Browsing entries tagged with Snow
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…
23 Oct 2013
If you haven’t yet booked for half term, now is the time to do so. Results of a survey released this week by Alpine Answers show that 80% of chalet accommodation for half term week (15 February) is sold…
22 Oct 2013
Despite the unseasonal temperatures, winter is coming to London this week — with 10 tonnes of real snow being dumped in Covent Garden to give budding skiers and snowboarders a chance to learn some new…
21 Oct 2013
Skiers and boarders living near Cardiff and Manchester will benefit from new flight routes this winter. Flybe is adding four brand new flight routes out of Cardiff Airport to Chambery, Geneva, Grenoble…
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…
15 Oct 2013
A ski concierge company has launched to make life easier for holidaymakers — especially those who ski more than once a year. Valet Alpin will store skis, snowboards, boots and other equipment in heated…
14 Oct 2013
Arapahoe Basin has again been the first ski resort to open in Colorado. A-Basin opened one the Black Mountain Express lift at 08:30 yesterday morning, opening up one intermediate run — the High Noon…
11 Oct 2013
Temperatures have dipped in the UK this week, and they have also dipped in the Alps. A storm has passed through last night, continuing into this morning, bringing snow to eastern areas — up to 70cm in…
8 Oct 2013
The Telegraph Ski and Snowboard Shows take place at the end of this month, with a massive 20,000 lift passes to give away. Some of the world’s best-known ski resorts, including Chamonix, Les 3 Vallées…
4 Oct 2013
A host of Sochi-themed events take place this weekend at Milton Keynes and Reading, with free lessons on offer from Sir Steve Redgrave, Graham Bell and Chemmy Alcott. Five-times Olympian and BASI qualified…
3 Oct 2013
Are you going round in circles trying to decide where to go on your ski holiday? Have you got any questions on a ski resort that you’ve been looking at but can’t quite decide on? Well, Where to Ski…
2 Oct 2013
One lucky Where to Ski and Snowboard reader has booked a holiday he won by reporting for us this year. Every year, WTSS relies on hundreds of reader reports to compile our new edition, and as a thank you…
30 Sep 2013
If you go out climbing in the Alps, the last thing you expect to find is a stash of jewels worth £200,000. But this is exactly what one 20-year-old Frenchman found while climbing Mont Blanc earlier this…
26 Sep 2013
The Austrian national lift company association has issued guidelines on how pistes should be measured. Earlier this month, Where to Ski and Snowboard 2014 was published with a new chapter “Piste extent…
26 Sep 2013
Have a bobble hat at the ready and in London this weekend? Head along to the Fulham Ski Fête on Sunday afternoon to help break the world record for the largest gathering of people wearing bobble hats…
24 Sep 2013
Readers of Where to Ski and Snowboard are very loyal, and many have followed the book since we first started to publish it in 1994 — but recently we came across something of a record. Specialist Canadian…
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…
17 Sep 2013
A mountain restaurant in Zermatt will be serving up in-flight meals on SWISS flights this winter. The family-run Chez Vrony is a long-standing favourite restaurant of both the editors and readers of Where…
16 Sep 2013
More than 300 kitesurfers set a world record yesterday, and raised £60,000 in the process for UK snowsports charity Snow-Camp, the RNLI and Virgin Unite. The Virgin Kitesurfing Armada, of 318 kitesurfers…
12 Sep 2013
Piste length does matter, according to our readers. Some 83% of you have told us that size really matters, and to choose a ski resort for your winter holiday you need to know the facts. We’re still waiting…
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…
6 Sep 2013
Ski and snowboard holiday bookings are up 10 per cent on last year, according to some of the UK’s major winter tour operators. Crystal, Thomson, Esprit Ski, Ski Total, Peak Retreats and Ski Collection…
1 Sep 2013
An indoor ski slope in Manchester is reporting a huge rise in the number of older people taking up snowboarding. Chill Factore in Manchester reports a 350 per cent rise in people over the age of 50 trying…
28 Aug 2013
Skier Chemmy Alcott has broken her leg training. It is yet another setback for the 31-year-old whose career has been dogged by injury — but she maintains she will still race in the 2014 Sochi Winter…
23 Aug 2013
Thomson is adding 13 new regional flight routes to its ski programme this winter. The new routes to European ski slopes include departures from East Midlands, Liverpool, Southend, Southampton, Glasgow…
22 Aug 2013
Details of the first ever Olympic slopestyle course have been released by the International Ski Federation (FIS). The course, for the 2014 Sochi Olympic Winter Games (7-23 February 2014), will be 635m…
20 Aug 2013
InTheSnow Live, the ski show planned for Birmingham in October, has been cancelled following a clash of dates with a new show launching in Manchester. Running in the place of the British Ski and Snowboard…
18 Aug 2013
The 18th edition of Where to Ski and Snowboard, fully revised and updated for the 2013/14 winter season, will be available soon. The “skiers bible”, edited by Chris Gill and Dave Watts will be…
