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Fjord is a French flat coated retriever. His handler is writing children’s book that tells the adventures of ‘Fjord’.

You probably have your own favourite but here is the take from the UK’s largest ski tour operator, Crystal Ski Holidays.

PlanetSKI has been in Val Thorens in France, the highest resort in the Alps, for its Opening Weekend.

His name is Gus and only his back legs work. No problem. He has a prosthetic so he can go shredding.

See which ski resorts in the Alps have been photographed the most and posted in the photo sharing site…

The major players release their annual film offerings as winter starts and PlanetSKI has been watching a few. UPDATED

Ten challenges await in the Tirol and if you compete 5 you are in with a chance to win some great prizes.

– Meet Corty
– Duck landing
– Oh, grow up
– Most googled resort in North America
– Check out the freestyle video

GB’s leading alpine racer has joined forces with Snowsport England to produce a series of videos to get skiers in shape for the slopes.

The seasons are changing. That means fabulous colours out in the ski resorts as the leaves change & snow falls.

No visit to the country is complete without visiting some of the temples and shrines. PlanetSKI goes sightseeing.

Which is rather fortunate as we’re in the mountains of Japan before the first flakes have fallen. Checking out resorts & more besides.

We’re deep in the Japanese Alps checking out a few ski areas ahead of winter. Next up its Ryuoo and Madarao near Nozawa Onsen.

We’re having an autumn look at the mountains in Japan. First Hokkaido & now it’s time for the Japanese Alps on the main island.

– Andri Ragettli wows on his latest parcour course
– Check out this video
– Bird’s eye view
– Speed climbing record smashed

We’re currently nosing round the mountains of Japan. With the snow yet to come it’s time for hiking boots.

We’ve never done a PlanetSKI resort review without skiing there. Well we have now. Check out Niseko. It gets 15m of snow per winter.

Our Japan adventures continue & with no snow at this time of year we’re looking at the other attractions. First there’s some rugby to watch…

We’re continuing our stay in Tokyo before heading off to Hokkaido and beyond. Would we manage to master the metro? Maybe…

The snow is yet to fall so we’re seeing what there is to do off the slopes, looking at the winter ahead and, er, planning to see some rugby.

It seems the PlanetSKI editor, James Cove, doesn’t know his ‘i’ from his ‘e’. It can make a difference.

– Snow Leopards
– The camera never lies – or does it?
– French Alps chef in row over cheese
– Ski training on treadmill
– How many calories does skiing burn?

Imagine an alpine village with just 800 inhabitants that’s visited by a million tourists a year. That’s Hallstatt in Austria.

VIP SKI must be missing the winter as it’s come up with a rather odd analogy of ski resorts and their biscuit equivalents.

The PlanetSKI team gets up to all sorts outside the winter season. For our Chief Reporter, a relaxing break in Greece turned into a busman’s holiday.

– Grenoble Olympic torch up for auction
– Plane, train or automobile to your ski resort?
– Plastic ban on Everest
– Powder snow on a bike

Several Chilean ski operations remain closed due to poor conditions. In Argentina skiing looks better:

The Nansen Ski Jump has been placed on the National Register of Historic Places. Check out its fascinating history.

The freeskier makes his own rules (and sport) as he skies on snow, sand, dirt, grass, volcano, jungle & stone. Now its waves.

Patrouille Suisse was due to fly over an event to mark first flights over the Alps. Instead they performed over a yodelling festival.

It’s a rolling blog as our ski reporter Katie chases waves on the Atlantic filling the winter void of skiing & snowboarding with surfing.

Ninety-minute ‘goat yoga’ classes will be taking place once again in St Moritz in September. Pardon?

That’s a BASS motto, a ski academy offering advanced skier performance breakthrough clinics so we can explore better & further NEW

Pocket-sized ski racer Luca Westbrook is just 9. But he’s already tasted success at the GB and Swiss national championships.

– Vandalised ski painting repaired
– Using a piste basher to shovel silage
– Mountain creature with ‘superpowers’
– Mountain range similarity

50 glacial lakes under Greenland, Lowther Hills crowd funding for groomer + funds rasied for shot Russian snowboard champion. ROLLING…

The Fisher family was desperate to find a last minute deal. With school holidays due to start, what were the options?

Can Kay Frances move on from the snowplough? She sets off to Andorra to find out. Do you remember learning to ski?

As part of our special series on Europe’s other mountain range we visit two of our favourite resorts in France: Ax3 Domaines & Les Angles.

Our chief reporter is on a road trip to visit three little known ski areas in the Pyrenees in Catalonia. First up is Port Ainé.

It’s not a new topic but an important one nevertheless. How are ski resorts affected and what’s there to do? NEW

The legendary inter-resort seasonaires’ bumps competition took place in Verbier on Wednesday. if you missed it, watch the catch up here. NEW

Our Scotland reporter takes in 3 resorts in a 3 day safari – Cairngorm, Glenshee and the Lecht as winter fianlly gets under way. UPDATED

Our chief reporter has just spent a few days in the Skicircus ski area of Austria. Here’s her story, as it happened.

Le Tour is a wide open Chamonix ski area that has a beautiful marked route to skin. PlanetSKI puts on its skins.

Argentiere is legendary for its lift-served off piste skiing. But after a fire distroyed the Grands Montets lift is it still the same?

The PlanetSKI road trip to ski the wild mountains of Chamonix faces challenges with heavy snow closing road passes & ski lifts.

In a country famous for its nordic skiing PlanetSKI finds there’s some seriously good alpine skiing too.

In the home of cross country PlanetSKI’s Chief Reporter dons some long skinny skis to tackle Norway’s national obsession.

PlanetSKI visits Nassereith in the Tirol for the Schellerlaufen event. It dates back to 1740 & is recognised by UNESCO.