting stranded in the French Alps and being forced to sleep in emergency accommodation, things have…
22 Dec 2014
With Christmas week upon us, the good news is that Santa might well bring us some snow. While there are great conditions in Scandinavia — heavy snow forced the closure of Fagernes airport in Norway last…
17 Dec 2014
Ski hosting was under the spotlight again last week when The Ski Club of Great Britain appeared in court in France. In April of this year, Ski Club leader Ken Piddlesden was stopped by gendarmerie on the…
25 Nov 2014
Fancy a new outfit this season? One that no one else has? Crystal Ski holidays has teamed up with Avalanche to give three lucky skiers and snowboarders the chance to win a bespoke jacket for themselves…
13 Nov 2014
Crystal has today announced that ski hosting will be suspended in Italy this winter due to “local legal restrictions” similar to those in France. A spokesman for Crystal told Where to Ski and Snowboard:…
11 Nov 2014
Violinist Vanessa Mae and has been banned from competitive skiing for four years, along with five officials from Slovenia and Italy, in a race-fixing scandal that is making headlines around the world.…
6 Nov 2014
In case your social media feeds aren’t telling you, too, a big snowstorm has hit the Alps. The storm was forecast to blow in and hit the southern Alps, and yesterday it did — though it also dumped…
30 Sep 2014
Zermatt, Cervinia and Monterosa Ski (encompassing Champoluc, Gressoney and Alagna) are planning to link up and create one of the largest ski areas in the world. A lift link has long been discussed between…
21 Sep 2014
Switzerland and Andorra are slowly but surely growing in popularity again, according to recent ski industry reports. In its 2014 consumer research, the Ski Club of Great Britain reported that customers…
9 Sep 2014
Where to Ski and Snowboard was officially launched last night — 20 years since the first edition was published. Tour operators, ski journalists, long-standing readers and contributors, advertisers and…
4 Aug 2014
Inghams has added 10 new ski resorts to its offering this winter — including one in Austria that is dedicated to people learning to ski and snowboard. Oberperfuss, just above Innsbruck in Austria, is…
28 Apr 2014
It might be nearly May, but winter has returned to the Alps and some ski resorts in North America, bringing with it piles of fresh snow. In Europe, the northern French Alps and parts of Italy and much…
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…
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,…
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,…
16 Jan 2014
The family-friendly ski resort of Livigno, located in Lombardy between Switzerland and Italy, is offering some superb deals this season to draw skiers to its sunny slopes. Known locally as “The Little…
23 Dec 2013
Skiing tomorrow? Then enter the vertical metre hunt! Skiline, the company that allows you, with the entry of your ski pass, to show your travelled vertical meters during your ski day and also to show the…
23 Dec 2013
The Italian ski resort of Courmayeur is already known for its amazing mountain restaurants and dining experiences, but in February this moves up a notch with the first Mountain Gourmet Ski Experience.…
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…
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…
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…
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…
1 Jul 2013
Cortina d’Amprezzo in the Italian Dolomites opened some of its ski slopes last weekend for the first time in 12 years. Fresh snow led to the re-opening of the Freccia Nel Cielo cable car in Cortina from…
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…
3 May 2013
BANFF in Canada has been voted best overall ski resort by Crystal Ski customers. The resort topped the poll for its convenience, “jaw-dropping” views, unlimited skiing for any ability and “incredible…
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…
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