11th July 2024
Skiing in Greece
PlanetSKI is currently in Greece for some summer activities. Plus researching a ski trip for next winter in a country more known for its sand than its snow. It has 25 ski areas and some rather decent skiing.
Features
7th July 2024
PlanetSKI in the Summer
What has a beach holiday in Greece got to do with skiing? Not much, but perhaps more than you might think. Especially as the country has 25 ski areas. UPDATED
1st July 2024
July’s Ski News in Brief
– World’s Largest Indoor Snow Centre Set to Open in China
– Hirscher is Back
– GB Snowsport Announces Ski & Snowboard Cross Squads
– NZ Glacier Keeps its Miss-spelt Name
– FIS Races Start in South America …UPDATED
1st June 2024
Ski News in Brief
– Congratulations to Zak Carrick-Smith
– Save £100 on Lift Pass & Ski Hire with Inghams Ski
– 3 Teachers Jailed after Japan Avalanche Kills 8
– Verbier is Most Expensive Resort in the Alps for 2nd Home
– Snow Camp Looks Back on 20th Birthday Year… LIVE & UPDATED
1st June 2024
June’s Ski News in Brief
– Decline in Skier Visits in Colorado
– Swiss Glaciers Benefit from Heavy Spring Snow
– Olympic Torch Summits Aiguille du Midu
– FIS President Nominated for IOC
– Record Number of Mountain Rescues in Japan… LIVE & UPDATED
1st May 2024
May’s Ski News in Brief
– Candidates for 2030 & 2034 Olympics Present Their Cases
– Social Media Used to Find Hit-&-Run Snowboarder
– Swiss Village Considers Tourist Tax to Limit Day Trippers
– NZ Resort of Cardrona Prepares for Winter
– Milan-Cortina Olympics HQ Raided by Police… LIVE & UPDATED
19th April 2024
Yoga & Skiing in Les Menuires
The Yoga and Ski week at Les Menuires in Les3Vallees is now in its 8th year and is surging in popularity. PlanetSKI’s Katy Dartford sees what the experience is all about.
19th April 2024
Ski Touring Around Innsbruck
It is one of the fastest growing on-snow activities in the Tirol – ski touring. PlanetSKI has been walking uphill a few times during our extended stay in Innsbruck.
12th April 2024
Skiing for the Very First Time
18-year old Luca Reid James put skis on for the first time. It was daunting at first but he now seems hooked for life.
8th April 2024
The City Part of PlanetSKI’s Innsbruck Stay Continues
We’re here in Innsbruck in the Tirol for a month or so – the ultimate Ski + City location in the Alps. 13 ski areas around the city with 23 attractions off the slopes – all on one pass. UPDATED
6th April 2024
Father & Daughter Ski Touring in St Anton
Why would one chose to walk up a mountain on skis when it is quicker and easier to ski down them? Ask Simon Miller and his daughter Tabitha who went out touring with a local guide.
3rd April 2024
PlanetSKI’s Innsbruck Stay Spreads its Wings
We’re here in Innsbruck in the Tirol for a month or so – the ultimate Ski + City location in the Alps. 13 ski areas around the city with 23 attractions off the slopes – all on one pass. UPDATED
1st April 2024
April’s Ski News in Brief
– Electric Snowcat on Trial in Arapahoe Basin
– Swiss Ski Resorts Claim Success
– Alterra Buys Mike Wiegele Helicopter Skiing
– Good April Snowfalls in the USA
– Bear Cubs Filmed Climbing Steamboat Gondola Pylon… UPDATED
27th March 2024
PlanetSKI’s Extended Innsbruck Stay Enters Week Three
We’re here in Innsbruck in the Tirol for a month or so – the ultimate Ski + City location in the Alps. 13 ski areas around the city with 23 attractions off the slopes – all on one pass.
26th March 2024
Is It Better to Buy Skis or Rent Skis?
It’s one of the eternal dilemmas for skiers. PlanetSKI reporters examine the advantages and disadvantages of both. UPDATED
20th March 2024
Week Two in Innsbruck Continues for PlanetSKI
We’re here in Innsbruck in the Tirol for a month or so – the ultimate Ski + City location in the Alps. 13 ski areas around the city with 23 attractions off the slopes – all on one pass. UPDATED
13th March 2024
PlanetSKI’s Innsbruck Stay Goes Up a Gear
We’re here in Innsbruck in the Tirol for a month or so – the ultimate Ski + City location in the Alps. 13 ski areas around the city with 23 attractions off the slopes – all on one pass. Bring it on… UPDATED
5th March 2024
Ski Solo & Make Friends
What do a former Coldstream Guardsman, a retired hospital consultant and a golf course greenkeeper have in common? They’re among a group of 8 on a ski holiday arranged especially for individuals travelling alone. PlanetSKI joined them.
29th February 2024
Ski News in Brief
– Happy Easter Folks!
