Browsing entries tagged with Norway
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…
5 May 2020
The Fonna Glacier in Norway has opened for the summer season with social distancing measure in place — tremendous amounts of snow. The glacier opened on 1 May with an incredible 14.9m of snowfall. The…
20 Feb 2020
Tickets go on sale today (20 February) for winter 2020/21 Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) flights from London to Scandinavian Mountains Airport. The brand new, privately-owned airport offers speedy access…
14 Aug 2019
Scandinavian Airlines (SAS) has launched the first direct flights from the UK to the new Scandinavian Mountains Airport (SCR), which offers easy access to ski resorts in the Sälen and Trysil regions of…
28 Feb 2018
The Norwegian ski resorts’ trade association, Alpinanleggenes Landsforeningen, has said it is skeptical of one ski resort’s plans to make ski helmets compulsory. The ski resort of Hovden Alpinsenter,…
3 Aug 2016
Ski tour operator Crystal has added the family-friendly resort of Trysil in Norway to its programme for the coming ski season. Trysil is Norway’s largest alpine resort, with 71km of pistes over…
21 Jun 2016
The Austrian ski resort of St Johann has been added to the Scandinavian season pass, MySkiStar All. In May, Scandinavian ski resort operator SkiStar became a majority owner of the Austrian resort St Johann,…
21 Sep 2015
Developers in Norway have been given the go-ahead to build the world’s biggest indoor ski centre, a six-storey complex just outside Oslo. Construction will start later this year on the project that will…
4 Mar 2015
Fancy sleeping at the top of a ski jump? Yes, you read that correctly. Following on from its stunt with the Saulire cable car in Courchevel, Airbnb is offering a night at the Holmenkollen ski jump in Oslo…
9 Apr 2014
Tour operators are welcoming the news that a new airport is to be built in Sweden, close to the ski resorts of Sälen in Sweden and Trysil, Norway. There have been rumours of an airport in Sälen for years.…
18 Mar 2013
Four ski resorts in Scandinavia will be even more accessible to British skiers next season as Crystal and Inghams expand their programmes. After an absence of five years, Crystal Ski, is reintroducing…
28 Feb 2012
Norwegian freeride skier Dennis Risvoll took a surprise win in the fourth stage of the Freeride World Tour this week. The competition was held in Risvoll’s home country of Norway for the first time,…
23 Jul 2010
Three of Norway’s summer ski areas have closed prematurely, due to hot weather. A lack of fresh snow and high temperatures have been to blame for the early closure of Stryn, Galdhøpiggan and Folgefonn…
23 Dec 2008
Geilo, Norway will be the venue for a unique music festival in January - the only one in the world where the instruments are made of ice. The Ice Music Festival takes place in the resort from 9 to 11 January…
27 Jun 2005
Norway is promoting itself as a destination for the growing summer ski market.The Folgefonna ski resort is boasting that it has the best spring snow for over 10 years which, it is hoped, will set up the…
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