16 Aug 2013
A new scheme to encourage more Brits to try skiing and snowboarding is to launch next month. Go Ski Go Board is run by Snowsport England in conjunction with the Tirol Tourist Board. It brings together…
9 Aug 2013
One of the biggest and most popular snowboarding events in Davos will not take place this season. The 6* TTR O’Neill Evolution, which since its 2006 launch kicked off the new competition year will…
7 Aug 2013
This winter, the Swiss ski resort of Arosa is linking its ski area with nearby Lenzerheide. The combined ski area will now total around 225km of pistes and 42 lifts. A new 1,694m cable car, capable of…
26 Jul 2013
The Snow Centre in Hemel Hempstead in Hertfordshire has found a strange calling this week — cooling the animals at Whipsnade Zoo. Yesterday (25 July), The Snow Centre delivered more than 20 tonnes of…
24 Jul 2013
Crested Butte in Colorado and Sierra-at-Tahoe in California are among 12 ski resorts in western USA that have joined forces to form the Powder Alliance. The alliance of 12 resorts in nine different states…
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…
12 Jul 2013
Verbier is opening to skiers and snowboarders this weekend as a one-off thanks to the good layer of snow at the top of Mont Fort. The cold, prolonged spring and excellent snow conditions means there is…
10 Jul 2013
British snowboarder Jamie Barrow has set the world’s first indoor snowboard speed record. Jamie reached a speed of 69.4kmph on the 520m indoor slopes at SnowWorld in Landgraaf, Holland, on Saturday,…
8 Jul 2013
Nearly 300,000 “skier days” were had in Scotland’s ski resorts last season, giving the country one of its best winter seasons on record. Between them, revenue from the five ski centres injected about…
5 Jul 2013
SWISS will be flying from London Gatwick to Geneva three times a week from 14 December. The airline is also introducing new fares, offering one-way trips from London to Geneva for as little as €39 (£33.60…
26 Jun 2013
Mount Hutt in New Zealand opened again yesterday after a record-breaking storm dumped three metres of snow on the ski area late last week and over the weekend. Conditions were “as good as it gets”…
18 Jun 2013
America is reporting a bumper ski season, thanks to great snow conditions over the 2012/2013. Eleven per cent more skiers and snowboarders visited US ski areas last season than during the 2011/12…
14 Jun 2013
To cope with a busy ski season in the southern hemisphere, more flights have been laid on between Wellington and Queenstown in New Zealand. The ski season opened in Coronet Peak near Queenstown last weekend…
4 Jun 2013
Vail resorts, the company that owns ski resorts across the US, will be running Canyons in Park City, Utah from next season. The deal will cost upwards of $25million a year. Canyons has 4,000 skiable acres…
30 May 2013
A ski area that is open for the summer only has begun its season in Montana. Beartooth Basin, the only summer ski area in the Rocky Mountains, opened on 26 May. Lifts will stay open between 9am and 3pm…
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…
24 May 2013
Last night, Killington in Vermont decided to wrap up its ski season this weekend, by offering free skiing and snowboarding. The resort had been aiming to keep going into June, but after pouring rain on…
20 May 2013
A British snowboarder has died after falling 1,000m down the north face of the Aiguille du Midi in Chamonix. It is understood he was trying to ski the Vallée Blanche with another man but had turned for…
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…
14 May 2013
After an amazing season in the European Alps — voted ‘one of the best ever’ in our current poll — things aren’t looking quite so exciting Down Under. Australians have been warned not to expect…
30 Apr 2013
After an exception ski season, with record levels of snow, the the Pic du Midi, above Barèges in the Hautes-Pyrénées will reopen on 6 May. All the ski areas of the Hautes-Pyrénées have closed for…
18 Apr 2013
Rising temperatures and sunshine on top of high levels of snow have led to high number of avalanches in the Alps this week. At 7:45pm on Tuesday evening, a snow slide blocked the road out of Tignes and…
15 Apr 2013
Speed skiers have descended on Verbier this week in the hope of beating the current world record. All of this week, the world’s fastest skiers will be racing in the XSPeedSki, on a 60° slope running…
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…
4 Apr 2013
The pistes are empty, the lift queues non-existent and resorts are planning their closing weekends…but the snow in most places is outstanding and the sun is out, so if you have a chance to get away…
4 Apr 2013
EasyJet is expected to announce a reduction its losses over the winter thanks to the growing popularity of ski holidays this season. Winter is traditionally a time when the budget airline makes a loss,…
2 Apr 2013
An “extremely experienced” skier has died in Scotland after being caught in an avalanche while skiing off-piste behind Glencoe Ski Centre at the weekend. A rescue party involving 50 people and an RAF…
22 Mar 2013
An estate in Scotland is making the most of the recent snowfall, by cutting cross-country ski tracks into the snow. Nordic skiers have been flocking to Glen Tanar Estate in Royal Deeside to try out the…
21 Mar 2013