– Multiple Avalanches in Colorado
– Skiing in Afghanistan
– The Patrouille des Glaciers in Verbier
– British Man Dies in Avoriaz…LIVE
29th February 2024
PlanetSKI Sets Out to Ski Les3Vallees in a Day
The huge French ski area is the largest linked ski area in the world. PlanetSKI set out to ski every area and discover a little bit about each area as we passed through.
20th February 2024
Spring Skiing in the Tirol
With longer days, sunnier slopes, and warmer temperatures, it’s one of our favourite times to ski. Late season skiing has a lot going for it and there are few places better than the Austrian Tirol.
11th February 2024
Après Ski – The Maison Sport Guide
It started as a few drinks after a day on the slopes and turned into a phenomenon. Après ski. Our friends at Maison Sport reveal their top 5 resorts in Europe for your post-ski tipple.
8th February 2024
Crystal Ski Selects its Best Resorts For Teens or Tots
Whether the dynamic needs to be suited to teens or tots, Crystal has rounded up its top resorts for families of all different shapes, sizes and ages.
8th February 2024
Tirol – Beyond the Slopes
There is much more to the Tirol than just the fabulous skiing. Here we look at some alternative activities, from the well-known ones to a few surprises.
6th February 2024
PlanetSKI Goes Adaptive Skiing
In 2015 our reporter Clare Meaney was the victim of a hit-&-run accident in Val-d’Isere. She suffered a badly broken leg, & then a brain haemorrhage. Clare is now back on snow, in a sit-ski.
6th February 2024
Unusual Ski Fines
€15,000 fine for triggering an avalanche in France, €2,000 fine for wearing ski boots in Ischgl after skiing & $500 for sharing your ski pass in Colorado. These are just some of the examples found by VIP SKI.
3rd February 2024
International Ski Patrol Day 2024
Saturday 10th February was International Ski Patrol Day. PlanetSKI looks into the work of Shawn Beaudoin, a ski patroller in Whistler, Canada & sees what’s going on around the world.
UPDATED
1st February 2024
Ski News in Brief
– Boss des Bosses returns to Verbier
– Record Numbers for Swiss Hotels & Mountain Huts
– Snowboarder In Utah Has Shotgun Pulled on Him
– High Number of People Caught in Avalanches in Colorado
– Registration is Open for L3V Enduro..LIVE
30th January 2024
Skiing & Healing in Gastein
PlanetSKI’s Jane Peel has just spent some time in Bad Gastein in Austria. For the skiing, obviously. But she’s also been enjoying – or perhaps enduring – the strangest experience she’s ever had on a ski trip.
26th January 2024
Dave Ryding: The PlanetSKI Interview
GB’s greatest alpine ski racer has been speaking exclusively to PlanetSKI’s Jane Peel about the season so far and the potentially bright future for the GB alpine team.
24th January 2024
PlanetSKI at Schladming Night Slalom as Ryding Comes 14th
The spectacular Schladming World Cup Night Slalom has taken place in the Austrian resort. PlanetSKI was slopeside for THE greatest slalom race of the season.
20th January 2024
Andorra’s Other Ski Areas
The majority of UK skiers head to the main resorts of the Grandvalira – Soldeu, El Tartar and Pas de La Casa. But there are others – Arinsal, Pal and Arcalis.
19th January 2024
Obertauern Revisited
It’s many, many years since PlanetSKI’s Chief Reporter visited Obertauern, one of Austria’s highest non-glacier resorts. She’s back to see what it’s like in 2024.
7th January 2024
PlanetSKI Hits the Pyrenees
We’re in Europe’s other main mountain range for most of January – skiing the French Pyrenees, Andorra and then the Spanish Pyrenees. First stop was Ax-3-Domaines in France, now we’re in Andorra. UPDATE
5th January 2024
Helly Hansen’s Women’s Snow Camps in Whistler
They aim create a safe, motivating environment for women to develop their skiing skills while feeling at home in the mountains. PlanetSKI’s Katy Dartford reports from the camp in Whistler.
4th January 2024
Is Apres Ski on the Decline?
A new survey claims 9 out of 10 British skiers and snowboarders no longer enjoy apres as much as they used to. Pardon? UPDATED
1st January 2024
Ski News in Brief
– Go Katie!
– New air route to Verona for next winter
– Woman trapped in gondola overnight
– Mikaela Shiffrin airlifted to hospital after crash
– Milan-Cortina Olympics Could get its Own Sliding Centre … LIVE
31st December 2023
Happy New Year Folks!
It was celebrated in style in the mountains. See what happened across ski resorts in Europe and North America.
28th December 2023
Skiing Les Arcs over the Festive Period
PlanetSKI editor, James Cove, is spending Xmas in the Alps with his family. Rather strangely none of them actually wanted to be skiing in the festive period – in Les Arcs or anywhere else for that matter. UPDATED
13th December 2023
Kaunertal: The Tirol’s Secret Glacier Ski Area
Soelden, Stubai, Hintertux & Pitztal may be better known, but Kaunertal is the real deal – a high-altitude alpine gem. PlanetSKI is converted.
