Browsing entries tagged with Mountain

27 May 2021

Hotelplan ups game on sustainability in ski business

Hotelplan ups game on sustainability in ski business

The new head of sustainability for Hotelplan UK, owner of Inghams, Esprit Ski and Flexiski, has spoken to Where to Ski & Snowboard about her plans to create change within the company. Prue Stone, who…

21 May 2020

French ski resorts open post-Covid lockdown

French ski resorts open post-Covid lockdown

Mountain resorts in France are opening for summer skiing as coronavirus lockdown measure in the country are slowly lifted. Today, the Aiguille du Midi cable car in Chamonix opens for skiers for the second…

29 Oct 2018

Alpine-themed venues open in the UK

Alpine-themed venues open in the UK

A number of ski-themed bars are opening in the UK this autumn, getting skiers and snowboarders ready for their Alpine fix. On Friday 9 November, a new pub called The White Haus in Farringdon will open…

2 May 2018

Crystal launches Guide to the Mountain

Crystal launches Guide to the Mountain

No sooner is the 2017/18 ski season over than Crystal Ski Holidays has launched its Guide to the Mountain for winter 2018/19. Rather than the traditional tour operator brochure, the 60-page guide…

5 Apr 2018

A whole new mountain to ski in La Rosière next season

A whole new mountain to ski in La Rosière next season

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…

17 Jan 2017

Become a Sherpa brand ambassador

Become a Sherpa brand ambassador

Could you handle being a brand ambassador for Sherpa Adventure Gear, testing their kit to the limits on your own adventures? The clothing company Sherpa Adventure Gear is looking for brand ambassadors…

1 Jan 2017

Ski Club buys Mountain Tracks

Ski Club buys Mountain Tracks

The Ski Club of Great Britain has bought Mountain Tracks, a respected mountain adventure company that offers off-piste skiing holidays, hut-to-hut ski tours and mountain and avalanche awareness training…

27 Dec 2016

TomTom launches GPS adventure watch

TomTom launches GPS adventure watch

Global navigation and mapping experts TomTom have launched a new outdoors GPS watch specifically designed for the mountain. The TomTom Adventurer GPS Outdoor Watch just does about everything you could…

8 Nov 2016

Verbier offers free snow safety courses

Verbier offers free snow safety courses

The Swiss ski resort of Verbier is offering free mountain safety courses this winter in a bid to ensure skiers venturing off-piste know more about what they’re doing. Verbier is known for its incredible…

2 Nov 2016

Red Bull releases Air Zermatt series

Red Bull releases Air Zermatt series

A new docu-series by Red Bull has followed Air Zermatt, the best aerial search rescue team in the world, as they go about their work. Air Zermatt perform around 1700 missions each year to aid stranded…

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