24th February 2021
Ski touring, cross country skiing, snow shoeing. They can all be done when the lifts are shut. And then there’s telemarking. Our friends at Maison Sport have produced the definitive guide. Why not give it a go if you’re in the mountains and wanting a new challenge? NEW
17th February 2021
It’s rare to be able to ski to your front door in Scotland, especially when living far away from the Highlands. But hundreds of people have been doing just that. Even as the big thaw begins, it’s looking good for spring touring, as PlanetSKI reader Graeme Wallace has been finding out.
17th February 2021
It is a year since coronavirus started to spread widely in Europe. In our occasional series we hear from PlanetSKI readers who have lived through it out in the mountains. Here’s Kevin Young from near Chamonix…
14th February 2021
Fancy some top tips on your ski technique? Let’s face it, most of us are not going to see a slope this season but we can still benefit from free coaching by expert instructors. How?
30th January 2021
The Austrian ski region is full of quiet, uncrowded resorts. Some you’ve probably never heard of. Let PlanetSKI be your guide to some of the best resorts to visit for a family trip next winter.
25th January 2021
The snowpack is highly unstable in places and some people are simply skiing and snowboarding where they should not be given the current conditions. The worrying aspect is professionals have also been caught out. The conditions are some of the most dangerous in recent years.
23rd January 2021
Not on the slopes? This is the next best thing. Get your fix of ski and snowboard action with these recommendations.
20th January 2021
As ski lifts in France remain closed into February and perhaps for the rest of the season we ask what’s it like to be in a ski resort in the French Alps in mid-winter when all the lifts are closed. We hear from Alexandra Beuchert and Simon Perry, who have French residency and travelled from the UK to their home in Tignes in late December.
14th January 2021
More and more skiers are clipping into long, skinny skis to get their snow fix. PlanetSKI has been talking to a Nordic skiing instructor in the French Alps about the surge in demand for cross country lessons as the lifts remain closed.
10th January 2021
It’s back on TV & for most of us it is likely to be the closest we get to skiing anytime soon. Our editor, James Cove, can’t remember the last time he saw the programme recently as he’s always out in the Alps away from TVs. He did though see its very first episode back in 1978. So, what did he make of it?
1st January 2021
Bonne année, Urte berri on, Frohes neues Jahr, Gleðilegt nýtt ár, Felice anno nuovo, 明けましておめでとうございます, Godt nytt år, Szczęśliwego Nowego Roku, С Новым Годом, Srečno novo leto, Feliz año nuevo and Gott nytt år.
24th December 2020
Joyeux Noel, Frohe Weihnachten, Eguberri on, Feliz Navidad, Fijne kerst, Hyvää joulua, Buon Natale, ハッピークリスマス, Счастливого Рождества, Wesołych Świąt, Veselé Vianoce, Vesel božič and God Jul.
22nd December 2020
Our roving reporter Chris Moran lives year-round in Les3Vallees in France. As the latest national lockdown lifted he went uphill, but there was danger around and he urges caution.
20th December 2020
Thinking about heading to the Tirol in Austria once conditions allow? Well, how about avoiding the well-known resorts and going for somewhere less-crowded. Somewhere you have probably never heard of. Until now…
9th December 2020
Rob Greatbach has spent 10 years working towards his goal of qualifying as a top level ski instructor to teach in France. Covid-19 and Brexit could well have just conspired to put an end to his dream.
8th December 2020
We’ve dived into Santa’s sack to find the best on offer. We all want nothing more than to ski this Xmas, but for most of us that’s just not gonna happen, so here are some pressie ideas from ski jackets to ski books to keep you going until the lifts open again.
22nd November 2020
Waste of time? Certainly not. If you want to be fit, strong and raring to go when the mountains open up again, now is the time to put the work in. So say our friends at Maison Sport.
16th November 2020
If any of us manage to get to the Alps this winter, what can we do after a day on the slopes when we can’t indulge in traditional apres?
8th November 2020
Lockdown Two is very different to Lockdown One. Winter weather with its cold temperatures and short hours of daylight. Here are some tips from Norway.
1st November 2020
– GB Cross Country Skiers Have Best Ever Start to Season
– British Woman Missing in the Pyrenees
– Public to Choose Logo for 2026 Winter Olympics
– Fancy Some Free Family Skis? ….UPDATED
28th October 2020
Ski areas often claim to have something for everyone but the largest linked ski area in the world really does. Here’s what to expect in Les3Vallees resorts in the Savoie region of the French Alps this ski season.
19th October 2020
Three resorts in Les3Vallees in the French Alps will this winter have access to a high-powered drone that has already proved its worth in mountain rescues.
1st October 2020
– Snow Helps Extinguish Wildfires
– Autumn Colours in the Mountains
– Tree hugging and ice floating in France this winter
– Russia Accused of Hack Attack on 2018 Winter Olympics.. UPDATED
1st September 2020
– Switzerland Rejects Proposal to End Free Movement
– Chemmy Alcott to be lead presenter on Ski Sunday
– Suicide-Prevention Training for US Ski & Snowboard
– Call for Openness as Cairngorm Decision Nears…UPDATED
1st August 2020
– $1.4M Remote Control Avalanche System for Colorado Highway
– Detecting avalanche victims under 5 metres of snow
– Drones to replace ski lifts?
– Further Dramatic Loss of Ice in Greenland …. UPDATED
24th July 2020
The Polish ski mountaineer, Andrzej Bargiel, became the first person to ski down the mountains two years ago this week.