7th December 2023
Ski Legends Turn Out to Honour Klammer
More than 30 skiing legends have gathered in the Austrian resort of Bad Kleinkirchheim to join in the 70th birthday celebrations for one of the greatest downhill racers of all time, Franz Klammer. They took part in a race with a difference and PlanetSKI was slopeside.
5th December 2023
An Australian in Austria
Grace Burnfield and her partner, Luke, are from Perth in Western Australia. They’re touring Europe at the moment, including taking in a spot of skiing. Ischgl seemed the best place to head to and so it proved to be.
4th December 2023
A Day Ski Touring in the Tirol
It is one of the big growth areas in snowsports – ski touring. It doesn’t have to be for the experts. Check out our photogallery from the weekend.
1st December 2023
December’s Ski News
– Austrian Ski Racer Marco Schwarz Injured
– FIS New Year Greetings
– Swiss Avalanche Institute Wants Public Help
– PlanetSKI Heads Off Piste with ESF Guide
– Wolves Released into the Wild in US Mountains…LIVE
28th November 2023
Why Ski in Austria Next Winter?
We are asking some of the Alpine and Scandinavian countries to tell us, in their own words, what makes a ski holiday so special in their region. Next we hear from Austria.
21st November 2023
Five of the Best in the Tirol
We are asking some resorts and ski areas to tell us, in their own words, what makes a ski holiday so special in their region. First we hear from the Tirol Austria.
13th November 2023
Ski Sainte Foy With Premiere Neige
In 2002, Premiere Neige made its debut in Sainte Foy starting with just two chalets. Today it owns a collection of 30 catered and self-catered properties.
1st November 2023
November’s Ski News
– Pat Sharples Named Coach of the Year
– Gastro Day in Gurgl raises €28,660 for Local Families
– From Pow, Pow to Woof, Woof
– Swiss Sports Federations Back Winter Olympic Bid
– Avalanche in Iran Kills 5 Climbers… LIVE
31st October 2023
Happy Birthday Iglu Ski
The pioneering ski agent is 25-years old. All those years ago it recognised that the future of booking a ski holiday was using digital technology with real-time information to put the customer at the heart of the process. 400, 000 people have reaped the rewards.
22nd October 2023
The Snow Show 2023
PlanetSKI reporter Simon Wilson has not been to a ski show for more than forty years – so we despatched him to this year’s exhibition & asked him to take his teenage-self along. What has changed?
17th October 2023
Fancy Free Tickets to the London Snow Show This Weekend?
It takes place this weekend at the ExCeL in east London and follows on from the National Snow Show in Birmingham last weekend. PlanetSKI has a bunch of tickets to give away. NEW
14th October 2023
PlanetSKI Ends its Autumn Trip to the Mountains of Europe
But not before we watched England and Wales in their separate matches in the quarter finals of the Rugby World Cup. They were being held last weekend in Marseille to the south of the Alps. UPDATED
13th October 2023
Ski Club GB Looks Forward to the Season of 23/24
The Ski Club of Great Britain is celebrating its 120th anniversary and to mark the occasion, is launching a host of new initiatives for its members as it heads into the 2023-24 winter ski season.
7th October 2023
Save Money on Your Ski Trip
We have just fully updated the PlanetSKI Guide to Saving Money – it’s full of handy tips and practical advice. It sits in another section of the web site but we re-produce it here. UPDATED
4th October 2023
PlanetSKI Stays in 14th Century French Chateau in Alps
We’ve stayed in some varied and interesting places in our travels around the Alps. But never a genuine French chateau. Check out the Le Chateau de Candie in Chambery.
2nd October 2023
PlanetSKI Seems to Have Turned Into PlanetRUGBY. Again!
We’re on the final week of our month-long tour of France: watching the group stages of the Rugby World Cup. Plus visiting The Alps, Pyrenees & Jura as we look ahead to winter. NEW
1st October 2023
Autumn Ski News
– World Cup Alpine Ski Racing Starts then Stops
– The Rocket Prepares to Launch
– Ban on Russia & Belarus Snowsport Athletes Continues
– Chef de Mission for 2026 Paralympics Appointed
– Good luck with your recovery Wozza!…LIVE
27th September 2023
Autumn in the Alps
The seasons are changing as autumn gets underway & winter edges closer. The days are shorter, there’s been snow at altitude & the leaves are changing their colour. PlanetSKI reports from the Alps. UPDATED
26th September 2023
PlanetSKI is in the Jura Mountains
We’ve been in the Pyrenees and the Alps on our autumn tour of the mountains, now its time for the Jura. One of Europe’s little-known and under-appreciated ranges. UPDATED
25th September 2023
PlanetSKI Turns Into PlanetRUGBY
We’ve been in the Pyrenees, the Alps & the Jura in France as we take in the Rugby World Cup. UPDATED
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