4th February 2024
Crystal Ski Holidays Partners with Protect Our Winters UK
Crystal Ski Holidays has teamed up with outdoor sports focused climate advocates, Protect Our Winters UK, to enable the expansion of POW UK’s education programme.
4th February 2024
Crystal Ski Holidays has teamed up with outdoor sports focused climate advocates, Protect Our Winters UK, to enable the expansion of POW UK’s education programme.
3rd February 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.
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30th January 2024
Crystal Ski Holidays, the UK’s leading ski tour operator, has been offering customers wider choice and more flexibility with 13 new resort destinations this winter on sale across France, Italy, Austria, Finland, Norway, Japan, and the USA. NEW
24th January 2024
Leading ski and snowboard instructor booking platform Maison Sport has launched a new YouTube channel. It features top tips, ‘how to’ videos and much more.
20th January 2024
The 13th edition of World Snow Day, run by the International Ski & Snowboard Federation, is being celebrated around the world. UPDATED
14th January 2024
Val Gardena in the Dolomites in Italy is offering a range of activities & events that include dressing up + ski racing for adults and children.
12th January 2024
PlanetSKI reports from Verbier as it strives to tackle sustainability. Both via efforts by the resort and small businesses within the commune itself. UPDATED
3rd January 2024
The Ski Club of Great Britain has launched its new Freshtracks holiday programme with a number of new destinations, courses and chalets across the Alps, North America and Japan.
3rd January 2024
Summit Collection is a selection of premium ski accommodation across France, Italy, Austria, Andorra, and Canada.
2nd January 2024
FIS launched a campaign to mark its 100-year anniversary, celebrating all those who have contributed to the success of the federation and to the snow sports community.
31st December 2023
It was celebrated in style in the mountains. See what happened across ski resorts in Europe and North America.
19th December 2023
PlanetSKI had an exclusive invitation to report on the new Crystal Ski flight from Gatwick to Oslo. It would be rude not to head to a ski resort & make a few turns too.
17th December 2023
The Alps are going to see some wild weather in places over the next few days. It is generally excellent at altitude in the Alps for the time of year. UPDATED
17th December 2023
The inaugural flight took off on Sunday as the UK’s largest ski operator prepares to take more people skiing in Norway. PlanetSKI was on board & looks at what Norway has to offer.
16th December 2023
A new report reveals the best value ski resorts for both adult and family skiers. For the first time in a decade, Bulgarian resorts are not cheapest.
14th December 2023
The ski agent Heidi says it is one of the fastest growing sectors of the market. Heidi has also added more resorts to its portfolio as it claims to offer a new approach to booking a ski holiday.
4th December 2023
Early season has been generally very good especially at altitude. However the temperature is rising with rain falling in places as more resorts open. We also look at conditions in North America. UPDATED
2nd December 2023
PlanetSKI is in the highest ski town in Austria for its opening this weekend. It has been more like the middle of February than the beginning of December. UPDATED
29th November 2023
Some were planned, others are due to the significant recent snowfall in parts of the Alps. So, who’s starting for the season? NEW
27th November 2023
It remains cold in the Alps after the latest storm bought plenty of snow in places. The sun is now out with some excellent conditions. UPDATED
27th November 2023
Our editor, James Cove, is in the glacier resort in the Tirol as heavy snow falls. It’s having the best start to winter in 15-years. Suffice to say James is more than a little excited. UPDATED
27th November 2023
PlanetSKI’s Simon Wilson was in the highest resort in the Alps for its official opening. He blogged daily, often hourly, and here we pull it all together looking back at the weekend, and to the future of Val Thorens.
24th November 2023
The season in the highest resort in the Alps is now underway. PlanetSKI once again starts its season on the slopes of Val Thorens.
23rd November 2023
With more people interested in long-weekend ski breaks, Alpine Fleet has launched a shared service to some of the major French resorts. Bookings are reported to be going well.
17th November 2023
Intersport has over 700 ski hire shops across the Alps. With the special “PlanetSKI” discount code you can rent award-winning skis & snowboards at fabulous prices. UPDATED
13th November 2023
It claims to be the only global initiative to recognise and reward excellence in ski tourism. It has revealed the winners of its 11th annual programme. UPDATED
11th November 2023
Fresh snow is falling, some resorts have already opened & we’re getting in the mood for winter at PlanetSKI. With help from our friends at Maison Sport we detail when some of the most popular resorts are opening. UPDATED
10th November 2023
The temperatures have shot up and the snow has sadly turned into rain. Snow conditions remain good at altitude. UPDATED
7th November 2023
Ski Solutions is Britain’s original specialist ski travel agency and tailor-made tour operator and have been arranging ski holidays for more than 35 years to Europe and North America.
