Browsing entries tagged with Ski
14 Apr 2014
We’re dangerously close to the end of the ski season — but that’s no reason so stop enjoying snowsports. Or so says The Snow Centre at Hemel Hempstead, which next month celebrates its fifth birthday.…
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.…
7 Apr 2014
The Canadian ski resort of Lake Louise in Banff is the latest to extend its ski season after a record snowfall in March. The total snowfall last month was 204.8cm, and only last week at the beginning of…
5 Apr 2014
Four-time Olympian Chemmy Alcott skied her last ever competitive race this week in Méribel — wearing traditional Austrian dress. Alcott was racing at Delancey British National Alpine Championships where,…
2 Apr 2014
Have you come home from a ski holiday missing something? Well you’re not alone, according to a survey from the Post Office Travel Insurance, which reveals that British skiers lose around £219 worth…
30 Mar 2014
Sun Peaks in British Columbia will add an extra 522 acres of new terrain for next season, making it the second-largest ski area in the Canada after Whistler. Sun Peaks, which is already a popular choice…
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…
25 Mar 2014
Chemmy Alcott has announced her retirement from competitive skiing. Alcott, 31, is Britain’s most successful alpine skier, despite battling serious injury in the latter stages of her career. This…
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,…
18 Mar 2014
The Colorado ski resort of Aspen will tomorrow play host to a snowboard competition never seen before. From 19 to 23 March, the first ever double halfpipe competition will be held at the base of Buttermilk…
16 Mar 2014
A ski tour operator is being lambasted for offering to pay the fine imposed on parents for taking their children on a ski holiday during time term. MountainBase, a tour operator based in Bedfordshire that…
13 Mar 2014
Cortina d’Ampezzo, in the Italian Dolomites, is the first European ski resort to announce it is extending its season. Excellent snow conditions on the slopes, which range from 1,225m to 2,930m, means…
11 Mar 2014
The ski season in Breckenridge will be extended by an extra week, thanks to superb conditions going into the spring. Breckenridge resort officials have announced that the ski season will be finish on Sunday,…
10 Mar 2014
Skier Kelly Gallagher has entered the history books in Sochi this morning by winning Britain’s first ever Winter Paralympic gold medal. Gallagher, 28, won the visually impaired super-G on the Rosa Khutor…
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…
4 Mar 2014
In a ski season that has resulted in the soaring sales of ski helmets, two manufacturers have brought out revolutionary new models. Carrera has introduced the world’s first foldable ski helmet. The “Snow…
3 Mar 2014
Dates have been set for the Telegraph Ski and Snowboard Show London — which will this year run for only four days from 30 October to 2 November at Earls Court 2. Organisers say the decision to reduce…
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…
27 Feb 2014
A 19-year-old from South Lanarkshire has become the first young Scottish person to qualify as a ski instructor through the charity Snow-Camp Glasgow. Michael Conner from Blantyre says his life has “changed…
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…
24 Feb 2014
Brits have gone ski and snowboard mad since the start of the Winter Olympics. Snow centres up and down the UK are reporting a massive spike in interest following snowboarder Jenny Jones’s bronze medal…
20 Feb 2014
No one was to blame for Formula One champion Michael Schumacher’s accident in Meribel last December, crash investigators have found. In a statement, investigators said the piste marking in Meribel “conformed…
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,…
17 Feb 2014
While the south of England recovers from Friday’s high winds and floods, a ski resort in the north of England is celebrating “brilliant” conditions. The Cumbrian ski slope on Raise, next to Helvellyn…
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,…
11 Feb 2014
A new airport transfer service to the Three Valleys launches on 1 March in a bid to help make skiing trips to the French resorts more cost effective and fuss-free. FluidCar is a car share company from…
10 Feb 2014
The UK ski and snowboard industry is in full celebration mode following Jenny Jones’s historic medal in the Sochi Winter Olympics yesterday. Jenny took bronze in the Snowboard Slopestyle, Britain’s…
7 Feb 2014
The opening ceremony for the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympic Games takes place this afternoon at 3pm UK time — with one snowboarder already guaranteed a place in the slopestyle final. British athletes were…
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…
3 Feb 2014
Tour operators are reporting a rise in interest for Austrian resorts — especially Kühtai — following the celebrity winter sports television programme The Jump. The Channel 4 programme — described…
31 Jan 2014
As doctors slowly bring Michael Schumacher out of his medically-induced coma, helmet manufacturers say they are virtually sold out following the racing driver’s accident. Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher,…
29 Jan 2014
Skiing in North America has suffered some terrible fortune in recent years, but this season looks to be a record-breaker. Last year, 11% more skiers and snowboarders visited US ski areas than in 2011/2012,…
28 Jan 2014
A split between the lift and piste management companies in Alpe d’Huez and Oz-Vaujany this season has left some WTSS readers short-changed on their lift passes. A six-day Alpe d’Huez Grand Domaine…
27 Jan 2014
Last month we saw some recession-busting bargain ski holidays, but the deals keep on flooding in. So much so that, as the snow finally starts to fall in earnest, we thought we’d flag up a few more for…
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…
22 Jan 2014
A record number of skiers and snowboarders have been selected to represent Great Britain in the Sochi 2014 Olympic Winter Games next month. Chemmy Alcott, James Woods and Katie Summerhayes lead the team…
21 Jan 2014
