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Summer Skiing in The Alps & Beyond As Two More Glacier Areas Close We Look at What’s On Offer Over the Summer Months.

A handful of glacier resorts are open with one area aiming for year-round skiing. Much will depend on the weather. UPDATED

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Worldwide Ski Industry Bounces Back

The International Report on Snow & Mountain Tourism finds the 2024/25 season was the busiest on record with 399 million skier visits across the world.

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Skier Visits in USA Down by 9 Million Last Season

It follows one of the worst winters for snow in The Rockies and is a drop of 9.1% from the 10-year average. Poor snowfall is to blame. UPDATED

Dave Ryding Criticises Possible Loss of Dry Ski Slope

The Hill Ski Centre at Rossendale was where Britain’s most successful alpine skier started out. Funding of the slope is under review by the local council.

Four World Cup Titles for GB Snowsport Athletes

What a weekend! Zoe Atkin wins the Halfpipe title, Kirsty Muir takes the Freeski Slopestyle title & the Freeski Overall Park & Pipe, while Charlotte Bankes takes the Snowboard X title. It’s an historic time for our GB athletes. UPDATED

Growth in All-Inclusive Ski Holidays

SNO Ski Holidays reports a spike in late bookings for April ski holidays, with skiers opting for all-inclusive to cap holiday spend and know how much it will be costing.

Driving to the French Alps

There’s a growing appetite in driving to the Alps with taking the Channel Tunnel perhaps the easiest option. LeShuttle reports an increase in bookings and Easter is set to be popular. PlanetSKI reports en route. UPDATED

French Ski Resorts Invest for the Future

French ski resorts invested €555m in 2025, confirming the key role of investment in mountain regions. Much is at high altitude and main resorts see a bright future ahead.

Inghams Ski Reveals Best Resorts for Sunshine

Defined by clear skies, bright sunshine and good visibility, these days are increasingly sought after by skiers chasing great late-season experience. And the winner is…

Another New Charter Flight Heads to Norway Next Winter

Crystal Ski Holidays is launching a new flight from Birmingham to Oslo. This season Inghams launched a new flight to Bergen. Norway is becoming increasingly popular with British skiers.

PlanetSKI Updates on its Spring Break in Gausta, Norway

PlanetSKI’s Simon Wilson reports on a family ski trip to Gausta in the Telemark region of Norway over Easter. He updates from inside the mountain of Gaustatoppen, before skiing its signature off piste route. UPDATED

Ski. Laugh. Repeat.

What’s the most fun you can have in a ski resort when you’re not on the slopes?

Spring Skiing in Val Thorens

Skiing goes on in the highest resort in the Alps until the beginning of May. PlanetSKI visits Val Thorens to report on the delights of spring skiing & see what the end of season holds.

Spring Skiing in Scotland

It has been a great end to the season in Scotland. PlanetSKI’s reporting team of Dianne and Rod Frazer have been making some turns in Cairngorm & Glencoe.

PlanetSKI is Spring Skiing in Les Menuires

The high altitude French resort is a great destination for late season skiing. PlanetSKI is in the resort and reports on its growing popularity and what is on offer.

Les Gets: Then & Now

PlanetSKI revisits a resort where our editor James Cove first skied in almost 30 years ago.  He looks back at how the resort, and skiing in general has, changed. Or not.

Making More of Martigny

The valley town has ambitious plans to become an essential stop off on the way to a multitude of Swiss ski resorts. The latest attraction is the 4*Quartier LôDzè. PlanetSKI spends 48-hours in Martigny to experience what is now on offer.

Intersport’s New Flagship Store in Méribel

PlanetSKI visits the new Intersport ski hire shop in Méribel. We report on what the shop offers, plus the quick efficiently smooth ski hire process.

Jasper Rises from the Ashes

The wildfire of 2024 saw a third of the ski town destroyed. It was one of the worst natural disasters of the year in Canada.  PlanetSKI reports from Jasper as we look back at the fire, its impact and its recovery.

Skiing in Saint-Gervais

Think of it as the interesting but less well-known cousin of Chamonix.  As a winter resort, Saint-Gervais Mont Blanc, to give its preferred name, is often overlooked in favour of its world-famous neighbour. But for some skiers, it’s a far better option.

PlanetSKI Chases Powder in the Pyrenees with Intersport

With over 45 years of skiing under my belt, and 25 of those as a ski writer, I had never skied in the French Pyrenees. So when I was invited out by Intersport to check out their rental operations here I jumped at the chance.

Baqueira Beret – The Secret is Out

It’s Spain’s largest ski area, but Baqueira Beret is a resort PlanetSKI has yet to discover. Time to put that right.

PlanetSKI’s Canadian Adventures…Part One

We’re on a 2-month visit. Based in Canmore in Alberta, but with the desire, the vehicle, the contacts & the cash (hopefully) to go further afield.  Adventures unfold…

PlanetSKI’s Canadian Adventures… Part Two

We’ve been on a 2-month visit. Based in Canmore in Alberta, but with the desire, the vehicle & the contacts to go further afield. Sadly all good things must come to an end… UPDATED

A Sneaky Weekend in Tignes

Yes, it’s close to Christmas and there’s lots to do.  But when the early season snow has been so good and there’s 100% sunshine forecast, it would be rude not to sneak a quick trip to the Alps.

PlanetSKI Goes Skiing in Wales!

Yes, you have read that right. PlanetSKI reporter, Mike Richards, has taken advantage of the cold snap and made some turns on the Preseli Hills in Pembrokeshire. Assisted by a portable ski lift.

The Inghams Ski Holiday Experience

It’s a long time since I’ve been on an Inghams ski holiday so, when my partner James and I decided to book a week away, we thought we could do worse than choose the company named Best Ski Operator 2025 by The Times & Sunday Times.

PlanetSKI Hunts Powder & Adventures in the Tatras

The Slovakian ski area is not the most obvious place to search for powder. Wrong. It is also a ski mountain experience like no other. 

PlanetSKI’s Canada Road Trip Heads North to Jasper & Marmot Basin

We’ve hit Revelstoke & Kicking Horse now its time for Jasper and its ski resort of Marmot Basin.

PlanetSKI Hits the Steeps of Sunshine Village in Canada

We’ve been making some turns in Delirium Dive, Wild West & the South Side Chutes. Some describe it as the most extreme in-bounds terrain in Canada.

The Nockberge Trail – Ski Touring for Softies

If you think ski touring is for hardy, gnarly, whippet fit, ski masochists then perhaps consider the Nockberge Trail in Carinthia, Austria.  PlanetSKI dons some skins.

PlanetSKI Hits the Mountains & Valleys in Switzerland

PlanetSKI’s roving reporter Nick Dalton spends several days on the ski slopes of Grindelwald, then decamps for life and adventure in the valley. A winter experience with a difference.

PlanetSKI Resort Review: Kicking Horse, British Columbia, Canada

It is one of our favourite Canadian resorts but it’s over a decade since we last visited. Will it live up to memories & expectations?

PlanetSKI Resort Review: Revelstoke, British Columbia, Canada

Revelstoke opened in 2007 and within a few years had justifiably achieved legendary status. It should be on every advanced skier’s bucket list. PlanetSKI is back in town.

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