7th November 2023
Saturday is the traditional ski transfer day – expect busy airports & packed roads when travelling. In resort there are queues for accommodation, ski hire shops and lifts pass offices. Why not look at Sunday instead?
6th November 2023
Significant amounts of early season snow have fallen with more set to come down this weekend. UPDATED
4th November 2023
Readers, reports and resorts are sending us images of the snow currently falling across Europe and North America. Inspiring us all for the approaching winter. UPDATED
2nd November 2023
This is the real deal with well over 50cm in places and still it comes down. UPDATED
2nd November 2023
Lake Louise in Canada fired up some lifts on Friday with other resorts set to follow. Resorts are also opening in the USA. UPDATED
1st November 2023
The UK ski agent, SNO, is offering trips to Xmas markets in the Alps combined with some festive skiing – travelling by air, rail or road.
31st October 2023
Snow is falling in the Alps & The Rockies. Check out the latest. UPDATED
31st October 2023
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.
27th October 2023
Keystone in Colorado is the latest resort to open. Nearby Arapahoe Basin opened a top to bottom run on Sunday with fresh snow falling. UPDATED
26th October 2023
The race has been on for a while and the first one to offer some skiing & snowboarding is one you have probably never heard of. NEW
23rd October 2023
The Austrian province hosts a wide range of world-class sporting competitions. Why not time your ski holiday to see & experience one of them?
21st October 2023
It took place at the ExCeL Centre in East London at the weekend. PlanetSKI reviews the show, plus reports on what light it sheds on the state of the UK snowsport industry & the approaching winter. UPDATED
20th October 2023
Well-groomed ski pistes, state-of-the-art lifts, as well as a modern infrastructure await. We asked the Austrian National Tourist Office to give us their top reasons to visit.
18th October 2023
The ski transfer company began last winter operating from Geneva. It now offers transfers from other airports and to a range of new resorts. The new kid on the block goes up a gear.
17th October 2023
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
13th October 2023
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.
12th October 2023
Sunweb is one of Europe’s leading holiday operators and has been packaging ski holidays to 200 destinations across Andorra, Austria, France, Italy, Norway, Sweden and Switzerland for more than 25 years.
12th October 2023
Arc 1950 sits high in Paradiski, one of the largest and highest ski areas in the Alps. We look back at its 20 years and forward to the future.
7th October 2023
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
5th October 2023
The first is in Birmingham this weekend, and then another in London a week later. PlanetSKI readers can get free tickets to both. Read on for more…
3rd October 2023
SNO offers more than one million ski package deals creating the widest selection of chalet, hotel, and self-catered skiing accommodation online.
3rd October 2023
It is only for the first part of winter but if you are interested now is the time to book. There is growing interest in taking the train, but currently only 2% of UK skiers do so. UPDATED
2nd October 2023
PlanetSKI reports from the Swiss resort as we look ahead to what is coming for the approaching ski season.
23rd September 2023
Ready for the upcoming winter, leading French accommodation provider, Ski France, has added four new Contactless Catered Chalets to its portfolio. But what are ‘contactless chalets’?
20th September 2023
There are around 80 ski resorts with 3,400kms of prepared pistes. Then there is the off piste… See here for all that is on offer in the Austrian region next winter.
19th September 2023
The new routes for the 23/24 season are designed to offer a low hassle, sustainable option to the Alps. Interest in taking the train to the Alps is on the up, but it will take a huge change to see significant numbers travelling by train.
16th September 2023
Christmas & New Year fall on the weekend this year, so VIP SKI is offering mid-week to mid-week ski holidays + some short break options. NEW
15th September 2023
There is a great deal happening this winter in Val Thorens – the highest ski resort in Europe. There’s a host of new offerings both on and off the slopes.
14th September 2023
A survey has concluded it is the Dolomiti Superski area in Italy. It costs €0.31 per km of slope. We have the details of the report’s 21 resorts surveyed. UPDATED
11th September 2023
Reed Hastings is now the majority shareholder in Powder Mountain in Utah and is investing $100m. It is one of PlanetSKI’s favourite ski areas in the US.
6th September 2023
There’s a host of new offerings both on and off the slopes in the linked French resorts. Plus the area is strengthening its environmental credentials.