1st July 2020
– 2026 days to go to 2026 Milan-Cortina Winter Olympic
– Investigation after 4 die in Swiss Alps plane crash
– People Turned Away from Snowdon Mountain in Wales
– FIS Reports £15.5m Profit for 2019 ….UPDATED
4th June 2020
Ski tour operators are reporting increased interest in driving to the mountains next winter with people unsure of other travel options amid covid-19. PlanetSKI offers some help.
1st June 2020
– Woodsy gets lucky
– World’s oldest heliskier is almost 95
– Squaw Valley considers name change
– The $18m ski chalet ….UPDATED
12th May 2020
With more time on our hands and gym closures many people are choosing to do home workouts. Our friends at Maison Sport have created their own ski related home workout.
1st May 2020
– Twelve year old boy followed by Brown Bear
– A ‘normal’ PlanetSKI summer?
– Threat to Lauberhorn World Cup ski racing lifted
– 2 men charged after Colorado avalanche … UPDATED
30th April 2020
Regular readers will know PlanetSKI was based in the historic Italian city in the heart of the Alps last winter. Then coronavirus struck, but not before we had been on an historical tour of the ancient alpine city and fallen in love with the city and its surrounding ski resorts.
21st April 2020
Reports earlier this week suggested the Olympic medallist and GB Snowsport athlete had called time on his competitive snowboarding career at the age of 31. Not quite, he tells PlanetSKI.
19th April 2020
– Two more US resorts join Ikon Pass
– Ice avalanches on Mars
– More high speeds trains for Beijing 2022
– Ski racing podcast
6th April 2020
The team from Maison Sport have come up with a timely set of ideas for improving your skiing, even when you can’t get onto the slopes.
1st April 2020
– PlanetSKI wins silver & holiday to Andorra
– An awful lot of cheese
– Good point, well made
– Radio SW18, The Aperitivo Sessions
19th March 2020
Here we have a page for you to share your stories, tips, experiences … in fact anything you want. Many of our readers are currently under restrictions in ski resorts across the mountains.
11th March 2020
It was a fixture in the calendar for 46 years. But the Telegraph London Ski & Snowboard Festival has been axed. We look back on the history of the show.
7th March 2020
PlanetSKI heads from its base in Italy to the powder fields of the capital of off piste skiing. 30cm of fresh snow awaits in Argentiere.
3rd March 2020
They were supposed to take place in Italy & we were poised in the Aosta Valley. Worries about the coronavirus led people to pull out, but that didn’t stop PlanetSKI covering the tests.
1st March 2020
– Giving up drinking?
– Exotic’ travel plans
– Is a new word about to enter the dictionary?
– PlanetSKI ‘apologises’
26th February 2020
PlanetSKI went to the Swiss resort from Italy for a 24-hour visit. It turned into 72-hours as a big storm hit. There are worse places to be stranded but the journey back wasn’t quite as planned.
20th February 2020
In half-term week many resorts across the Alps suffer from busy slopes and long lift queues. Er, not where PlanetSKI has been skiing.
19th February 2020
What can we say about the biggest lift-linked ski area in the world? Its 600km of pistes and off-piste terrain offer skiing, snowboarding & much more for all. Welcome to Les3Vallees.
18th February 2020
It’s the busiest week of the ski season with crowded slopes, long lift lines and packed restaurants. But not everywhere. PlanetSKI reports.
10th February 2020
Dave McCoy knew he could turn California’s Mammoth Mountain into a ski resort and he did. The ski pioneer has died peacefully at his home.
9th February 2020
We’re now based in the self-proclaimed ‘Heart of the Alps’. There’s some skiing to be had here in Italy, and in neighbouring France & Switzerland. Plus much else besides.
5th February 2020
Six ski resorts, six different experiences. Something to think about when planning your ski trip to the USA or Canada.
1st February 2020
Japan is home to some of the best powder skiing on the planet. Read here about the skiing in Japan holidays offered by Mabey Ski as snow finally falls.
1st February 2020
– What have turtles got to do with skiing?
– Terrifying video of snowboarder clinging to a cliff face
– Girl dangling off chairlift rescued at Elk Mountain
– Moose stampedes through queue of skiers
31st January 2020
The resort of Nassfeld sits on the Italian border and is one of the few Austrian resorts offering heliskiing. PlanetSKI jumps aboard.
29th January 2020
PlanetSKI was in town for the night slalom World Cup race. And to take a look round its slopes.
28th January 2020
The Rocket came 8th – his second Top Ten of the season. PlanetSKI is slopeside in Schladming at one of the highlights of the racing season.
28th January 2020
The great Norwegian ski racer has been answering questions from PlanetSKI. He was in Kitzbühel for the infamous Hahnekamm races but this time, he was watching.
27th January 2020
Downhill has the Hahnenkamm + the Lauberhorn. PlanetSKI is in Schladming for slalom’s biggest night, and party, of the winter.
24th January 2020
A new SkiFit Yoga Workshop takes place on Saturday 25th January at the Milton Keynes Snozone.
21st January 2020
It’s one of the largest linked areas in Austria, but not one we know that well. Time to change that.
20th January 2020
PlanetSKI was in Utah earlier this month. Take a look back at all our US adventures rolled into one article. What a blast!
20th January 2020
Our Social Media Editor has been to Borovets & Bansko. She knew it was going to be cheap and cheerful but it was going to be fun discovering more. First up, Borovets.
20th January 2020
Day Two of Ian Davis’s Dolomiti Superski adventure. Competing in the annual Ski Caching event. It has its roots in Geocaching.