A ski hire company is offering parents the ability to keep tabs on the whereabouts of their children on the slopes, with the addition of a child-friendly GPS and app. Skiset, which has hire shops all over…
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…
17 Jan 2014
The new link between the Swiss ski resort of Arosa with nearby Lenzerheide opens tomorrow, 18 January. The combined ski area will now total around 225km of pistes and 42 lifts — thanks to the construction…
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…
15 Jan 2014
Skinning — or ski touring up the piste — has become so popular in the US that increasing numbers of resorts are introducing rules to ensure skiers chip in with running costs and stay safe on the mountain.…
13 Jan 2014
Where to Ski and Snowboard has launched a new reporting system for the 2013-14 season — with more user friendly features than ever before, including a new mobile facility allowing you to report on the…
9 Jan 2014
The managing director of Lech Ski Lifts has devised a unique way of preparing the slopes for skiing. This autumn, Michael Manhart put 23 Highland cattle out to graze on the slopes of the fashionable Austrian…
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…
7 Jan 2014
Lindsey Vonn says she is “devastated” not to be defending her Olympic downhill title at Sochi next month. The 29-year-old Olympic champion says her knee is too unstable to compete at top level. Last…
6 Jan 2014
Just a month ahead of the Sochi Winter Olympics, freeskier Rowan Cheshire has won gold in a halfpipe FIS World Cup event in Calgary. The 18-year-old freeskier is the first ever British woman to win the…
3 Jan 2014
Learn to Ski and Snowboard Month takes place in the US this month, with ski resorts across 22 states in North America are offering special packages to beginners throughout January, to encourage more people…
2 Jan 2014
Skiers arriving in Tarantaise resorts this weekend might be wise to take some extra Euros with them after a strike by staff who supply cash to ATMs in the French mountains. WTSS has received reports that…
1 Jan 2014
A leading firm of personal injury lawyers is calling for ski helmets to be made compulsory across all European ski resorts. It is illegal to ski without a helmet in some US resorts, but in Europe some…
31 Dec 2013
The Lake Tahoe ski resort of Heavenly has unveiled a new kind of après-ski party, with its mobile DJ cat. The retired grooming cat, unveiled on 27 December, has been fitted with enough speakers to equip…
29 Dec 2013
Formula 1 legend Michael Schumacher has been injured in skiing accident in Méribel, and is reported to be in a critical condition. The 44-year-old German was skiing with his son and friends when he suffered…
26 Dec 2013
Going to Aspen and feel the need to have a pooch at your side? Well, help is at hand. The Aspen Animal Shelter is offering skiers the chance to rent a dog while they are in the upmarket ski town. The shelter…
25 Dec 2013
Skiers in Breckenridge, Colorado are getting an extra-special Christmas today, with the long-awaited opening of the resort’s Peak 6. There are more than 540 skiable acres on Peak 6, with 400 of those…
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.…
20 Dec 2013
The Austrian ski resort of Ischgl opens its €18.5million (approximately £15.4m) Piz Val Gronda cable car on Sunday, which will give access to 100 hectares of freeride skiing. The much-anticipated lift…
18 Dec 2013
A teenager has been killed in an avalanche in the ski resort of Lech, amid warnings from experts that the Alps are about to experience the most unstable snowpack in nearly 20 years. The unnamed 16-year-old…
17 Dec 2013
Most keen skiers have heard of Lech and Zürs, the most fashionable resorts in Austria. But few have heard of Warth or Schröcken in the next valley – but the ski area these two resorts share gets more…
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),…
14 Dec 2013
The ski resort of El Tarter in Andorra is getting an upgrade thanks to a new luxury holiday complex opening next week. Sandwiched between Spain and France, the Principality of Andorra was once known for…
12 Dec 2013
The legendary “La Folie Douce” opens its fourth venue in the French Alps this weekend — in Alpe d’Huez in the Grandes Rousses mountains. La Folie Douce has its own special brand of après-ski —…
11 Dec 2013
Former Pusscat Doll Kimberly Wyatt, broadcaster Anthea Turner and five-time Olympic gold medallist Sir Steve Redgrave are among the celebrities taking part in Channel 4’s new winter sports TV show, The…
10 Dec 2013
The Austrian party ski resort of Ischgl will be deluged with Robbie Williams fans at the end of the season — because the singer and occasional skier will be playing a concert at the top of the mountain.…
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…
3 Dec 2013
Skiing and snowboarding makes you happy and is good for you — it’s official. Taking time out on the snow boosts your wellbeing, say researchers at a university in Korea — with skiers getting more…
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…
28 Nov 2013
Skiing is coming to our TV screens in a new guise, The Alpine Games. In the run-up to the Sochi Winter Olympics next year, Channel 4 will be screening a live prime-time show where 12 celebrities get to…
27 Nov 2013
Méribel is giving away 100 lift passes and 400 free breakfasts on Saturday, 7 December, to celebrate the opening day of the ski season. The first 100 skiers and snowboarders to show up at the reception…
25 Nov 2013
Neilson, which provides ski as well as sailing and beach holidays, has been sold by Thomas Cook. The company has been sold to private equity firm Risk Capital Partners for £9.15million, as part of Thomas…
22 Nov 2013
The Stubai Glacier has published new figures for the length of its pistes, losing 42km in the process. The Austrian ski area’s website now offers two measurements — the fall line which is the direct…
21 Nov 2013
It’s dumping all over the Alps at the moment — we’ll post this week’s snow report later today — and resorts are gearing up to open. Courchevel has had so much snow it is opening a couple of its…
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