More than 153,000 people took part in America’s Learn to Ski and Snowboard month earlier this year — an increase of 50,000 from 2012. The figures, released last week, will be good news to the US ski…
20 Mar 2013
Yesterday was described as the powder day of the season. Resorts all over the Alps have been recording up to 100cm of new snow. Alpe d’Huez is currently enjoying an upper snow depth of 420cm and La Thuile…
7 Mar 2013
Two skiers have been killed in an avalanche near Tignes in the French Alps. The pair, a guide and his client, were skiing off-piste in the wooded area of Bois de la Laye when the avalanche was set off…
5 Mar 2013
Heavy snow storms in Colorado have caused travel chaos and left the state on “considerable” avalanche alert. In the past 24 hours, Breckenridge reported 9in (23cm) of new snow, Steamboat 13.5in (34cm)…
19 Feb 2013
A new 2km long gondola will link two of the snowiest ski resorts in Alps next season, Lech-Zürs and Warth-Schröcken in Austria. The Arlberg ski area, which takes in the resorts of Lech, St Anton, St…
14 Feb 2013
The Scottish ski resort of Lecht plans to reopen today after five children and an adult were hurt when a chairlift derailed earlier this week. The accident happened at 3.25pm on Tuesday afternoon, when…
2 Feb 2013
Avalanche warnings are high across the Alps this morning following heavy snowfalls – with more expected in the next few days. Miserable, warm and rainy conditions gave way to heavy snow overnight, which…
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…
8 Jan 2013
Two men died in an avalanche while skiing in the Fiemme valley (Val di Fiemme) in the South Tyrol area in Italy on Saturday. The skiers, both locals, were wearing avalanche transceivers and were expert…
3 Jan 2013
Later this month month, winter sports destinations in 39 countries worldwide will join forces to celebrate World Snow Day, on Sunday 20 January. World Snow Day was started last year by the International…
22 Dec 2012
Around 40 skiers and snowboarders were evacuated from a chairlift in Breckenridge this week after a mechanical failure. The evacuation, by rope, from the Peak 8 SuperConnect, took around three hours on…
20 Dec 2012
Skiers and snowboarders in are being warned to take extra care after a 23-year-old Swedish woman died yesterday in an avalanche in Nendaz, Switzerland. The woman, who has not yet been named, was skiing…
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…
21 Nov 2012
A 24-year-old children’s ski instructor from Alpine Meadows in the Lake Tahoe area has died from head injuries after hitting a rock. Annalise Kjolhede was backcountry skiing with members of the Alpine…
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…
2 Nov 2012
Verbier opens to skiers this weekend, thanks to the recent bumper snowfall in the Alps. “We’ve had over 50cm of snow,” said Yan Baczkoski of Verbier Tourism, explaining that the Swiss ski resort…
28 Oct 2012
Winter has arrived in ski resorts across Europe and North America. While we were digging out our winter coats in the UK this weekend, snow started to fall across the Alps. It’s dumping in Verbier, Tignes,…
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…
19 Oct 2012
Around 2,000 skiers and snowboarders visited Arapahoe Basin in Colorado this week, the first US ski resort to officially open for the 2012-2013 ski season. Arapahoe, near Keystone, is an exceptionally…
15 Oct 2012
Monday morning has brought snow across France, Austria, Italy and Switzerland — with particularly heavy dumps on the
5 Oct 2012
Breckenridge is cracking down on independent ski instructors this season — by making it illegal to give lessons unless you are part of the town’s ski school. From 19 November, Breckenridge Ski Area…
30 Sep 2012
A new Swiss Alps Ski Train is being officially launched later this week that will directly connect the UK with Switzerland ski resorts this winter. The train service will start at London St Pancras, with…
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…
25 Sep 2012
The 50-year-old Les Prodains cable car that links Morzine with Avoriaz in the Portes du Soleil will be replaced by a new, high-tech gondola next February. The long-awaited new Les Prodains lift will carry…
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…
18 Sep 2012
Did you have an amazing ski or snowboard holiday last year? If so, why not reward the tour operator you went with by voting for them in the British Travel Awards. Eight companies have been shortlisted…
17 Sep 2012
Visitors to this year’s Ski and Snowboard Show in London can claim a free day’s lift pass at one of six top resorts. Verbier, Chamonix, Tremblant, Aosta Valley, Mount Washington and Norway are offering…
14 Sep 2012
The Italian resort of Courmayeur has caved in to pressure and admitted to having less than a third of the amount of piste skiing it previously claimed to have. As the latest edition of Where to Ski and…
26 Mar 2012
Banff-Lake Louise has recently announced that Sunshine Village has just set the record for its largest snowfall in the resort’s 84 year history. Measuring a total amount of snow that has fallen since…
2 Feb 2012
Temperatures have been falling in the Alps this week, and across much of Eastern Europe. A wintery front from the north-east is the reason, with forecast figures at minus 20 or even lower. This has been…
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